January 2009 Economic Development Report
Nelson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism
Board of Supervisors Report
January 2009
Projects
- Appointed to Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services local rural economic development directors committee
- Hosted Toronto travel writer
- Member of Blue Ridge Medical Center advisory committee
- Grant application pending 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
- Local Food Hub 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
- 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
December Meetings
December 4 – Blue Ridge Medical Center
December 4 – Economic Development Authority
December 5 – Wintergreen Resort marketing
December 8 – Service Corps of Retired Executives
December 9 – Girl Scout Troop 9330 Silver/Gold award project
December 10 – Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
December 12 – Local Food Hub
December 13 – Regional brewery trail
December 16 – Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development Broadband Planning Grant
December 16-18 – Travel writer
Montebello Fish Hatchery
243 visitors in December 2008
Tourism Statistics Fiscal
December 2008 YTD 2009 December 2007 YTD 2008
Phone 525 3,819 452 3,035
Internet 305,123 1,814,972 265,040 1,532,387
Walk In 544 5,990 921 8,006
Taxes November 2008 YTD 2008 November 2007 YTD 2007
Lodging $ $22,987 176,365 42,971 177,401
Meals $34,788 221,097 47,451 199,069