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FedDev Ontario invests $1 million in supports for Ontario s Highlands tourism sector

HDTI gets $15,000 grant from Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cathy Trimble, the chair of the Hastings Trails Destination Inc., issued a press release on Jan. 20 to announce that HDTI had received a grant of $15,000 from Ontario Highlands Tourism Organization through their Tourism Recovery and Innovation Program Partnerships Program. This money will assist HDTI with their 2021 trail initiatives, which will eventually lead to a county-wide non-motorized recreational trail network. Trimble has given presentations to multiple township councils in the area over the past couple of weeks, including Carlow Mayo, Tudor and Cashel and Limerick. In these presentations, she provided a history of the HDTI, she went over its accomplishments in 2020, most notably getting an OTF grant worth $145,800 to refurbish 18 kilometres of trails at Eagles Nest Park, McGeachie Conservation Area and the Gut Conservation Area, managing 1,593 volunteer hours, securing in-kind contributions in the amount of $28,000, getting $52,375 in

Province announces $350K in new tourism funding

Province announces $350K in new tourism funding By Sue Tiffin Much-anticipated provincial funding to support the tourism region that includes the Haliburton Highlands was announced last Monday, Dec. 7, with $350,000 awarded to Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization to help offer relief to organizations hard-hit by COVID-19. Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries made the announcement virtually via online teleconferencing tool Zoom, with Laurie Scott, MPP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock; John Yakabuski, MPP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke; Daryl Kramp, MPP for Hastings, Lennox and Addington and Nicole Whiting, executive director of Ontario’s Highlands Tourism Organization (RTO 11). “I know that our sectors were hit first, hardest, and will take the longest to recover as a result of COVID-19,” said MacLeod, before announcing $350,000 to support the regional tourism organization, she said, “so

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