Kim Ballantyne from The Pas Community Development Corporation spoke to Arctic Radio News about the Destination Marketing Fund.

She says the fund was established with the purpose of providing financial means to promote economic development in The Pas and it was created within the accommodation tax bylaw where 25 percent of accommodation taxes are placed in this fund.

Local non profit organizations or groups that are incorporated are eligible to apply for this funding to offset costs of community events that they have planned.

If you are interested in applying or for more information call Ballantyne at 204-799-1446 the deadline to apply is tomorrow at 4:30.

If you can’t make tomorrows deadline there will be other opportunities to apply later in the year.