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76% of Adults Giving Outdoor Related Gifts

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Recent survey by National Recreation and Parks Association of US Adults

Adults throughout the United States intend to give the gift of outdoor activities this holiday season. Whether athletic shoes or clothing, sports or exercise equipment, exercise classes or lessons, camping or outdoor gear, bikes and more, giving a gift of outdoor activities is giving the gift of health and wellness.

Local parks, trails and green spaces are the perfect places to test out your new holiday gifts.

Key Findings:

  • Seventy-six percent of U.S. adults intend to spend money on holiday gifts associated with outdoor activities
  • Nearly half of all U.S. adults intend to spend $100 or more on holiday gifts associated with outdoor activities
  • Eighty-seven percent of parents overall and 90 percent of parents with children under 13 years old intend to spend money on holiday gifts associated with outdoor activities
  • Gen Zers and millennials are most likely to spend money on holiday gifts associated with outdoor activities
  • Millennials and Gen Xers are more likely to spend $100 or more holiday gifts associated with outdoor activities

Source: https://www.nrpa.org/publications-research/park-pulse/giving-the-gift-of-outdoor-activities/

Travel and Tourism Funding EDA

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https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=334748

FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Notice of Funding Opportunity

Original Closing Date for Applications:For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, there are no application submission deadlines.While EDA encourages eligible applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, EDA strongly advises eligible applicants to submit complete applications no later than January 31, 2022 so that EDA can review and process the application in time to get a potential award in place prior to deadlines imposed by Congress. Submission by January 31, 2022 is not a guarantee of funding. Any award is subject to the availability of funds. See Section E of this ARPA Tourism NOFO regarding EDA’s review process.
Current Closing Date for Applications:For EDA Competitive Tourism Grants, there are no application submission deadlines.While EDA encourages eligible applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, EDA strongly advises eligible applicants to submit complete applications no later than January 31, 2022 so that EDA can review and process the application in time to get a potential award in place prior to deadlines imposed by Congress. Submission by January 31, 2022 is not a guarantee of funding. Any award is subject to the availability of funds. See Section E of this ARPA Tourism NOFO regarding EDA’s review process.
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Estimated Total Program Funding:$240,000,000
Award Ceiling:$10,000,000
Award Floor:$100,000

Tourism Grant Opportunities

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US Department of Commerce… Through the Travel, Tourism & Outdoor Recreation program, EDA is focused on accelerating the recovery of communities that rely on the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors. $750 million of EDA’s American Rescue Plan funds are allocated to support the following efforts:

  • State Tourism Grants: $510 million in non-competitive awards to help states quickly invest in marketing, infrastructure, workforce and other projects to rejuvenate safe leisure, business and international travel.
  • Competitive Grants: $240 million to help communities that have been hardest hit by challenges facing the travel, tourism and outdoor recreation sectors to invest in infrastructure, workforce or other projects to support the recovery of the industry and economic resilience of the community in the future.

See https://eda.gov/arpa/travel-tourism/ for details.