Picture of downtown with mural of a meadowlark by Curtis Hylton as park of the BOOM! Salina festival. The Stiefel Theatre is visible in the background, in Salina Kansas

2025 Cultural Arts Regional Marketing (CARM) Grant Program

This program is for Salina Area Cultural Arts Organizations and Cultural Programmers to allow expansion of their Regional Marketing.

The purpose of the program aims to:

Increase the economic impact from overnight stays at Salina hotels/motels.
Measure the impact of visitors attending cultural arts venues and events.
Enhance regional marketing efforts using a portion of the transient guest tax.
Encourage partnerships among cultural venues, hotels, restaurants, and retailers

Guidelines and applications are below.

CARM Grant - Intent to Apply Form

CARM Grant Guidelines

ARM Grant - Final Application