Partnership Alliance Marketing
Development Assistance Resources
VTC works with Virginia communities and organizations to promote the growth of tourism programs, product and businesses. Services include strategic planning assistance, assistance with identifying funding sources, and as liaisons with other local state and federal agencies.
VTC Tourism Development Division is active in a number of projects around the Commonwealth. Below is a summary of some of the projects which the VTC Tourism Development team facilitates either directly or in partnership with other agencies or groups.
- American Civil War Sesquicentennial Tourism Marketing Program
- Beaches to Bluegrass Trail
- Blue Ridge Parkway and Shenandoah National Park 75th Anniversaries
- Crooked Road – Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
- Daniel Boone Interpretive Center
- Entrepreneur Express
- Fish Virginia First Initiative
- “Great Customer Service Comes from the Heart” Training Program
- Great Eastern Trail
- Heartwood: Southwest Virginia Artisans Gateway
- Meherrin River Blueway and Canoe Trail
- “More than a Farm Tour” Agritourism Workshops
- Rocky Knob Heritage Project
- ‘Round the Mountain Artisan Trails
- Spearhead Multi-Use Recreational Trail
- Strategic planning facilitation in Virginia communities
- Tourism and the Arts Marketing Program
- Virginia Coal Heritage Trail
- Virginia Tourism Corporation Marketing Leverage Program
- Wilderness Road – Virginia’s Heritage Migration Route
Below are additional planning and assistance resources.
Strategic Planning and Community Development Resources
- Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Office of Community Capacity Building http://www.dhcd.virginia.gov/CommunityCapacityBuilding/Office_Of_Community_Capacity_Building.htm
- Virginia Tobacco Commission http://www.tic.virginia.gov/
- Center for Rural Virginia http://www.cfrv.org
- Community Design Assistance Center – http://cdac.arch.vt.edu
- Service Learning Center at Virginia Tech http://www.vtserves.vt.edu/
- Appalachian Regional Commission http://www.arc.gov/index.jsp
Additional Virginia Agencies and Resources
- Commonwealth of Virginia http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/government_4096/state_website_list.html
- Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Board http://www.abc.state.va.us/
- Virginia Commission for the Arts http://www.arts.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation http://www.dcr.state.va.us/
- Virginia Department of Education http://www.pen.k12.va.us/
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality http://www.deq.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Forestry http://www.dof.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Historic Resources http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/
- Virginia Department of Labor and Industry www.doli.virginia.gov
- Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation www.dpor.virginia.gov
- Virginia Department of Transportation http://www.virginiadot.org/default_flash.asp
- Virginia Employment Commission www.vaemploy.com
- Virginia Marine Resources Commission http://www.mrc.state.va.us/index.shtm
- Virginia State Parks http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/
