- Destination Marketing Organizations must complete the online Pre-Qualifier Application on vatc.org/drive2 during the application period. The application period will take place during the first two weeks of each grant round.
- Once completed, you will receive a notification at the end of the application grading period whether or not your community has been selected to participate in the current grant round
- If selected, you will be provided with a Community Survey link
- You will send this link to community partners for their completion of the survey. The survey should be sent to both traditional and non-traditional tourism partners. A minimum of 30 completed surveys is required in order to move on to next step.
- Once your 30 partners have completed surveys, we will evaluate the findings and provide you with Promotion, Product Development and Make the Case/ Advocacy hub-and-spokes based on the results of the Community Surveys
- You will then work with VTC to schedule a Consensus Meeting
- Once you complete your Consensus Meeting, you will be eligible to apply for your grant funds
