Land Conservation and Greenway Conference
Since 2007, Virginia’s United Land Trusts has organized this annual conference to assist land-conservation professional and volunteers in the important work of saving Virginia’s extraordinary natural heritage, cultural resources, and open spaces.
April 8–10
Richmond Downtown Hilton
501 East Broad St. Richmond, VA 23219
https://vaunitedlandtrusts.org/annual-conference/
2019 Agritourism Conference
Agritourism entrepreneurs, economic development staff, and local government leaders are invited to attend the 2019 Agritourism Conference.
Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, 2019
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center,
110 Shenandoah Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia
https://ext.vt.edu/agriculture/agritourism.html
2019 Virginia Tourism Orientation Program
Virginia is for Lovers is one of the most highly recognized tourism slogans in the world. Find out how the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) promotes its brand and Virginia as a tourism destination. Join us for a one-and-a-half-day interactive event where you will learn about VTC’s marketing techniques and practices that can help increase visitation to your events, attractions, destinations or region. Learn More
Visitor Centers Seminar
The local/regional visitor center seminar is a once-a-year opportunity for managers and employees of visitor centers across Virginia to network with their colleagues, learn new tactics for visitor center operations, receive motivational messages from experts in the customer service field, and tour different regions of the state for a first-hand look at the tourism product. Learn More
Adventure Tourism Outdoor & Recreation Program and Course Information
The Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Recreation program at Southwest Virginia Community College will provide training to develop a workforce for the outdoor recreation industry and to stimulate economic development. The Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Recreation programs, activities and events at Southwest Virginia Community College are a unique blend of entrepreneurship, tourism, and recreation. Whether you are interested in starting your own adventure tourism businesses, work for an outdoor based business, become a guide or outfitter, work in a local, state or national park, gain knowledge to keep yourself safe or just have fun, we have the program, activity or event for you. In addition, we have non-credit courses in specific subject area, many of which prepare students for national certifications.
For Additional Information: Visit http://sw.edu/ator/ – Email beit@sw.edu – Call (276) 964-7277
Entrepreneur Express Workshops – Moving Your Business Forward
The Entrepreneur Express Workshops are designed to provide information on available business resources and deliver practical, hands-on training covering key elements of business practice. Workshop segments include information on how to start and operate a business, grow an existing business, marketing strategies, financing and locating available resources. Entrepreneur Express events are scheduled around the state in the coming weeks. For a complete schedule of dates and locations – as well as other business assistance workshops and events – click here: http://www.vastartup.org/
