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

Julio Society International Ice Age Trail Maine Seafood Alliance Watersheds Meetings & Events DownEast & Acadia Regional Tourism (DART) Vacationland Resources Committee The RC&D Council and Sponsors   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. Link to DART's Fact Sheet Link to DART's Conversion Study Results and Report 2009 Subgrantee RFP for the Maine Tourism Marketing Partnership Program 2011 To view DART's website go to www.downeastacadia.com Click here for a pdf of DART's Strategic Marketing Plan. DART's Newsletters are sent to members periodically, as we have news and deadlines that are of interest.  At a minimum, these come out quarterly, but sometimes, even every month. Links to our newsletters are below: Newsletter March 2010 Newsletter November 2009 Newsletter July 2009 Newsletter April 2009 Newsletter January 2009 Newsletter - December 2008 Newsletter - September 2008 Newsletter - August 2008 Newsletter - July 2008 Down East RC&D works closely with DART and functions as its fiscal agent.

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