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New group holds Inaugural Rural Tourism
Summit
(Marianna, Florida)
– A new tourism cheerleader for the central Panhandle is up and running. Homer
Hirt, president of RiverWay South Apalachicola Choctawhatchee (RWSAC) has
announced the organization will host its inaugural Rural Tourism Development
Summit, on October 28, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (central) at the
Pioneer Panhandle Settlement in Blountstown, Fla. “We’re less than a year old, but we’re fired
up about the potential opportunities for rural tourism development in our
region, Hirt said. Our goal for the Summit is to network potential rural
tourism businesses and resources to grow local tourism with increased
destination marketing in our eight county region.”
The Summit will
feature sessions on public relations, promotions, cultural heritage
programming, agri-tourism, paddling, Green Guide Certification,
wayfinding/wayshowing and tourism professional development. Tourist Development Councils, civic groups,
historical societies, outdoor clubs, arts organizations, colleges &
universities, elected officials, chambers of commerce, development commissions,
elected officials, media and others who value the mission of RWSAC are
encouraged to attend.
VISIT FLORIDA, the
state’s official source for travel planning, awarded RiverWay South
Apalachicola Choctawhatchee a Cultural, Heritage and Nature Tourism Education
Grant for the 2011-2012 Fiscal Year to conduct this summit. “We are pleased that VISIT FLORIDA and its
Board of Directors selected us from a large number of grant applicants, during
their most competitive grant cycle to date,” said Sharon Liggett, project manager
for RWSAC.
“The purpose of
these grants is to help non-profit entities and local governments stretch their
tourism marketing dollars in an effort to expand cultural, heritage, rural and
nature tourism activities in Florida,” said Christopher Thompson, President &
CEO for VISIT FLORIDA.
RiverWay
South Apalachicola Choctawhatchee is a public/private partnership that
encourages sustainable economic development through the preservation and
promotion of the natural, cultural and historical resources of the Apalachicola
and Choctawhatchee River basins including Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf,
Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and Washington counties.
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