HMG unveils $1M ad grant program

SANDPOINT — The Hagadone Media Group has created a grant program of up to $1 million in matching advertising credits to assist locally owned businesses.

The grant program offers matching marketing funds to locally owned companies whose business models have been impacted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, said Clint Schroeder, regional publisher.

Grants will be awarded in amounts between $250 and $10,000 per month and can be used toward print or digital advertising in local Hagadone Media Group news publications. That includes The Bonner County Daily Bee, The Coeur d’Alene Press, Post Falls Press, The Shoshone News-Press and The Bonners Ferry Herald, as well as Montana and Washington state publications.

It’s easy to apply.

Just fill out the online form — matchgrant.hagadonemediagroup.com — by answering a few questions about your business and how the additional advertising will help.