December 15, 2025 3:30 a.m. 

Local businesses and nonprofit organizations planning events to attract visitors, still have time to apply for a fall tourism grant from the City of Roseburg.

A city release said the Roseburg Community Development Department and Roseburg Economic Development Commission are taking applications for the grants until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31st.

Applicants must submit well-researched, well-supported applications that identify exactly how they would use the funding. Grants of up to $7,500 are available. The city council can award grants larger than $7,500.

The city’s Tourism Grant Program is funded through the Roseburg hotel/motel lodging tax collected within the city limits.

The city offers a spring and a fall grant cycle. Applications are accepted from registered businesses, registered 501c(3) organizations and other 501c tax-exempt organizations, and governmental entities.

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 Economic Development Commission is especially interested in events and projects that entice people to visit from Labor Day through Memorial Day, but all applications are strongly encouraged. The commission will review and consider all applications, and vote on submissions at its next meeting on January 22nd.

For more information, contact the Community Development Department at 492-6750.