FW: 10 More Days: Last chance to register for Civic Tourism 2

Creating & Marketing Your Somewhere October 15 -18, 2008 Dear , Only 10 more days until we host the Civic Tourism II Conference on October 15 - 18.  Register online today! Come learn more about marketing your somewhere:  as Tourism for Tomorrow says about Blackstone Valley: "With an integrated, community-centered, resilient approach to tourism development, the Council has worked to help transform a polluted, spiritless landscape and river into an emerging visitor destination." Come join us and learn more about how you can market and create your somewhere!! Civic Labs: are hands on experience   Each of the five civic labs provides insights into pressing community/tourism problems.  Here they are with key tour focus:  (to see agenda and all five sites click here) American Planners Association Credits The conference is offering 11 CM Credits for Certified Planners.  All eligible sessions (at least 1 hour), luncheon speakers, and tours have been submitted to AICP for approval of CM credits!    Plan to attend today!    Spotlight: Thursday, Oct. 16 Workshop session   Identity, Landscape, and Inside-Out Design: with Maia Small, Thurlow, Small Architecture, Josh Silverman, Schwadesign and Wilfred Gates, Gates Leighton    Role of design Finding relationships between identity, identification, and landscape is a design process that requires collaboration between expertise and local knowledge.   Event structures Every place has physical and cultural conditions that make it unique. Historically, tourism has codified or commodified these aspects to entice the visitor-where complex or deeply rooted experiences become stripped of their contexts and distilled for easy consumption. With travel becoming increasingly expensive and the outdated notion of tourism more fickle to fashion, finding new ways to unearth existing experiences is crucial to generating new audiences. Read more about our workshops   At a time when tourism has to be more about community, you'll find that this conference will give you innovative tools and new ideas to contribute in marketing & creating your somewhere! See you soon, Robert Billington    and       Robert Leaver  BVTC                               New Commons In This Issue Civic Labs Spotlight Register today Quick Links Register Now Full Progam More About Us Register today! Click here to register today! Click for full program We also have other registration options for students and one day attendance Presented By:   Our Sponsors Sustainable Tourism Lab Blackstone Valley Tourism Council New Commons   Mystic Aquarium RI Council on Humanities Civic Tourism Providence Arts, Culture & Tourism Boston University Narragansett Beer   Coastal Wines New England Project for Public Spaces South County Tourism Council Tourism Cares Westerly-Pawcatuck Chamber of Commerce Newport Convention and Visitors Bureau Narragansett Graphics Whole Foods Market