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.
- Beaches to Bluegrass Trail
- Crooked Road – Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
- Daniel Boone Interpretive Center
- Entrepreneur Express
- Fish Virginia First Initiative
- 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.
Research and Community Data Resources
Strategic Planning and Community Development Resources
Tourism Professional Links
Additional Virginia Agencies and Resources