Economic Development

Nelson County Department of Economic Development and Tourism

Board of Supervisors Report

March 2010                                                                          

Projects

• Facilitating due diligence process for federal broadband planning grant– announcements are pending
• Assisting with the green infrastructure inventory program
• Working with the 25^th anniversary of the Batteau Festival
• Hosting the quarterly meeting of the Virginia rural economic development directors April 21
• 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)
• 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 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
• 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

February Meetings

February 2 – Thomas Jefferson Partnership for Economic Development

February 4 – Summer Solstice Festival

February 4 – Nelson County Bike Festival

February 8 – Artisan Trail

February 9 – Crozet Tunnel

February 10 – Virginia Tourism Corporation – Amtrak

February 12 – Virginia Craft Brewers Guild

February 17 – Jon Shallert’s marketing webinar

February 18 – Shenandoah National Park 75^th celebration

February 22 – Natural Resources project

February 24 – Small Business Development Center – retail and restaurant specialist

February 26 – Wintergreen Resort marketing

Montebello Fish Hatchery

 22 visitors in February 2010