PORT TOWNSEND — The city is close to offering a marketing director contract to two Sequim-based agencies.
The Lodging Tax Advising Committee, assigned to select a new director, recommended Hattie Dixon, a Sequim marketing consultant and promotional products distributor, as the new director.
Upon finalization of her contract, Dixon will be joined by Pat McCauley, Sequim’s city marketing director.
McCauley for years marketed Sequim’s two largest events, the Irrigation and Lavender festivals.
The July Sequim Lavender Festival, which McCauley promoted until last year, is the North Olympic Peninsula’s largest event in terms of attendance, drawing up to 30,000 over three days.
Port Townsend City Manager David Timmons is negotiating a contract based on a proposal Dixon and McCauley submitted to the Lodging Tax Advisory Committee.
Six-year director resigns
Dixon and McCauley would succeed Nancy Borino, who last month said she would step down after six years of promoting Port Townsend tourism.
Borino chose not to reapply for the position, for which she was contracted annually, after the Port Townsend Chamber of Commerce in October chose not to extend its contract with the city to manage city lodging tax revenues.
