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ForeSite Consulting, LLC

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About Foresite Consulting, LLC

Russ and Rita Robinette, ForeSite Consultants

The Foresite Mission:

Help clients create a shared vision for cultural heritage tourism by facilitating the conceptualization of a community’s mission and vision; defining their cultural heritage tourism development goals; and providing strategies and recommended actions to achieve those goals.

ForeSite uses a three-phase approach based on the Five Principles for Cultural Heritage Tourism Development with a strong focus on community and stakeholder participation.

Read Mrs. Robinette’s Bio

Select Projects:

  • Strategic Marketing Planning Process (Coastal Georgia Greenway, Inc.)
    • Online Presentation of Marketing Planning Process with Board of Directors
    • Development of Trail Stakeholder Survey
    • Facilitation of SWOT Exercise with Board of Directors and Development of SWOT Analysis Report
    • Development of Online Customer Relations Management System
  • Heritage Tourism Development Assessment (Rutherford County, KY)
    • Tourism Inventory Survey
    • Presentation / Public Forum to Overview Cultural Heritage Tourism
    • SWOT Exercise, Analysis, and Report
    • Development of Online Stakeholder Survey & Analysis
    • Development of Visitors Survey
    • Tourism Development Assessment Report with Recommendations
    • Presentation / Public Forum to Overview Assessment Highlights and Recommendations
  • Cultural Resources Management Plan (Richland County SC)
    • Inventory of Cultural Resources
    • Overview of Historic Surveys and Contexts
    • Overview of Resource Preservation Initiatives
    • Resource Management Plan with  Goals & Strategies
  • Artists and Craftsmen Directory (Tennessee Overhill Heritage Organization)
  • Strategic Business & Marketing Plans (Henderson County Education Foundation, Inc. Hendersonville NC)
  • County Heritage Tourism Plan part of a 25-county National Heritage Area Plan (Henderson County SC)

Select Client List

Coastal Georgia Greenway, Inc.
Rutherford County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Organization
North Shore Promotional Alliance (Long Island Heritage Trail/Washington Spy Trail)
Downtown Hendersonville Main Street Program
Blue Ridge Farm Direct Market Association
Henderson County Chamber of Commerce
Bullington Gardens and Horticultural Center
The Henderson County Education Foundation
Blue Ridge Community College
Entrepreneurship New Ventures Institute
Historic (Henderson County) Courthouse
Polk County NC Travel & Tourism
Environmental and Conservation Organization (ECO)
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization
Letcher County Tourism and Convention Commission
The Mill Center for the Arts
Richland County Conservation Commission
Henderson County Travel and Tourism
Blue Ridge Apple Growers Association

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RSS Funding & Grant Opportunities

  • NARA Electronic Records Projects CFDA 89.003
  • NARA Publishing Historical Records 2012 CFDA 89.003

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