Festivals, programs funded with tourism grants

Halloween Town is returning to Franklin, Edinburgh is getting financial help with its annual fall festival and the library is again hosting a festival that hearkens to all things from the "Little House on the Prairie" book series.

Festival Country Indiana, the official tourism agency of Johnson County, has selected 11 nonprofit organizations and government partners to receive more than $32,000 in grant funding to help develop and promote festivals and other tourism-related initiatives throughout the year.

Grant recipients include:

  • Discover Downtown Franklin’s Ethos Celebration of the Arts, $2,500. 
  • Franklin Parks & Recreation’s Halloween Town, $1,500
  • City of Greenwood’s reimagined Old City Park and cube tower, $5,000
  • Johnson County Public Library’s Library on the Prairie Festival, $1,500, and cultural diversity film festival, $2,500
  • The Historic Artcraft Theatre’s Glenn Miller Orchestra concert, $2,500
  • Edinburgh Fall Festival, $2,500
  • Old Town Greenwood’s historic home and business tours, $1,500
  • Franklin Chamber Color Bash, $2,500
  • Johnson County Museum’s printing of a Johnson County driving and walking tour, $1,538
  • Town of Whiteland’s parkour, BMX and sand volleyball park, $7,500
  • Johnson County Antique Machinery Show marketing, $1,000.

Festival Country Indiana’s mission is increase visits to Johnson County and increase tourism’s economic impact through product development and marketing.

Anyone interested in being a part of future grant cycles can go to www.festivalcountryindiana.com/grants.