"OUR HOME, OUR DESTINATION”

Farmers, Local Business People, Craftspersons, Musicians, Story Tellers, Historians, Outfitters, Museums, Providers of Transportation,Food, & Accomodation, Tour Operators

People, Environment, Health, Skills, Knowledge, Culture, Time, Soil, Homes, Communities, Alabama

Join us as we embark on a two-year process for new economic growth and wealth creation in the Alabama Black Belt through the development of Community Tourism. 

Community Tourism Workshops in Dallas, Montgomery and Wilcox Counties 

Come & Represent Your Community!!

FOR THE DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY (SELMA):

Tuesday January 10th, 2012 9-12am, The Selma House 700 Tremont Street, Selma, AL  36701

Tuesday January 10th, 2012  2-5pm, The Selma-Dallas County Public Library 1103 Selma Avenue, Selma AL 36703

FOR THE WILCOX COUNTY COMMUNITY:

Monday January 9th, 2012  2-5pm, Gees Bend Ferry Terminal  1001 Earl Hilliard Road Camden, AL 36726

Thursday January 12th, 2012  5-8pm, The Gees Bend Quilt Collective  14570 County Road 29  Boykin, AL 36723

FOR THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMUNITY:

Wednesday January 11th, 2012  1-5pm, The Julliette Hampton-Morgan Memorial Libray, 245 High Street, Montgomery, AL 36104

Light refreshments will be provided

To RSVP for this event, send an email by January 6, 2012 to: Burke Kennedy,Local Counties Coordinator-bskennedy@centurytel.net

Share your thoughts, tell your story. Help create a vision for a vibrant tourism industry in your community. 

These meetings among community aim to use a small set of foundational tools that combine seven wealth creation principles ( social, economic, intellectual, individual, natural, built, and political) and Community Tourism.  We will break into small groups to practice in various relationships critical to our development and unified vision of a tourism that benefits us all. We'll practice using the Wealth Creation and Community Tourism Model to:

• Learn of the historical value and importance of our communities through the lens of Community Based Tourism (CBT)
• Benefit from greater revenue in town, as well as opportunities for new businesses, employment opportunities, and high property values
• Maintain the local culture and hold on to the characteristics that make the Black Belt special. 

Presented by Sustainable Rural Regenerative Enterprises for Families (SURREF)

in partnership with

The Black Belt Community Foundation (Fiscal Sponsor)

The Black Belt Heritage Area

Ms. Joanne Bland (Journeys for the Soul)

The Boykin Improvement Corporation

The Community House

The Gees Bend Quilt Collective

The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute

The Selma House

Selma-Dallas County Public Library 

The Wilcox County Chamber of Commerce

The Montgomery City County Public Library

& other local supporters

For vending or other info call (334)573-0052, (770)875-0427  

The Ford Foundation through its Wealth Creation in Rural Communities in the South Initiative has provided funding for the project