ForeSite Consulting, LLC

ForeSite Consulting provides Cultural Heritage Destination Tourism Planning, Development, and Strategic Marketing Services including:

Destination Strategic Planning & Sustainable Tourism Development Planning – Guide your community or heritage area through the strategic destination planning process, facilitate the conceptualization of the local tourism partners’ and stakeholders’ vision; help define tourism goals and provide strategies and recommendations to achieve those goals.

Cultural Heritage Tourism Assessment with Recommendations – Perform a preliminary tourism assessment of current/potential tourism assets and make recommendations for enhancing existing and developing new tourism destinations.

Destination Tourism Marketing Strategies – Develop effective Marketing Strategies aimed at Getting the RIGHT Information to the RIGHT People at the RIGHT Time.

Website Design & Development for Travel Destinations – Visionary web design and development of mobile responsive websites, WordPress and HTML 5 websites, and custom web applications. Other services include web hosting, SEO, Digital Marketing, and domain registration services.

Heritage, Tourism & Hospitality International Conference 2020

Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism

Mendrisio Ticino Switzerland – April 6-8, 2020

The 4th Heritage, Tourism, and Hospitality Conference (HTHIC2020) will bring together tourism and hospitality researchers, practitioners and policymakers to discuss ways to attract tourists while engagin all stakeholders in contributing to preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The conference will be held in Mendrisio in the Italian speaking Canton Ticino, Switzerland, a captivating example of ‘living’ tangible and intangible heritage.

HTHIC2020 is organised by the UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable tourism in World Heritage Sites at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) and consultancy Elgin & Co. (Netherlands) in collaboration with the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network “Culture, Tourism, and Development”. The conference theme evolves around “Living Heritage and Sustainable Tourism” with Mendrisio, in the Italian speaking Canton Ticino, as a fascinating example of ‘living’ tangible and intangible heritage.

The conference is endorsed by the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network “Culture, Tourism, and Development”.

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Balancing Nature and Commerce in Rural Communities and Landscapes Course

Course Dates/Times: 8:15 am on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 through 5:00 pm Thursday, February 13, 2020

Location: National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, WV 25443

During a 3-day course, community-based teams will focus on the economics, community character, natural resources, and partnership-building skills necessary for creating sustainable communities. Teams will identify opportunities to differentiate their communities based upon their unique assets, have the opportunity to hear the latest trends in bringing alternative energy or transportation or sustainable agriculture practices to their rural communities and develop specific action plans for implementation when they return home!

Teams of 4-7 members comprised of local business representatives, tourism councils, civic leaders, representatives of federal or state public lands (parks, forests, etc.), and others in public service roles. The team make-up should reflect a cross-section and unique character of the community!

FEATURED SPEAKER: Ed McMahon, Senior Resident Fellow on Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy at the Urban Land Institute, is nationally known as a leading authority on economic development, land conservation, smart growth, and historic preservation. As the Senior Fellow for Sustainable Development McMahon leads ULI’s worldwide efforts to conduct research and educational activities related to environmentally sensitive development policies and practices.

Team Application Deadline: December 16, 2019. If you have questions about the course or need assistance in forming a team, please contact Katie Allen (304-876-7925 | kallen@conservationfund.org) or Kendra Briechle (703-908-5817 | kbriechle@conservationfund.org).

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Team Registration Fee: $675/team
Lodging & Meals: $159 each/night ($112 each/night for double occupancy) *plan for 3-4 nights

*Lodging & Meal package includes 3 meals/day and private hotel room

*Hotel room block info will be provided to accepted teams

*Limited assistance is available; requests should be indicated on the team application

Southern Foodways Alliance Celebrates Its 20 Year Anniversary

The Southern Foodways Alliance (SFA) is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! In honor of this milestone, SFA has commissioned a series of Founders Short files highlighting its founding members and the significance of southern foodways. Watch Damon Lee Fowler, a founding SFA member, and culinary historian as he describes the importance of recognizing southern food as regional cuisine.

View all the SFA founders’ films.

2019 Network to Freedom Training – Sept. 11-14 at Niagara University

This national Underground Railroad training event will be held September 11-14 at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY. The theme for this training is “Crossings: Bridging the Authentic Underground Railroad Past to the Present.” The format for the training will be two days of workshops with four different tracks, each a half-day in length.

The National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program, the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State, the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, and Association for the Study of African American Life and History will host the event.

The Underground Railroad is a story of enslaved people who self-liberated and claimed their freedom through migration.

2019 Network to Freedom Training Schedule