ForeSite Consulting, LLC

ForeSite Consulting provides Cultural Heritage Tourism Development Consulting services to tourism destinations including:

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.

Cultural Heritage Sustainable Tourism Development Consulting & Strategic Planning – Guide your community or heritage area through the strategic 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.

Destination Tourism Marketing Strategies – Development of effective Marketing Strategies that are 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. We help clients get the RIGHT information to the RIGHT people at the RIGHT time.

“I highly recommend Foresite Consulting, LLC and Rita Robinette for any Convention and Visitors Bureau that is seeking to conduct a cultural and heritage tourism assessment for their destination. Rita Robinette is a true professional that will go above and beyond to ensure a successful project. Our CVB team has utilized the information and research provided by Foresite Consulting to enhance our tourism efforts and increase the economic impact in the cultural and heritage tourism segment of business in Rutherford County, Tennessee. The expertise and professionalism provided by Rita Robinette have earned her an excellent and well-deserved reputation.”

Barbara Wolke, Senior Vice President
Convention & Visitors Bureau, Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce
Murfreesboro, TN

“Rita’s meticulous method of compiling and analyzing data will greatly benefit our county as we look to her recommendations for making Letcher County a tourism destination.”

Ina (Missy) Matthews, Chairman
Letcher County Tourism and Convention Commission

“Rita Robinette is a problem solver. You present a situation to her and she will resolve it. Our organization is very complex and she was able to accomplish our goals. She can grasp a concept you want to accomplish and research it, implement it and finish it quickly. She is a professional and follows through on every project in a timely fashion. I would recommend her highly to any organization.”

Gloria D. Rocchio, President

The Ward Melville Heritage Organization

“Over the years she has been instrumental in helping two of our organizations. The Blue Ridge Farm Direct Market Assn., made up of 25 local apple growers <ncapples.com> that provide public rack cards (10,000 printed yearly) and online information about their apples, apple products and locations. The most recent addition is a mobile responsive website that allows customers (mobile phones and devices) to search for specific apple related items that will send them to a specific grower and their location on a map. Rita has also helped our associations write grants that have generated thousands of dollars. These grants have helped us market our organizations through rack cards, websites and other market projects… “

Marvin A. Owings, Jr., Director
Henderson County Cooperative Extension

“Rita Robinette offers thoughtful consultation specific to our company’s needs, providing consistent value for quality products and deliverables. Her commitment to staying on schedule and budget is refreshing. Her follow-up is admirable, and she readily provides assistance on request. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Foresite Consulting as we grow our business brands …”

Cheryl Hargrove, President
HTC Partners

More Accolades

Resilience: America’s Eroding Edges Video

This video, sponsored by Preservation Leadership Forum, features Victoria Herrmann’s groundbreaking America’s Eroding Edges project challenges us not only to acknowledge the threats to cultural heritage brought on by sea level rise but also to act in real and urgent ways to address them. Her TrustLive will begin a PastForward conversation exploring the connections between historic preservation and national and international initiatives, including the Paris climate agreement and this fall’s Global Climate Action Summit in California.

Intangible Heritage Video

This is a TrustLive video, sponsored by San Francisco Planning, features Dr. Milton Chen, senior fellow and executive director emeritus at The George Lucas Educational Foundation and chair of the education committee of the National Park System Advisory Board, who understands the deep connections between place, story, and the preservation of cultural heritage. The video begins a discussion on new and inclusive approaches for safeguarding the places and practices associated with cultural heritage.

Historic Landscapes: the Culture-Nature Connection Video

Co-presented with US/ICOMOS (The U.S. National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites), the culture-nature journey at the 2018 Past Foreward Conference held in San Francisco began with a keynote from author Terry Tempest Williams. Tempest Williams, a passionate advocate for nature, freedom of speech, and social justice, who will share her insights on the endless connection between humans and nature and ask us to consider how we can ensure equity in the preservation and management of cultural landscapes. This TrustLive complements a suite of culture-nature programming that will include both national and international perspectives in generating a range of strategic, comprehensive, and viable solutions for preserving cultural landscapes in the face of contemporary threats.

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