DRIVE High Point awards tourism grants

The High Point Enterprise, N.C.
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May 3—HIGH POINT — The DRIVE High Point Foundation has announced 10 nonprofit recipients of its Destination Development Grants for 2021.

The area nonprofits will receive $160,480 for projects that complement High Point's 10-year strategic destination plan for tourism. In addition, the foundation earmarked $47,000 for outstanding projects committed in 2020, according to Grants Administrator Melody Burnett.

"Last year was most unusual as the pandemic derailed some of the planned projects that were awarded," Burnett said. "We still want to honor those commitments as organizers update their planning strategies. Those projects include funding for two public art projects and a Latino Festival in downtown."

Organizations receiving funding in 2021 include:

—American Furniture Hall of Fame — Furniture Hall of Fame Museum ($25,000)

—Bienenstock Furniture Library — The Furniture Designers' Summit ($9,950)

—Friends of John Coltrane — 10th annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival ($20,000)

—High Point Baseball Inc. — Field Equipment for Truist Point ($9,880)

—High Point by Design — Destination Design Strategy ($25,000)

—High Point Discovered — High Point Discovered Magazine ($20,000)

—High Point Museum — Grammy Museum Traveling Coltrane Exhibit ($18,250)

—International Society of Furniture Designers — Innovation + Design Competition ($7,500)

—The Mind Group — Home Grown Music Series and Podcast ($7,500)

—Yalik's African American Art & Cultural Movement — High Point's African American Heritage Trail ($17,400)

The grants program is aimed at efforts developing High Point as a year-round visitor destination or increasing tourism through overnight stays or frequent visitation.