Tourism & Marketing Committee
Promoting Fortuna through events, social media, targeted advertising, printed materials and more!
The Tourism & Marketing Committee worked with local business, The Humboldt Connection, on the design for the two Highway 101 billboard’s just south of the Kenmar exit.
Promoting Fortuna through targeted advertising. Featured above is a billboard that hangs in the parking lot of Ancient Redwoods Resort in Redway.
Otter Art Project
The North Coast Otter Art Project merges science and art. This Public Arts Initiative benefiting Humboldt State University’s Wildlife Department projects and scholarships, will feature 100 painted otters. Local artists decorated their 3-foot tall otter sculptures in late-2019, with mediums ranging from oil and acrylic paint, clay and mosaic tile, wire, cloth, plastic trash, and paper. Each of these 100 unique Otter Art sculptures will be displayed locally in shops, businesses, community centers, galleries, schools, and other locations.
A trail of otters will be created for the Otter Art Treasure Hunt. The original date for the Hunt was to be June 1, 2020, but that date was pushed due to California’s Shelter in Place health order. A new date will be released on the North Coast Otter Art Project Website. You can also see a gallery of the painted otters.
Fortuna will soon be home to two painted otters. The Gene Lucas Community Center will feature an otter painted by Dakota Daetwiler and the River Lodge Conference Center will feature an otter (see below) painted by James Rose.
Gene Lucas Community Center Otter (left) and River Lodge Conference Center Otter (right).
Visitor’s Guide
Each year the Fortuna Chamber Tourism & Marketing Committee issues a Visitor’s Guide & Map featuring local events, attractions, shops, hotels, and restaurants.
You can access an online version here.
Join the Committee!
The Fortuna Chamber Tourism & Marketing Committee is a subcommittee of the Fortuna Chamber. Through an understanding with the City of Fortuna, the Committee receives 10% of the Transit Occupancy Tax that the City collects from our hotels, motels, and RV parks. The Committee is a collection of members of our community from the tourism, retail, restaurant, and marketing industries.
We are currently looking for new members to join the Committee. if you have a business in Fortuna in any of the above industries and are interested in helping shape the tourism agenda for Fortuna, please contact us for more information.
