February 2010 Economic Development Report

Nelson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Board of Supervisors Report

January 2010                                                                        

 

Projects

  • Facilitating due diligence process for federal broadband planning grant– announcements are pending
  • Received funding for Dept. of Housing and Community Development pre-planning grant project for artisan trail network
  • Assisting with the new Virginia Craft Brewers Guild
  • Assisting with Fish Virginia First marketing
  • Completed report on Arts and Cultural districts
  • Working with the Nelson County Bike Festival (August 28-29, 2010) and Backyard Revolution (May 8-9, 2010)
  • Assisting with 2010 anniversary of the Virginia Scenic Rivers program
  • Coordinating tourism program for TransDominion Express with regional partners
  • Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
  • 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
  • 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

 

January Meetings

January 4 – Arts and Cultural district

January 6 – Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services economic development directors

January 7 – Economic Development Authority

January 7 – Blue Ridge Medical Center expansion project

January 7 – Summer Solstice Festival

January 8 – Virginia Craft Brewers Guild

January 11 – Backyard Revolution

January 13-14 – Travel writer

January 20 – Charlottesville Regional Airport expansion

January 21 – Central Virginia Small Business Development Center advisory council

January 23-24 – Artisan Center of Virginia statewide business institute

January 25 – Backyard Revolution

January 26 – Fish Virginia First

January 26 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

January 28 – Virginia Scenic River