The Charbonneau Villager April 2018 Page 17
Check out City ' s Tourism Website
The City of Wilsonville ' s tourism website provides visitors and residents with a wealth of information on things to do in and near Wilsonville. Led by the Tourism Promotion Committee, Explore- Wilsonville. com advances a key element of the City’ s tourism development strategy.
Committee chair and General Manager of Holiday Inn South Portland / Wilsonville Jeff Brown said,“ ExploreWilsonville. com responds to the number-one issue identified in the tourism development strategy- the need for an authoritative website for Wilsonville tourism. These days, most
Charbonneau Sunshine Service
Charbonneau Sunshine Service
JOAN vEDDER
As you read this, it will be April, and we ' ll be on Daylight Saving Time... longer days and more sunshine!
The theme this month is“ Earth Day” and our impact on the Earth. From my point of view, the Sunshine Service helps with that issue. We are blessed with a multitude of wonderful equipment items that we can loan out, rather than having to purchase items and then dispose of them later! Not that the extras can ' t be re-cycled, but the residents in Charbonneau have first-choice options available to them.
Our knee walker is back in storage again and waiting for anybody with a foot and ankle problem. The two people who have borrowed it swore up and down that it saved their sanity. If they ' d visitors get their travel information online. ExploreWilsonville. com provides visitors and new residents with a central clearing house on local tourism attractions, major community events and hospitality businesses.”
The objective of the City’ s tourism development strategy is to increase the occupancy level and room rates of Wilsonville’ s lodging properties that generate transient lodging tax revenues. Half the proceeds of these fees help support local police and other services sustained by the general fund. The strategy also seeks to encourage visitors to linger lon-
had to use crutches for six weeks, it would have been very confining- to say the least.
Let me also thank so many of you who have returned items that may have been out for a while. We appreciate the return of things so that they may be passed forward to the next client.
The new Charbonneau directory will be published shortly, and you may find a name or two missing from the last booklet in reference to the Sunshine Service... a small number have requested“ retirement” after volunteering for many years! If any new people would like to hop on board, please let me know ASAP. Kim Hosford will need any new names in order to publish an upto-date list. enjoy the beauty that only springtime can bring, and watch out for those cracks in the sidewalk! Just call us if you need a cane, walker, crutches... well, you get it.
Hey Guys, Treat Yourself!
• $ 16 Men’ s Haircuts( complimentary shampoo)
• $ 26 Pedicures- no polish
• $ 16 Toenail soak and trim
Carmen and Laurie are specialists! SpringRidge Beauty Salon
32200 SW French Prairie Road 503-694-2494
www. charbonneaucountryclub. com
The City of Wilsonville tourism website, www. explorewilsonville. com, has information for visitors and those who simply want to learn more about our community. Check it out.
ger and patronize all kinds of area businesses in order to strengthen the local economy. State law requires a portion of local hotel / motel tax revenues to be spent directly on tourism development and promotion; traditionally Wilsonville has spent approximately 50 percent of lodging tax revenue on tourism development and promotion and visitor services.
As a community situated on the edge of two counties( Clackamas and Washington) and located near Marion and Yamhill counties, the tourism strategy suggested that a City tourism website would best fulfill the needs of Wilsonville residents and visitors. As host community with the largest number of hotel rooms in the North Willamette valley and South Portland regions( over 600), a strategic location near Oregon Wine Country and the historical and agricultural attractions of French Prairie and the close proximity to the culture of the greater metro area, ExploreWilsonville. com takes a regional approach to tourism.
ExploreWilsonville. com was designed and developed by Charbonneau Resident, Parks and Recreation Advisory Board member and former Tourism Committee member Elaine Swyt who operates local website-hosting firm Mediaphysics.
The City’ s tourism promotion program is a coordinated effort through the City Manager’ s Office and the Parks and Recreation Department. The Committee is working to advance an increased level of tourism promotion activity, especially during the Fall- Winter-Spring tourism“ shoulder season” when capacity is most available at area lodging and hospitality businesses.
For more information, go online to www. ExploreWilsonville. com or contact Parks and Recreation staff at 503-783-7529 or parksandrec @ ci. wilsonville. or. us.