Two Dubuque County Tourism Leaders Awarded Scholarships

Iowa Travel Industry Partners is sending out its first scholarships to 21 tourism leaders in the state.

Two of the organizations are from the local area – Travel Dubuque and the Dubuque County Historical Society.

The group’s executive director Chelsea Lerud says they are collaborating with the Iowa Tourism Office to encourage Iowa’s tourism professionals to attend regional and national industry conferences.

Lerud says the “Elevate Iowa” scholarships help with the cost of attending the conferences.

Lerud says the scholarship recipients have several different conferences they plan to attend.

Others will attend the Upper Midwest Convention and Visitors Bureau conference.

Lerud says they want to keep getting out the word that Iowa is no longer just a flyover state.

The program gave out around half of its 40-thousand dollar allotment. Along with Travel Dubuque and the Dubuque County Historical Society, some of the other organizations receiving money include Discover Ames, Iowa Travel Industry Partners, Visit Quad Cities, Cedar Rapids Tourism, Waterloo Main Street, Driftless Area and the Indian Creek Nature Center.

story courtesy of Radio Iowa