Economic Development

Nelson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Board of Supervisors Report

August 2009                                                                                                     

Projects

Broadband application

• Submitting What’s New events for Virginia Tourism Corporation for 2010
• Authored Rails to Trail Conservancy magazine article about Blue Ridge Railway Trail
• Coordinating tourism program for Lynchburg – DC TransDominion Express with regional partners
• Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
• Assisting with Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival- August 22, 2009
• Visitors Center is Passport site for Virginia is for Lovers Motorcycle Grand Tour
• Economic Development Authority Business Appreciation Event May 14, 2009
• Blue Ridge Parkway 75^th anniversary celebration coordinator
• Shenandoah National Park 75^th anniversary celebration coordinator
• Virginia Birding and Wildlife Trail 5^th anniversary celebration coordinator
• Planning Amherst-Nelson Summer Solstice Wine and Farm Festival June 20-21, 2009

• 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 with Charlottesville Albemarle Tourism

• Coordination of the Local Food Hub and Buy Local projects with EDA
• Virginia Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War Committee
• Working with Wintergreen Resort on marketing initiatives

July Meetings

July 1 – Virginia Tourism Corporation

July 1 – Broadband grant webinar

July 1 – Crozet Tunnel

July 2 – Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau

July 2 – Summer Solstice Festival

July 4- July 4^th  Parade

July 6 – Scottsville River Bend Festival

July 8 – Nelson Scenic Loop

July 9 – Base Relocation and Closing project

July 10 – Afton Mountain Vineyards

July 10 – Crozet Tunnel

July 10 – Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission – broadband planning

July 15- Blue Ridge Medical Center

July 15 – Brew Ridge Trail

July 21 – Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival

July 22 – Montebello Nature Trail

July 23 – Central Virginia Small Business Development Center

July 23 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

July 27 – Senator Warner’s conference on broadband grant application

July 27 – Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development – Broadband grant application

July 30 – Wintergreen Resort

July 31- Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival

Montebello Fish Hatchery

855 visitors in July 2009

Tourism Statistics                                Fiscal

                                July 2009              YTD 2010             July 2008              YTD 2009

Phone                     610                         610                         574                         574

Internet                  306,123                 306,123                 317,616                 317,616

Walk In                 1,555                      1,555                      1,082                      1,082

Taxes                     June 2009             YTD 2009             June 2008             YTD 2008  

Lodging                  $23,128                                394,498                 38,856                   444,217

Meals                      $42,834                                545,456                 51,054                   526,808