Board of Supervisors Report

October 2010           

Projects

• Assisting with the green infrastructure inventory program–public meeting November
• Working with regional lodging facilities to market Wintergreen ski packages
• Successful Entrepreneur Express and Business Appreciation events November 3, with Social Media workshop set for November 17 and Agri Tourism workshop for January 12
• Launching a tourism marketing initiative for the Route 151 corridor
• Working with Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs and regional hop growers on a specialty crop grant application
• Assisted Virginia Film Festival to promote Nelson County attractions
• Management Team liaison for Dept. of Housing and Community Development planning grant project for Monticello Artisan Trail network
• Assisting with the new Virginia Craft Brewers Guild and Virginia Manufacturing Association
• Coordinating tourism program for TransDominion Express with regional partners
• Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
• Shenandoah National Park 75^th anniversary celebration coordinator

• Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services local rural economic development directors committee
• Marketing regional brewery trail – Brew Ridge Trail

• Assisting with Buy Local projects with Economic Development Authority
• Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
• Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives
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October Meetings

October 1 – Monticello Artisan Trail

October 4 – The Festy

October 4-6 – Virginia Tourism Corporation Summit

October 6 – Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs

October 7 – Virginia Film Festival

October 7 – Economic Development Authority

October 8-10 – The Festy

October 11 – Central Virginia Small Business Development Center

October 13 – Crozet Tunnel

October 14 – Business Appreciation event

October 14 – Monticello Artisan Trail

October 15 – Broadband project

October 19 – Broadband project

October 20 – Shenandoah National Park 75^th anniversary

October 20 – Broadband Advisory Committee

October 21 – Virginia Film Festival

October 26 – Green infrastructure inventory project

October 26 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

October 28 – Alberene Soapstone

October 29 – Route 151 project

October 29 – Colleen Business Park

October 29 – Welcome signs

October 30 – motorcoach tour

1430 visitors to Montebello Hatchery in October

Tourism Statistics                        

                September 2011                    Fiscal YTD                 September 2010   Fiscal YTD

Phone        433                                    2106                        384                             1984                       

Internet                266567                        904887                        299765                             923906           

Walk In    1223                                    5119                        1553                             5291

Taxes                 August 2011                    Fiscal YTD                 August 2010               Fiscal YTD

Lodging    $30458                        102745                        29939                        91361

Meals        $54003                        169498                        48785                        150350

Board of Supervisors Report

September 2010           

Projects

• Afton-Greenwood Historic District application to the Department of Historic Resources is complete
• Nelson County Tourism was selected as one of the focus group discussions for Lt. Gov. Bolling’s job creation task force

• Nelson County is a mandatory stop for the Virginia Tourism 2010 Motorcycle Grand tour
• Working with Lynchburg Small Business Development Center on a Rural Development loan program
• Working with a new event, The Festy, October 9-10
• Assisting with the green infrastructure inventory program
• Management Team liaison for Dept. of Housing and Community Development planning grant project for artisan trail network
• Assisting with the new Virginia Craft Brewers Guild
• Coordinating tourism program for TransDominion Express with regional partners
• Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
• Blue Ridge Parkway 75^th anniversary celebration coordinator
• Shenandoah National Park 75^th anniversary celebration coordinator

• Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services local rural economic development directors committee
• Marketing regional brewery trail – Brew Ridge Trail

• Assisting with Buy Local projects with Economic Development Authority
• Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
• Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives
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September Meetings

September 1 – Brew Ridge Trail

September 2 – Economic Development Authority

September 3 – Broadband

September 9 – Agritourism conference

September 10 – Farm Bureau annual meeting

September 11 – Top of the Hops

September 14 – Brew Ridge Trail

September 14 – Rockfish Valley Community Center

September 17 – Shenandoah National Park 75^th anniversary

September 17 – Broadband

September 21 – Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries

September 22 – VA Alcohol Beverage Control Board and VA Craft Brewers Guild

September 24 – Autumn Toast Run

September 27 – Route 151 project

September 28 – Greenland Infrastructure project

Projects
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Broadband Planning Grant – implementation assessment (phase 3)
Spirit Trail project for Virginia Tourism Corporation
Monticello Wine Trail marketing with Charlottesville/Albemarle and Orange County
Preservation Magazine – cover story about Montpelier and the region
Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development Agri-business project

June 2008 Meetings
June 3 – Economic Development Authority transportation committee
June 6 – Spirit Trail
June 10 – Broadband Planning Grant report to Board of Supervisors
June 13 – Monticello Wine Trail
June 19 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
June 20 – Monticello Wine Trail
June 24 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
June 27 – Monticello Wine Trail

Projects
•    Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Broadband Planning Grant – implementation assessment phase
•    Monticello Wine Trail marketing with Charlottesville/Albemarle and Orange County
•    Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development Local Foods-Agri-business project
•    Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
•    75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway Planning Committee
•    Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives
•    Launch of Business First – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development’s regional retention program – October 8, 2008
•    Selected to Host April 2009 Virginia Tourism Summit at Wintergreen Resort
•    Coordinating JAUNT and Planning District Commission proposal for transportation for the Economic Development Authority

September Meetings
September 4 – Economic Development Authority
September 5 – Lynchburg Regional Tourism
September 8 – JAUNT and Planning District Commission
September 8 – March of Dimes
September 8 – Regional brewery trail
September 9 – National Ground Intelligence base relocation
September 10-11 – Virginia Tourism Corporation Summit
September 24 – Greenwood-Afton Historic District
September 25 – Wintergreen Resort
September 25 – Broadband Planning Grant Management Team
September 25 – Economic Development Authority
September 30 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

