Coming together for communication and regional coordination with a focus on tourism

Volunteers & Supporters

Scott McDowell, City of Brownsville

Dave Furtwangler, CEO, Cascade Timber

Craig Martin, City of Sweet Home

Jo Ann McQueary, LBCC

Why Focus on Tourism?

•Visitors rarely consider political boundaries

•More important in rural areas

•Half of overnight stays are in private homes

•Oregon Travel Spending $8B+

•Linn Cty Expo & Albany Hotels are important

Goals• Develop & promote unique & authentic

tourism activities

• Inform Linn County of tourism’s value and opportunity

• Create guidelines for participating organizations

• Establish a web presence showcasing Linn County events & activities

• Develop tools to allow all areas of the county to be informed & coordinate activities, events & resources.

Accomplishments

•Group has continuously met for three years

•Raised funds to support efforts

•Linn County Asset Mapping

•Linn Expo kiosk

•Linger in Linn Tour Guide

What Now?

•Informing Linn County of tourism opportunities (goal 2)

•Primary emphasis on website development (goal 4)

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How can you help?

•Provide community information for calendar, Website & kiosk

•Be aware of community activities and train others

•Advertise your business/activity on the VLC website

•Actively participate and/or invest in VLC

Coming together for communication and regional coordination with a focus on tourism