Economic Development

Nelson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Board of Supervisors Report

July 2009                                                                                                          

Projects

• Submitting What’s New events for Virginia Tourism Corporation for 2010
• Coordinating tourism program for Lynchburg – DC TransDominion Express with regional partners
• Assisting with Crozet Tunnel project
• 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

June Meetings

June 1 – Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival

June 4 – Virginia Economic Development Partnership

June 9 – Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival

June 10 – Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau

June 11 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

June 15 – Crozet Tunnel

June 16 – Brew Ridge Trail Music Festival

June 17 -  Crozet Tunnel

June 19 – Batteau Festival

June 23 – TransDominion Express

June 25-26 – Fun with the Family in Virginia travel writer

June 30 – Crozet Tunnel

Montebello Fish Hatchery

674 visitors in July 2009

Tourism Statistics                                Fiscal

                                June 2009             YTD 2009             June 2008             YTD 2008

Phone                     511                         7,632                      503                         5,977

Internet                  305,999                 3,648,070              315,222                 3,471,195

Walk In    

Taxes                     May 2009             YTD 2009             May 2008             YTD 2008   

Lodging                  $17,641                                370,765                 27,062                   405,361

Meals                      $42,011                                492,732                 43,594                   475,754