Montebello Fish Hatchery
255 visitors in September 2008

Virginia Tourism Corporation locality-specific travel-related data – Nelson County
Direct economic impacts of domestic travelers’ spending for calendar years:
2003 – $137,883,545
2004 – $142,270,773
2005 – $151,981,184
2006 – $156,105,271
2007 – $160,043,943

Local Tax Receipts:
2003 – $4,352,076
2004 – $4,486,612
2005 – $4,686,120
2006 – $4,766,149
2007 – $4,863,065

Projects
•    Authored article on Lovingston for Virginia, Maryland, Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives  January 2009 issue of Cooperative Living
•    Appointed to Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services local agriculture economic development directors committee
•    Career and Technical Advisory committee at high school
•    Career Pathways Speaker Series at Tye River Elementary on Thursday, November 20th
•    Submitted grant application for regional beer trail to VA Tourism Corporation
•    Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Broadband Planning Grant – implementation assessment phase
•    Creating regional brewery trail with Charlottesville/Albemarle
•    Monticello Wine Trail marketing with Charlottesville/Albemarle and Orange County
•    Local Foods-Agri-business project
•    Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
•    75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway Planning Committee
•    Hosted annual VA Alcohol and Beverage Control Advisory Committee
•    Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives
•    Selected to Host April 2009 Virginia Tourism Summit at Wintergreen Resort
•    Coordinating JAUNT and Planning District Commission proposal for transportation for the Economic Development Authority
•    Working with Dept. of Parks and Recreation on state Blueways Trail and state Fishing Trails

November Meetings
November 5 – Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
November 6 – Economic Development Authority
November 7 – Wintergreen Resort – EDA – JAUNT transportation project
November 10 – Career and Technical Advisory committee
November 13 – Wintergreen Resort marketing
November 18 – Virginia Tourism Summit
November 20 – Career Pathways Speaker Series
November 20 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
November 20 – Local Foods-Agri-business project
November 22 – Mid Atlantic Brewing travel writer

Montebello Fish Hatchery
391 visitors in November 2008

Projects
•    Working with the Nelson County Bike Festival (August 28-29, 2010)
•    Assisting with 2010 anniversary of the Virginia Scenic Rivers program
•    Working with Artisan Center of Virginia on a community trail network
•    Redesigning tourism brochure and website
•    Submitted Broadband grant application for federal stimulus funds
•    Coordinating tourism program for  TransDominion Express with regional partners
•    Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
•    Assisting with Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival- August 21, 2010
•    Blue Ridge Parkway 75th anniversary celebration coordinator
•    Shenandoah National Park 75th anniversary celebration coordinator
•    Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services local rural economic development directors committee
•    Coordinating Afton Greenwood historic district
•    Implementing regional brewery trail – Brew Ridge Trail
•    Assisting with Buy Local projects with Economic Development Authority
•    Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
•    Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives

October Meetings
October 1 – Virginia Scenic Rivers
October 1 – Economic Development Authority
October 2 – Virginia Tourism Corporation
October 5 – Wintergreen Resort
October 7 – Lovingston Farm Market
October 7 – Oakland Museum
October 8 – Crozet Downtown Committee
October 13 – Artisan Center of Virginia
October 20 – Virginia Cabinet Members visited Dickie Brothers Orchard
October 21 – Extension Office agri-tour for Chinese delegation
October 21 – Lovingston Farm Market
October 22 – Central Virginia Small Business Development Center
October 23 – TransDominion Express
October 27 – Nelson County Bike Festival
October 27 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
October 29 – Wintergreen Resort

Montebello Fish Hatchery
835  visitors in October 2009

Tourism Statistics             Fiscal
October 2009            YTD 2010        October 2008       YTD 2009
Phone           384            1984        620        2451
Internet         312,111            1,236,252    314,444        1,206,504
Walk In         1553            5291        1615        4673

Taxes            September 2009         YTD 2009        September 2008     YTD 2008
Lodging        $29,143        90,565        26,384              116,292
Meals            $48,304        148,899        39,871               140,429

Projects
Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Broadband Planning Grant – phase 2
Colleen Business Park
Crozet Tunnel
Spirit Trail project for Virginia Tourism Corporation

May 2008 Meetings
May 1-2 Virginia Association of Society Executives
May 5 – Virginia Commonwealth University
May 6 – Lexington Preservation Association group tour
May 7 – Callohill Business Park
May 8 – Blue Ridge Parkway Association
May 13 – Business Appreciation Week event
May 14 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development
May 19 – Ferguson Field
May 20 – Entrepreneur Express
May 26-28 – Broadband Planning grant meetings
May 29 – Wintergreen Resort
May 29 – Amherst Economic Development and Tourism

Montebello Fish Hatchery
780 visitors in May 2008

Tourism Statistics                    Fiscal                                            Fiscal
May 2008        YTD 2008    May 2007        YTD 2007
Phone       602
Internet     310,015
Walk In     1,121

Taxes        May 2008        YTD 2008    May 2007        YTD 2007
Lodging    $16,612
Meals        $31,214

Media Coverage
Nelson County Times, News Advance, Daily Progress, News Virginian, magazines    Column Inches – 228 Number of articles – 9
Nelson County received $5,397 in advertising through print media sources