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Rappahannock County s tourism presence was stepped up last year with the help of a grant from the Virginia Tourism Corporation, which allowed creation of an Office of Tourism, a county tourism Web site (visitrappahaimockva.com) designed and maintained bv DK Design of Sperryville, and a yearlong consulting contract for Overstreet.
The first, grant-assisted year’s budget was just over $50,000. The, current fiscal year’s tourism office budget is closer to $30,000.
That grant required the county to have “partners” in the effort; hence the Tourism Partners group was bom Some of the volunteer partners contributed money — $3,000 from the town of Washington, and $1,000 each from the WHVA, the KNPC and the Rappahann<xk Association for the Arts and Community (RAAC). The Rappahannock Business Alliance <RBA), which publishes an annual subscription-based county visitor’s guide,'contributed printed materials And there
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