Down East Resource Conservation & Development
Where Need Meets Opportunity......and Progress is Made!!

DownEast & Acadia Regional Tourism (DART)

DART began informally in 1995 when local chambers of commerce in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor began talking about how collaboration throughout the area would help everyone. As a result of these informal discussions, all the chambers in Washington and Hancock County were invited to cooperatively market the region under DART’s umbrella. Chambers have historically been the most active players, but DART welcomes participation from “all business organizations and non-profits (such as, but not limited to Chambers of Commerce) in the DART region, who have an interest in planning for tourism growth and/or promoting tourism in the region”. DART’s purpose is:

to represent these business organizations with the State Office of Tourism
to promote, support, and manage regional tourism and commercial interests while protecting and preserving the region’s natural resources, historic integrity and cultural character and enhancing economic vitality
to coordinate with other regional and state planning and development programs
to promote economic well-being through coordinated promotion and marketing and development of tourism products, i.e. via regional information and visitor orientation services to the public.

To view DART's website go to www.downeastacadia.com

Click here for a pdf of DART's Strategic Marketing Plan.

Link to some of DART's Accomplishments

Down East RC&D works closely with DART and functions as its fiscal agent.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in its programs on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact the USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600, (voice and TDD).

To file a complaint, write the Secretary of Agriculture, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250, or call 1-800-245-6340 (voice) or (202) 720-1127 (TDD). USDA is an equal employment opportunity employer.

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