Dickenson County receives grant for tourism readiness training

Abstract

The Virginia Tech Office of Economic Development (OED) has helped Dickenson County in its successful efforts to win funding from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to conduct specialized "train-the-trainer" education for the hospitality and tourism industry this summer and fall. OED began working with the community in 2003 on a community visioning process that was funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission.