Evocities is a regional development program that was set up in 2009 with Bathurst, Dubbo, Orange, Armidale, Tamworth, Albury and Wagga Wagga councils signing up as a member.

It cost each council $320,000 for the four-year memorandum of understanding (MOU), but that agreement comes to an end on June 30.

Dubbo council has signed up to continue with Evocities until June 30, 2023.

"Our most recent campaign, featuring testimonials from happy relocators, reached millions of capital city residents and was a perfect example of how Evocities' collaborative model means that marketing, PR and digital elements of the campaign, can have far greater impact when resources are combined," council's economic development and marketing manager Josie Howard said.

"Our city recognises the importance of resident attraction and skills attraction, and we remain committed to promoting our region as a great place to live, work and invest."

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Recently Wagga council decided to take a one-year break from the initiative, while Armidale quit the program on Wednesday.

The following day, Thursday, Orange council said while it had signed a one-year MOU with Evocities for 2019/20 that it was reconsidering that decision.

"Orange's future involvement in Evocities is the subject of a report being prepared for Orange City Council to consider in the coming months," council community and corporate relations manager Nick Redmond said.

"The decision to by Armidale to withdraw from Evocities will be part of that report"

Evocities chair, and mayor of Albury council, Kevin Mack said despite the exits the campaign was not a failure.

"For a national campaign with a restricted budget, what it achieves is quite remarkable," he said.

"Accessing city media is not cheap, we're doing electronic media, radio advertising, social media, billboards.

"As individual councils, we couldn't afford that kind of marketing and that kind of penetration, but we can get it together."

In the past 10 years, he said 3700 families had relocated to a member councils areas thanks to Evocities and each family brought an extra $120,000 to the local economy.

An extra 455 new households had moved to Bathurst thanks to Evocities, mayor Graeme Hanger said of why it had signed up to continue until 2023.

"Our city is an avid supporter of Evocities and we are proud of what we have achieved," he said.