• Improving Storefront Curb Appeal Workshop at LACDC
• Marketing and Promotions Fair
• Visitor/Tourism Legislation
• Plans for new White Rock Visitor Center and Los Alamos Creative District
• Groups Coming to Town
• Call for Articles
• Contacts
• Calendar of Events

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Click on here to see the many events and activities we have to offer community members and visitors!

  www.chamberorganizer.com/members/calendar5.php

Don't forget this workshop takes place on March 11 from 8:30-10:30 am at the Small Business Center. It is free. It's a great way to make your place of business more attractive and enticing to visitors who are looking for gifts and souvenirs; sports items; meals and lodging, etc. Learn great design advice for curb appeal projects and how to choose plants, banners, flags and signage. Register at www.nmsbdc.org/losalamos or contact Heather Campbell at 661-4803 or heather@losalamos.org

LACDC and its programs including the Meeting and Visitor Bureau are teaming up to provide businesses with opportunities to network and learn about local marketing and promotion. This event will be held on Monday March 15th at the Reel Deal Theater from 4:30-6:00pm. This event is free. If interested in promoting your services contact Katy Korkos at 661-4816 or katyk@loslamos.org

State of New Mexico Legislation
The special session ended March 4. House Bill 2 the General Appropriations Act of 2010" was introduced in the special session. In comparison to the last version of House Bill 2 in the regular session, House Bill 2 now includes $187.5 added back to Marketing and Promotion and $112.5 added back to NM Sports Authority budgets for a total addition of $300.0.
 

These tourism-related bills did not pass:
House Bill 189, the restaurant surtax was to create the Tourism Promotion Fund as a dedicated source of funding for advertising. It was estimated that this revenue stream could have effectively tripled the NM Tourism Dept. marketing budget

House Bill 7, the General Appropriations Act, which recommended a $1.2 million reduction in the FY11 budget which would have affected the Department of Tourism's operating budget in salaries, marketing, advertising and intertribal support

On the National Level Legislation

"The President Signs Travel Promotion Act into Law! - The Travel Promotion Act"
The Travel Promotion Act is now law. According to TANM Executive Director, Sharon Shultz, "It's a great day for America and the travel community with the United States solidly on the path to welcome millions of new visitors and in the process create thousands of American jobs."TANM reminds us how important it is that we continue to promote the benefits the Travel Promotion Act to bring visitors to local communities across the country.She added, "While travel promotion isn't a panacea for our international inbound travel issues - welcoming more visitors also requires continued improvement in visa and entry processes - this is the biggest commitment our government has made to support international travel to our country and the clearest indication to date that Congress is taking travel seriously."
 

On Friday February 26, LAMVB staff and volunteers attended a special presentation/training at the WRTIC. Katy Korkos, Chamber Member Services Rep is also a member of the White Rock master planning committee. She announced that if progress proceeds as well as it has, the new White Rock Visitor Center will be in existence in about eighteen months. The County is still taking public opinion at their website: www.losalamosnm.us/projects/visitorcenter or you can call the Capital Projects and Facilities Department at 662-8150. She also reported on the Los Alamos Creative District. LACD is among the newest of New Mexico deignated Arts and Cultural Districts and if approved the project will focus on sharing the unique creative heritage of Los Alamos and perhaps with a shared visitor center in downtown Los Alamos. For more information contact Audrey Garduno at 661-4886 at LACDC or audrey@losalamos.org.

 

In March, LAMVB is working with the following groups about their plans and potential plans to bring their event to Los Alamos:

Motorcycle Rally in the fall
Valles Caldera 4-H Event this summer
County Kids Wrestling Camp June
Global Summit Group in Santa Fe March
Los Alamos Hockey Association in March
Group of Japanese business interests in coming months
New Mexico Library Association fall mini-conferences
UNM Football Team - August

 

Do you have articles or content that you would like to share with other area businesses and organizations that are interested in visitor and tourist-related business?   Submit your article to Chelo Rojas ( chelo@losalamos.org , 661-4817 ) by the end of a month for inclusion in the following month's LAMVB Bulletin. To be sure your article topic is appropriate, please contact Chelo first to confirm.

LACDC/Los Alamos Meeting & Visitors Bureau
109 Central Park Square
Los Alamos, NM 87544
mvb@losalamos.org
505-661-4817

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