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Cowlitz County seeks $118,000 contract for countywide tourism marketing study

5215012 · July 7, 2025
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Tourism staff requested the county sign a $118,000 contract with Fine Design Group to produce a destination marketing analysis using lodging tax revenue; staff said the study will evaluate opportunities across cities and ports and improve coordination of lodging‑tax spending.

Kim Bocat, tourism manager at the county events center, asked the commissioners to approve a contract with Fine Design Group to complete a countywide destination marketing analysis funded from lodging tax revenues.

"Their fee is a $118,000, and that will, they'll be looking into Cowlitz County tourism as a whole, and then they'll look into each city," Bocat said, describing a process she said grew from meetings with city managers and port…

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