Marketing

Library director dismissal questioned

Trustees’ minutes show unanimous vote after review DOVER- Selectboard members discussed library personnel questions and heard an update on a regional marketing campaign
At the beginning of the meeting, selectboard chair Vicki Capitani announced that Dover Police Sgt....

Board approves marketing, police funding asks

By Amelia Nick
WILMINGTON- Financial requests took up the majority of Tuesday’s Wilmington Selectboard meeting with budget planning for fiscal year 2024 beginning next month. One percent local option tax funds, annual allocations, and necessary purchases for town departments were among...

Marketing program a success, to return in 2023

DOVER- Selectboard members approved funding for the Bitown Economic Development Committee marketing campaign and gave the Southern Vermont Trails Association the go-ahead to prepare the town forest for winter recreation at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
The board unanimously...

Boards get update on Bitown marketing results

DEERFIELD VALLEY- Wilmington and Dover Selectboards heard a report from Bitown Marketing Director Tim Dolan on a digital marketing campaign conducted over the summer. The two boards met by Zoom Wednesday evening.
The advertising campaign was conducted over almost six months, from May 16...

Dover Selectboard has been holding their meetings by Zoom since last fall

Board to meet in person next month

DOVER- Selectboard members agreed to resume partially in-person board meetings in April, and approved funding for a marketing program at their regular meeting Tuesday evening.
Board members agreed to return to their “hybrid” meetings that were abandoned last fall amid technological...

Riders enjoying the Bluebird chairlift at Mount Snow last fall. The resort is opening June 26 with limited operations throughout the summer: Fridays to Sundays for scenic chairlift rides and hiking and the Bullwheel summit restaurant. The Mount Snow Golf Course is open Wednesdays to Sundays. Bi-town marketing committee members say their plan will offer flexibility with when and what they market. File photo

Towns agree to fund bi-town marketing campaign

Five year strategy will be included
DEERFIELD VALLEY- At a joint meeting on Tuesday, the Wilmington and Dover selectboards approved a plan from the bi-town marketing committee to spend a combined $71,500 to market Dover and Wilmington as a destination for tourists and...

The bi-town committee is frustrated that it can’t get the state’s attention to approve signs similar to this, to keep visitors off back roads. File photo

Group still trying to get state to approve signs

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the Bi-town Economic Development Committee on Thursday, March 5, committee members reviewed a presentation about a $100,000 bi-town marketing campaign funded by Wilmington and Dover. The bi-town marketing committee intends to ask the towns’ boards for a re-up on that...

Frustrated by cheap state

Officials decry paltry development funding WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the bi-town economic development committee on Thursday, September 5, several committee members cited frustration with the state.
Eric Durocher, executive director of the Southern Vermont Deerfield...

Marketing campaign gets underway

WILMINGTON - At a meeting of the Bi-town Economic Development Committee on Thursday, April 4, Southern Vermont Deerfield Valley Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Eric Durocher said the bi-town marketing committee is moving forward with its summer marketing initiative.
“We’ve chosen...

State releases results of new tourism impact study

MONTPELIER- Gov. Phil Scott recently released the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing’s 2017 Tourism Benchmark Study.
The study, published every two years, evaluates and tracks the impact tourism has on the state’s economy. According to a statement released by the governor’s...