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Vacationland
Resources Committee (VRC)
Our
mission is to promote sustainable
tourism* practices in Down East Maine.
*
The World
Tourism Organization describes sustainable tourism as "a model form
of economic development...[I}t is development of the physical
community,
the social environment, and the economy which meets the needs of the
present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own
needs."
 Check out the "Discover
DownEast & Acadia" Map
Please note, this is a very large (12MB) file and
may take a long time to load. It will print
poster-size. Limited printed copies of the map are
available from the Washington County Council of Governments.
Please email Judy East if
you would like one.
Listen here
to VRC members Sherry
Churchill, Fred
Cook, and Natalie
Springuel
discuss nature-based tourism
with
Ron Beard
on WERU's
"Talk
of the Towns"
broadcast
on Sept. 25, 2009
Newsletters
Our newsletters
are published quarterly. Click below for .pdfs of each of them.
January
2010 Newsletter!
October 2009 Newsletter
Some
of our current projects include
(click on icons for
more information):
and
the
Down East Nature
Based Tourism Initiative
*** DESTINY
2010***
The
VRC has also written “A
Resource Guide for Sustainable Tourism in Down East Maine and Southwest
New Brunswick”. Tourism businesses and destinations have
identified
a need for better access to resources for greening their operations and
incorporating best practices in various aspects of sustainable
tourism.
Responding to this need, the VRC joined forces with Maine Sea Grant,
The
Sunrise County Economic Council, DownEast & Acadia Regional Tourism
and the Washington County Council of Governments to write and submit a
grant to the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment to prepare
the guide.
Vacationland
Resources
Committee (VRC) is a group of business, environmental and planning
professionals,
extension agents, volunteers and tourism providers working together on
sustainable tourism projects in eastern Maine. VRC
wrote
the sustainable tourism plan DESTINY
2010 (Down East Sustainable Tourism INitiative Year 2010)
for Maine's Hancock and Washington Counties, and has sponsored
workshops
and conferences to encourage businesses to incorporate and highlight
sustainable
practices.
Interested
in being part of VRC? New members are always welcome.
Click here for
more information and send us an email!
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VRC
Members:
Barbara
Arter,
BSA Environmental Consulting
Sherry
Churchill,
Savory Bay Environmental Planning and Project Management
Stephanie
Clement,
Friends of Acadia
Harold
Clossey,
Sunrise County Economic Council
Fred
Cook,
DownEast & Acadia Regional Tourism
Judy
East,
Washington County Council of Governments
Alvion
Kimball,
Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Barbara
Maurer,
Down East RC&D and DownEast & Acadia Regional Tourism
Misha
Mytar, Maine Department
of Conservation
Sarah
Nugent,
Down East Business Alliance, Washington Hancock Community Agency
Jennifer
Peters,
Sunrise County Economic Council
Phil
Savignano,
Maine Office of Tourism
Meg
Scheid,
Saint Croix Island International Historic Site
Natalie
Springuel,
VRC Chair, Maine Sea Grant
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Some
of Our Past Events
- Marketing
Your DownEast Tourism Business, November 13, 2008
- Sustainable
and Experiential Tourism Workshop, March
17, 2006
For more information
on the Vacationland
Resources Committee contact:
Barbara
Maurer
Phone: (207) 546-2368
Down
East
RC&D
FAX: (207) 546-3859
PO
Box
210
e-mail: dercd@downeastrcd.com
Cherryfield,
ME 04622
Please
take advantage
of the e-mail link above and write and tell us what you would like to
see
on this web page, such as links to business training
opportunities,
links to ecotourism projects around the world, locally written articles
on what is going on in Down East Maine, or suggestions of other
projects
you would like to see the committee pursue.
Press
Release Archives:
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