Poplar Forest gets $10K tourism grant
Thomas Jeffersonâs Poplar Forest has received $10,000 from the Virginia Tourism Corporationâs Recovery Marketing Leverage Program.
According to a news release from Poplar Forest, the program is âdesigned to help local and regional tourism entities attract more visitors by leveraging limited local marketing dollars through a local match of the state grant funds.â
âPoplar Forest will use the VTC Recovery Marketing Leverage grant funds to reach out to visitors throughout the Central Virginia region (Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Roanoke and Richmond) and inspire them to plan an excursion to Thomas Jeffersonâs private retreat and other historic tours and locations in Bedford and Lynchburg, promoting architectural history tours at Poplar Forest and the downtown architectural walking tour, and the ongoing landscape restoration at Poplar Forest with the garden and retreat at the Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum. These ex
Almost a year after its initial search for a new city manager began, Lynchburg City Council has selected a new consulting firm to spearhead the effort.
In early December, council approved its contract with Fahrenheit Advisors, a Richmond-based consulting and advisory firm that has worked with the city previously, recently partnering with the Lynchburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority for its CEO search.
According to the contract, the total cost of the search will be $35,000, with $5,000 due at the start, $5,000 payable 60 days after the start of the engagement or after a slate of candidates has been submitted, and a final $25,000 after the successful candidate has received and accepted an offer.