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BCTDA Establishes Community Leadership Council and New Website as Part of Engagement Process to Plan for Community Assets
The Community Leadership Council (CLC) is a volunteer committee that will support the work of creating the TMIP. The group will review progress during several phases, share feedback and offer perspectives from the broader community.
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BCTDA Approves Funding to Lead Yearlong Community Engagement Process to Plan for Community Investments
The Buncombe County Tourism Management & Investment Plan to Develop Community Assets (TMIP) is a collaborative process to bring public entities, tourism officials and the community together with data resources to develop a framework to guide the long-term investment of BCTDA’s Tourism Product Development Fund (TPDF).
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BCTDA Public Notice
Public notice is hereby given that the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority intends to amend the budget ordinance as presented to its governing board and will conduct a budget hearing on Wednesday, February, 27, 2019, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Explore Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau at 27 College Place, Asheville, NC 28801. Budget amendments and ordinances are posted here on ExploreAshevilleCVB.com. 828.258.6111 Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on February 17, 2019. Please contact Jonna (Reiff) Sampson at 828.258.6111 or jsampson@ExploreAsheville.com with any questions. Thank you.
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Tourism Industry Supports Local Nonprofits
“We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank. “The contributions they make are immeasurable.”
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BCTDA Board Member Himanshu Karvir, WLOS “Person of the Week”!
WLOS Persons of the Week, Himanshu Karvir and his wife Swati Patel, have made the drive their annual passion project. They help collect hundreds of backpacks every year. “Just to find out there was such a huge need for supplies like pencils and notebooks was really surprising to me,” Himanshu said. “That’s what drives my wife and I, is we have to help people in Buncombe County. We have to help our neighbors. That’s where it starts.”
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Sweet Dreams, Full Plates: Asheville Hotels Donate over 100,000 Meals to MANNA
One small gesture has helped change the course of an entire community. Nearly 30 Asheville-area hotels have raised over $30,000 to help end hunger in Western North Carolina through an unprecedented campaign effort called Sweet Dreams, Full Plates: Hospitality Feeds Families.
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Planning for the Future of Tourism in Buncombe County | OPINION
Here at the culmination of National Tourism Week (May 5-11) and with the start of the summer travel season on the horizon, the timing feels right to shine a light on the public good that we can attribute to tourism and share the ways that lodging tax revenue will be activated to help manage impacts and plan future investments for the benefit of both Asheville area residents and visitors.
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Lodging Tax Supports Local People | LETTER
Every day, I am inspired by local people who launch and live their dreams here, dreams that are possible because of tourism.
read moreWhat’s New
BCTDA Establishes Community Leadership Council and New Website as Part of Engagement Process to Plan for Community Assets
The Community Leadership Council (CLC) is a volunteer committee that will support the work of creating the TMIP. The group will review progress during several phases, share feedback and offer perspectives from the broader community.
read more
BCTDA Approves Funding to Lead Yearlong Community Engagement Process to Plan for Community Investments
The Buncombe County Tourism Management & Investment Plan to Develop Community Assets (TMIP) is a collaborative process to bring public entities, tourism officials and the community together with data resources to develop a framework to guide the long-term investment of BCTDA’s Tourism Product Development Fund (TPDF).
read more
BCTDA Public Notice
Public notice is hereby given that the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority intends to amend the budget ordinance as presented to its governing board and will conduct a budget hearing on Wednesday, February, 27, 2019, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Explore Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau at 27 College Place, Asheville, NC 28801. Budget amendments and ordinances are posted here on ExploreAshevilleCVB.com. 828.258.6111 Published in the Asheville Citizen Times on February 17, 2019. Please contact Jonna (Reiff) Sampson at 828.258.6111 or jsampson@ExploreAsheville.com with any questions. Thank you.
read moreTourism Cares
Tourism Industry Supports Local Nonprofits
“We are continually amazed by the philanthropic nature of our culinary and hospitality community here and how generous they are to the local community,” says Mary Nesbitt, chief development officer of Asheville-based hunger relief nonprofit MANNA FoodBank. “The contributions they make are immeasurable.”
read more
BCTDA Board Member Himanshu Karvir, WLOS “Person of the Week”!
WLOS Persons of the Week, Himanshu Karvir and his wife Swati Patel, have made the drive their annual passion project. They help collect hundreds of backpacks every year. “Just to find out there was such a huge need for supplies like pencils and notebooks was really surprising to me,” Himanshu said. “That’s what drives my wife and I, is we have to help people in Buncombe County. We have to help our neighbors. That’s where it starts.”
read more
Sweet Dreams, Full Plates: Asheville Hotels Donate over 100,000 Meals to MANNA
One small gesture has helped change the course of an entire community. Nearly 30 Asheville-area hotels have raised over $30,000 to help end hunger in Western North Carolina through an unprecedented campaign effort called Sweet Dreams, Full Plates: Hospitality Feeds Families.
read morePerspectives
Planning for the Future of Tourism in Buncombe County | OPINION
Here at the culmination of National Tourism Week (May 5-11) and with the start of the summer travel season on the horizon, the timing feels right to shine a light on the public good that we can attribute to tourism and share the ways that lodging tax revenue will be activated to help manage impacts and plan future investments for the benefit of both Asheville area residents and visitors.
read more
Lodging Tax Supports Local People | LETTER
Every day, I am inspired by local people who launch and live their dreams here, dreams that are possible because of tourism.
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