Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Tourism is accessible by phone,  and on line as the physical location is closed for the during of coronavirus pandemic emergency.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show via phone on CSi Cable 2, Tourism Director Searle Swedlund said he’s working from home, and can be reached at 701-306-6255.  On line visit www.DiscoverJamestownND.com   There, visitors can access information on the virtual tour of Jamestown, Talking Trails, and information on the Trail System around Jamestown.  Please observe social distancing, with no more than ten people in a group, outdoors.

He said Frontier Village in Jamestown plans to open on Memorial Day, if, the restrictions on social gatherings are lifted by then.   If not, then the opening will come when it’s safe to do so.

On another topic, the Tourism Grant Board granted requests, under  Capital Construction Improvements funding.

Those included for the Downtown Jamestown Association request for sidewalk historic inlays with the Road Diet project, and funding for a mural on the alley wall, at the Full Monte building, along First Avenue, South.  Funds were also released for improvements with the Jamestown Motocross track, the National Buffalo Museum’s interactive bison exhibit, the James River Rodeo, for bleachers, and the James River Water Trail project.

He pointed out that Tourism funding from the Hospitality, and Lodging Taxes will be reviewed, for Tourism funding requests, and light of the limited access to bars and restaurants and reduced travel, those available tax dollars will be looked at in terms of how many dollars will be able to be used for future funding requests.   He added that this month’s Tourism Grant/Executive Board meeting will hear funding requests from entities looking at upcoming events.  He said the board will look at funding based on if or when the events happened, depending on how long the COVID-19 restrictions remain in place, and then make funding decisions.