Project Expansion
Leadership teams in Craig, Dickenson and King & Queen Counties are beginning to focus on rural tourism. Ways in which Web sites developed as part of this project can be used to develop and promote these activities. The Virginia Tourism Corporation has recently published materials to support the development of Agritourism enterprises. The micro and home-based businesses that offer goods or services of interest to tourists can also link their Web page to Virginia.org, an Internet site sponsored by the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
The BEV expansion strategy for this project depends to a large degree on initiative from the counties: suggestions or ideas that they generate and for which they seek advice or assistance, such as the inquiries from the Rappahannock Tribe in King and Queen County (described under "Spin Off" activities). Such initiatives are perhaps the best indication that the TOP investment has made a lasting difference in the activities of various communities and the thinking of their leadership.