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McCall Chamber seeks closer city coordination as winter carnival budget, parade route and public-safety costs raise concerns
Summary
Chamber director Sheila Francis presented a strategic refocus toward business services and outlined a $116,000 draft winter-carnival budget with a roughly $20,000 shortfall; council members and the LOT committee discussed parade safety costs, LOT funding decisions and whether the city should supplement the event.
Sheila Francis, executive director of the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, asked the council July 17 for a future work session to discuss a closer partnership between the city and the chamber on marketing and community events and presented an overview of the chamber’s winter-carnival plans and budget.
Francis said the chamber’s board wants a different balance between tourism marketing and direct support for area businesses. She reviewed survey results and a draft budget for the planned 10‑day winter carnival (January 30–February 8), and told council members the event’s current draft budget is about $116,000 with a roughly $20,000 gap. “Most of our respondents were full‑time residents,” she said of a 710‑response survey; among…
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