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McDonald County commissioners meet with Chamber to discuss tourism vision and a Destination Marketing Organization
Summary
On Aug. 26, 2024 the McDonald County Commission heard from Shawn Cooper and John Newby of the McDonald County Chamber of Commerce about a county tourism vision and the possibility of creating a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO); the commission conducted general business and adjourned to reconvene Aug. 28, 2024.
On Aug. 26, 2024 the McDonald County Commission met with representatives of the McDonald County Chamber of Commerce to discuss a county tourism vision and the potential formation of a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO). Shawn Cooper and John Newby, identified in the minutes as representing the McDonald County Chamber of Commerce, raised the county’s tourism strategy and local activities for consideration by the commissioners.
The record lists Bryan Hall as Presiding Commissioner, Jamey Cope as Eastern Commissioner and Rick Lett as Western Commissioner. Kimberly Bell is recorded as county clerk. The minutes state the commission “conducted general county business,” but do not list substantive motions or vote details for this item.
The minutes also note that the meeting was adjourned and that the commission planned to reconvene on Aug. 28, 2024. Signatures recorded in the minutes include Jamey Cope, Bryan Hall and Rick Lett, and the document notes the minutes were approved on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024 (Book PP, pg. 480).
The minutes do not provide speeches, direct quotes, financial figures or an explicit motion to form a DMO; they record that the Chamber representatives met with the commission to discuss the tourism vision and that the topic of a Destination Marketing Organization was discussed. Further detail about any follow-up steps, staff assignments, budgets or formal action on a DMO was not specified in the minutes.
