{"id":73076,"date":"2017-01-25T21:08:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T04:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-chamber-reaches-out-to-tri-city-businesses\/"},"modified":"2017-01-26T04:08:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T04:08:05","slug":"dolores-chamber-reaches-out-to-tri-city-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-chamber-reaches-out-to-tri-city-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores chamber reaches out to \u2018tri-city\u2019 businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=aee469ff-6230-4929-b59e-41de833dacbb&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1366\" alt=\"Durango Organics marijuana dispensary in Cortez is a new member of the Dolores Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is campaigning for outside businesses to join as a way to better promote the area.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Durango Organics marijuana dispensary in Cortez is a new member of the Dolores Chamber of Commerce. The chamber is campaigning for outside businesses to join as a way to better promote the area.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Dolores Chamber of Commerce is branching out as part of a wider vision to promote the region.<\/p>\n<p>Director Rocky Moss is collaborating with the Cortez and Mancos chambers as part of a \u201ctri-city chamber effort\u201d to support businesses and tourism in Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is to network with each other, exchange information and pull the communities together,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Partnerships are also important in an era of potential budget cuts, Moss said.<\/p>\n<p>Each chamber receives $30,000 per year from the Montezuma County Lodgers Tax fund, but the amount can go up or down depending on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Membership fees from businesses also help support local chamber budgets. And Moss sees opportunity in reaching out beyond town borders.<\/p>\n<p>She has signed up several businesses outside Dolores to the Dolores chamber, including the KOA Campground, Abundant Life, FB Organics, and Durango Organics in Cortez, and the Rochester Hotel in Durango.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst I promote our local businesses, then when visitors say they\u2019re traveling to Cortez, Mancos or Durango, I recommend those chamber members,\u201d Moss said. \u201cThe idea is that other visitor centers and chambers return the favor for travelers heading to Dolores.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crossover chamber memberships also helps direct visitors to resources that are not in Dolores. For example, there is no marijuana dispensary in Dolores, but now that Durango Organics in Cortez is a Dolores Chamber member, visitors seeking those services can be directed there.<\/p>\n<p>As incentive, businesses outside Dolores can join the Dolores Chamber for a 25 percent discount, and pay just $75. Cortez and Mancos Chambers are offering similar discount for Dolores businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In Dolores, the Sophia Bistro and Dolores Market are also members of the Cortez Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor area businesses I hope it becomes a trend to sign up for multiple chamber memberships, because it benefits them and the region,\u201d Moss said.<\/p>\n<p>Other areas the Dolores chamber is focusing on are promoting RV parks, McPhee reservoir, area hiking and mountain biking trails, rafting, fishing, motorcycle trails, four wheeling, hunting, cross-country skiing, snow biking, and local events and festivals.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:jmimiaga@the-journal.com\">jmimiaga@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnering with other towns benefits region, director says<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1671,21,44,11,13,83,810],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-73076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-business-improvement-district","tag-cortez","tag-dolores","tag-economy-general","tag-frontpage-lead","tag-mancos","tag-tourism-recreation"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73076"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=73076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}