Fort Dodge Convention & Visitors Bu

“A draft of the 990 was emailed to board members before filing.”

“Conflicts of interest are verbally discussed.”

“Compensation was reviewed and compared to similar positions with the city of fort dodge.”

“Documents can be reviewed by request.”

“Marketing the city of fort dodge, ia to encourage visitors to enhnace hotel/motel, hospitality and retail business, attract conferences, conventions, special concerts and sporting events. All the cvb's income comes from a local hotel/motel tax when went through a public referndum. The cit of fort dodge holds the hotel/motel tax revenues until needed by the fort dodge convention and visitors bureau.”

“We invested 92,411.87 in various programs including marketing, trade show campaigns, advertising, special events, website and other promotions. In return, visitors traveling to fort dodge generated 7,000,000 in retail, hotel/motel, and hospitality revenue, generated state and local tax receipts, supported wages/jobs, and improved the quality of life for local residents. Activities or organizations supported included shellabration, sports park raceway, central iowa enduro riders, inc, iowa girls athletic union, city of fort dodge, cma heartland challenge, tuff -n- nuff rodeo association, st. Edmond booster, fd amateur sports, fort dodge growth alliance, fd softball association, fort dodge fine arts association, iowa destination marketing alliance, central iowa tourism region, webster county crime stoppers, ragbrai fort dodge, friends of webster co. Conservation, iowa group travel association, iowa central community college.”