The Bowman House invites you to relax and enjoy the historical aesthetics of our home throughout your stay in the quaint mountain town of Waynesboro, Virginia. Built in 1910, Carl and Nettie Bowman made their lives here and had a daughter they named Virginia. Owning this establishment has been a dream come true for the current Innkeepers, husband and wife David and Janice Smith. They searched for years for the perfect home to become innkeepers of, that was close to the Appalachian Trail.

The Bowman House is here to offer you a classic home away from home that you can relish in. Take a walk back through Thyme with our signature dishes.

Links to presentations are included below for those who were not able to make the meeting or who want to review again. The agenda included:

• Internships: Connecting Businesses with Emerging Talent. Mary Sullivan / JMU Project Coordinator for Virginia Talent and Opportunity Partnership provided insight on how she can connect members with high schools, colleges and universities in the Shenandoah Valley region.  Click HERE to view her presentation. 
• Group Tour Trends. Steve Everidge / Shenandoah Tours  focused on the current trends and expectations from the group travel industry. Click HERE to view his presentation.
• VTC Updates / Kelli Weaver-VTC.  Click the links below to view details from her presentation.

  Grants

  • Grant Webinars
  • MMLP Grant
  • SEF Grant
  • VA250 Grant

  DRIVE Tourism +

  • DRIVE Tourism +
  • Webinar

  Industry Advertising Co-op Program

  • Co-op Program
  • Webinar (Password 1A!f7St)

  Flagship Campaign

  • Vacation Starts with VA
  • Webinar (Password 1A!f7St)

  Orientation

  • Registration
• PR/Marketing - 100 Epic Bucket List update. Kathy Moore / Moore PR. Unfortunately we did not receive submissions or only a few submissions from some regions so we will be reaching out to them again as we want the entire valley represented. The campaign will be slightly delayed but it will launch in 2024.
• VisitShenandoah.org and VisitSkylineDrive.org website sponsorships. Helen Morton / Delaware North at Shenandoah National Park. It's time for new websites and we need your financial support to accomplish these tasks. Financial goal is $20-30K for each website. Click HERE for Class A-D member options and HERE for Class F Associate options.
• Presentation and Adoption of FY24-25 Officers & Directors - Nathan Garrison / Immediate Past President
• Passing of President's Gavel
• Social / Networking Time.  Thank you to The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, The George Washington|A Grand Wyndham Hotel, and the Winchester-Frederick CVB for sponsorship of the social refreshments. And to the Shenandoah University for providing complimentary meeting space and I.T. assistance. And to ARAMARK Dining for set-up of refreshments.  

Member Access 

Marketing Calendar

Key dates for SVTA marketing opportunities

Shenandoah Valley Travel Guide