GRESHAM, Ore. - How big is bike tourism in Oregon?
Big enough that the folks in East County are taking a good hard look at how it might drive economic development in their neck of the woods.
"We kept going back to the natural resources and biking really came up," said Alison Hart, head of the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. She also chairs a tourism advisory committee, which has been exploring ways to bring more tourism dollars to East County.
Hart believes the growing interest in destination cycling is a good way to market East County and what it has to offer. And now she's got some money to take the idea further.
The chamber was recently awarded a $95,000 grant from Metro and they also received $50,000 from a Visitor Development Fund through Travel Portland. Add a little money from the cities of Gresham and Troutdale, and from the chamber, and there is $169,000 to work with.
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http://www.katu.com/news/outdoors/Bicycling-tourism-East-County-213045661.html
authored by Published: Jun 26, 2013 at 11:50 AM PDT Last Updated: Jun 26, 2013 at 1:33 PM PDT
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