October 22, 2025 3:30 a.m.
Local businesses and nonprofits planning events to attract visitors can apply for fall tourism grants after the Roseburg Community Development opens the application cycle on Monday, November 3rd.
A city release said successful applicants may win grants of up to $7,500 or even more to help draw visitors to Roseburg and the surrounding areas. The Community Development Department and the Roseburg Economic Development Commission will take applications for tourism grants until 5:00 p.m. on December 31st.
Applicants must submit well-researched, well-supported applications that identify exactly how they would use the funding. The city council can award grants larger than $7,500.
Community Development Director Stuart Cowie said, “We welcome new ideas for marketing and promoting local tourism events”. Cowie said, “We are excited to review applications”.
The city’s Tourism Grant Program is funded through the Roseburg hotel/motel lodging tax collected within the city limits.
Applications will be accepted from registered businesses, registered 501c3 non-profit organizations and other 501c tax-exempt organizations, and governmental entities.
Applications must be submitted by email, mail or in person to the Community Development Department at city hall located at 900 Southeast Douglas Avenue.
Grants are awarded for such things as advertising, publicizing, or distributing information to market special events and festivals designed to attract tourists, or to attract and welcome tourists at tourism-related facilities, or capital improvement projects that have a substantial purpose of supporting tourism or accommodating tourism activities.
The commission is especially interested in events that entice people to visit from Labor Day through Memorial Day, but all applications are strongly encouraged. The Economic Development Commission will review and consider all applications and vote on submissions at its next meeting on Thursday, January 22nd.
For more information, contact the Community Development Department at: cdd@roseburgor.gov or call 492-6750.