SWAC area localities benefit from state tourism grants

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtZ2ca0mg0HMaBCnQt-OopN7ox2YZ-30J6mlwIxalGw-R3DFxolNlBMMxOPnXy4nlEkL1PjOaRadaljl2OEQatafMSXjpZ_ZbC_NEtUSdBUPHJ1iOC0HR3bcAoOziAQuXIXFpfBiEhN04/s1600/LOVE+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJtZ2ca0mg0HMaBCnQt-OopN7ox2YZ-30J6mlwIxalGw-R3DFxolNlBMMxOPnXy4nlEkL1PjOaRadaljl2OEQatafMSXjpZ_ZbC_NEtUSdBUPHJ1iOC0HR3bcAoOziAQuXIXFpfBiEhN04/s320/LOVE+sign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Staunton's Convention and Visitors Bureau</b> got the lion's share of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Grant program for the Staunton-Waynesboro-Augusta County (SWAC) area, <a href="http://www.governor.virginia.gov/News/viewRelease.cfm?id=1941">announced on Thursday by Governor Bob McDonnell</a>, with $50,000 destined for use in tourism destination marketing, research, and planning.<br /><br />Tourism is a $20 billion a year revenue generator for the Commonwealth, generally providing 5:1 return in tax revenue and supporting 207,000 jobs. Dollars invested in tourism are proven to provide a 5:1 return in tax revenue for Virginia, and the grant awards and matching funds provide a stimulus to localities seeking to increase tourism visitation and revenue. <br /><br />Other SWAC localities receiving tourism grants are $3,466 to the <b>Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center</b> in downtown Staunton to increase bus tour business; $3,881 to the <b>Artisans Center of Virginia </b>for website development; and $5,000 to the <b>Waynesboro Tourism </b>for their Mountains to Main Street marketing campaign.<br /><br />Virginia's tourism industry is marketed as <a href="http://www.virginia.org/">Virginia Is For Lovers</a>, promoting love at the heart of every Virginia vacation.

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Staunton's Convention and Visitors Bureau got the lion's share of Virginia Tourism Corporation’s Marketing Leverage Grant program f...

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