Soon we’ll be posting comments and suggestions from the March conference in a new section titled “Review” that’s beneath the conference banner on the main Civic Tourism website. In the meantime, it’s clear from the evaluations that many people found the conference conversations enlightening and helpful – but now it’s time to turn “concept” to “practice.” As we said at the conference, this meeting was only a beginning – a chance to explore an idea – and because of that it was more academic than practical. Okay, so many people now buy into that idea, and we no longer have to sell them on the concept of Civic Tourism. So what do we do now?

For one, this blog can provide a forum to post success stories, challenges, and questions. Secondly, we hope to convene a meeting this summer to outline a plan for the next year – possibly including another national conference where we can focus on “how to.” With any luck, we’ll also have the Civic Tourism book available by next year’s meeting. Stay tuned, but let the network of people who came together in Prescott know what you’re up to.

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