Five local events will receive a funding boost in 2019 thanks to Discover Siskiyou's Local Initiatives Program, created to support events that show potential to bolster overnight tourism in the county. Discover Siskiyou is a locally-staffed destination marketing organization funded by the county's Tourism Business Improvement District, a self-assessment district voted into existence in 2015 that includes Siskiyou County lodging properties as well as the Mt. Shasta Ski Park. The program is tasked with marketing Siskiyou as a tourist destination in order to increase local lodging occupancy rates...
