Eureka Visitor Center Launching “Tourism Action Groups”
The following is a press release from the Eureka Visitor Center:
On Wednesday evening, January 16th, 2019 the Eureka Visitor Center launched their Eureka Tourism Action Groups (TAG) to help the city put its best foot forward for the 2019 tourist season. More than 40 people came to the informational meeting and over 30 people signed up for at least one action group. The invitees for the first round were composed of business owners, community organizers, and other members of the community with a vested interest in promoting tourism within the city. Based on the results of a community survey, the first three action groups are going to address issues of beautification, marketing, and safety. Each group will address 3-5 action items that can be accomplished in a six-month window.
Some action items they hope to accomplish in the first round are a master list, map, and schedule of volunteer clean-ups in the city, the launch of a “Rate Your Favorite” campaign geared toward upping the rating of the community’s favorite local restaurants, retail, and lodging on sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor, and a city-wide safety informational sheet to be distributed to all businesses. The groups will begin meeting at the end of January to decide how to take on all other goals.
The idea for the action groups has been percolating for some time at the Visitor Center. Jade Hoff, Project Coordinator for the Visitor Center, said, “We felt that creating a volunteer group would help get the city involved and invested in the tourist experience in a way that has not been tried before. With buy-in from the community, our job gets a lot easier!” Executive Director, Alanna Powell, adds,” There is a lot of momentum in the City right now, we are aiming to capitalize on this momentum and build upon it through expanded cleanups, improved landscaping, and exploring creative solutions to safety concerns to name a few.” The Visitor Center hopes this is just the beginning of a long partnership with these community members. If you are interested in getting involved, send an email to [email protected].
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The “Queen city of salt and fog” people? MEH.
?Sounds like a great effort to try to accomplish but you got take care of underlying problem first. But thank you Kelley for that info.
Ah. Good. Victorians need tax breaks to do improvements for B&B or daily architecture tours. Roosevelt elk herds kept sustainably in farms in the bottoms ( huge draw to Prarie Creek for example) for drive by viewing with pullouts & informational packets. Feature a visitor center for each of our Native tribes: their traditions art & history featured & how they interacted with other tribes in the region. More boat bay tours & fishing tours. Oyster bars & local wines. A full on theme park featuring the logging industry & arts of crafting Victorian homes, gingerbread & furnishings (nods to Blue Ox). More redwood hiking trails in & around Eureka (Green Diamond donation East of Cutten?). Total waterfront improvements around the entire perimeter of the Bay with picnic areas featuring gazebos to enjoy during misty or rainy days. Birdwatching blinds. More campgrounds in picturesque settings. There were some nice large acre parcels for sale out that south road at the end that pulls off the South side of the Indianola cutoff.
Etc etc etc.
When it comes to the homeless having no zoned area to pitch their cardboard, I have a real problem with the term “clean up”.
I wish they would put the bookstore back in the Visitor Center. The Clarke Museum used to have the best selection of books about the area and copies of every local authors’ works. I took out of towners there recently, and not a single book remained. Staff said “no books, look online.” Seems short sighted to me as they don’t make any money by not selling books and they used to have a great gift shop.
Agreed!! Not like it used to be, sad 🙁 “Go Online” they say, seriously? what about us who want something in hand to have instead of a tablet or cell phone. And don’t get me started on the parking situation. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
Eureka could open a museum dedicated to bums, thefts, and hookers.
Life size statues could be constructed along with an informative walk through a real bum camp.
The gift shop could sell blue tarps, used syringes, and copies of old Backpage ads.
Kegs, bums, thefts, and hookers. Never forget kegs!
Skip Eutweeka (scumbag city) and visit the Oregon coast.
The uncomfortable truth
I like the idea, and it has to start with businesses, so this is a good step.
I will add one idea to the mix, the City needs to partner with Cal Trans on efforts to clean up the 101 corridor through town. This needs to involve weekly site inspections to the areas most prone to dumping of trash and illegal camping. Second part is to work with Cal Trans to beautify as much as possible the 101 route through town.
These two items if implemented and followed through on into the future, will go a long way at presenting the town as more inviting and instilling the thought of tourists and travelers wanting to stop in Eureka.