Council approves consultant for tourism plan
HEIDI DESCH | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 6 years, 8 months AGO
Heidi Desch is features editor and covers Flathead County for the Daily Inter Lake. She previously served as managing editor of the Whitefish Pilot, spending 10 years at the newspaper and earning honors as best weekly newspaper in Montana. She was a reporter for the Hungry Horse News and has served as interim editor for The Western News and Bigfork Eagle. She is a graduate of the University of Montana. She can be reached at [email protected] or 406-758-4421. | April 9, 2019 10:57 AM
Whitefish City Council last week approved hiring a consultant to assist in creating a sustainable tourism management plan.
The city is working with the Whitefish Convention and Visitors Bureau to create the plan.
Council approved a contract with Applied Communication and The Hingston Roach Group not to exceed $35,000 to create the plan by June.
The Whitefish Sustainable Tourism Management Plan Steering Committee began working on the plan last year. The goal of the plan is to look at the issues facing Whitefish related to tourism growth such as housing, transportation, infrastructure and quality of life.
Last May an open house was held to gather input from the public, and an online survey was conducted also.
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