Tourism
as an Economic Development Strategy
Wednesday, October
30, 2002 at the Colusa County Fairgrounds in Colusa,
California
On October 30, 2002 the Great Valley Center hosted
a forum focused on exploring regional economic
tourism strategies for the Sacramento Valley.
Over 120 people heard speakers from around the
country share their insights on how rural areas
can highlight their unique assets.
Scenes
from the Forum
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| Agenda |
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| 8:45 AM |
Registration,
Continental Breakfast |
|
| 9:30 AM |
Welcome
and Introductions |
| |
Carol Whiteside, Great Valley Center |
|
| 9:45 AM |
Opening
Remarks |
| |
Thomas
Dorr, USDA Rural Development |
|
| 10:00 AM |
Rewarding
Your Marketing Efforts Through Cooperative Branding?
|
| |
Professor
Liping A. Cai, Purdue University |
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|
| 10:45 AM |
Break
|
|
| 11:00 AM |
What
makes a region attractive? |
| |
Kelly E. Bell, California
State Automobile Association |
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Louise A. Shumbris, Tauck
World Discovery |
|
| 12:00 Noon |
Buffet
Lunch |
|
| 12:30 PM |
Shaping
the West: Shasta Dam and Other Bureau of Reclamation
Projects |
| |
Michael Petrinovich, US
Bureau of Reclamation
|
|
| 1:15 PM |
Cultivating
the Overnight Experience |
| |
Desmond Jolly, University
of California, Small Farm Center |
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David Kendall, Villas
International |
| |
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Michael Richardson, California
Association of Bed & Breakfasts Inns and
AmberHouse
Bed & Breakfast Inn |
|
| 2:00 PM |
Agri-Tourism
on Your Ranch or Farm |
| |
Bill Burrows and Family |
| |
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|
| 2:45 PM |
Closing
Comments |
| |
Ron Stromstad, Great Valley
Center Board Member,
Ducks
Unlimited |
|
| 3:00 PM |
Adjourn
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