2 events get partial funding from CVB
The main order of business at Monday’s Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors’ Bureau board meeting was releasing grant money to a handful of events that rely on CVB funding.
CVB readying for Pilgrimage
Members of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau convened for the last time this year Monday in a decidedly festive setting.
Buckhalter steps down from CVB board
Local restaurateur Bernard Buckhalter has resigned his position on the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
CVB finishes FY ’14 in the black
The city and county’s tourism organization ended its 2014 fiscal year with a $11,468 profit.
CVB looking to buy new double decker
Columbus and Lowndes County’s tourism agency is looking for a new bus.
Mechanical issues with the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau’s 1984 Leyland Motors Olympian double decker led CVB board members last month to ask executive director Nancy Carpenter to begin soliciting quotes for a new one.
CVB adopts sliding scale for festival grants
Eleven Lowndes County festivals will have one more year before they begin to see less and less financial assistance from the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau.
CVB pitches in $21K for sidewalk connector lights
Members of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors voted to provide $21,136 for supplies that will be used to install ornamental lighting on the connecting sidewalk between the Riverwalk and the Columbus Soccer Complex.
Carpenter: Spring events spike hotel occupancy
Participant and hotel stay data for events held during Pilgrimage and other events this spring continues to trickle in, and the numbers tell a success story.
Carpenter: Overlapping events helped Pilgrimage
Several overlapping events during this year’s Pilgrimage season helped increase ticket sales and hotel stays over the 16-day period, Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Nancy Carpenter said.
CVB gets clean financial audit
The Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitor’s Bureau has received a clean audit on their finances from the 2012-13 fiscal year.
Questions arise over vendors used in Pilgrimage events
Roughly 600 pounds of crawfish and 200 pounds of shrimp were sold at the Pilgrimage kick-off party Monday and Nancy Carpenter, the executive director of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau, called the event a success.
King voted new CVB treasurer, Reynolds sworn in
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors unanimously appointed Lester King to serve as its treasurer during its meeting Monday. Also, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors appointed Brock Reynolds to replace Wise as its business and industry appointee.
Wise resigns from CVB board
For the second time in two months, Lowndes County supervisors are facing a vacancy on the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors.
CVB director touts bike system for Columbus
Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Nancy Carpenter said she’s working with city leadership on a potential bicycle transit system and will help draft a plan in the coming months on starting one in Columbus.
Brooks no longer leading Juneteenth, will still be involved
Lowndes County Supervisor Leroy Brooks started the Afro-American Culture Organization, which has coordinated Columbus’ annual Juneteenth festival, 32 years ago and had been its president since then. He announced Monday the dissolution of the group and the formation of another — Juneteenth-Columbus, Inc.
Byrd, Dale reappointed to CVB board
Whirllie Byrd and Nadia Dale will remain on the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors for three more years.
City council to make 2 CVB appointments
The dynamics of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors could change a lot — or not at all — depending on how Columbus councilmen vote on two vacant board seats Tuesday.
Our view: Council to residents: It’s none of your business
On Tuesday, the Columbus City Council will make board appointments to the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau and Columbus Municipal School District.
Not that it’s any of your business, of course.
Supervisors appoint King to CVB board
A recently retired local businessman has been appointed to the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Trustees.
Lester King was appointed to the board by Lowndes County supervisors during their meeting Monday.
CVB approves project clearance reports
The Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors on Monday approved full second-half grant installments to Caledonia Days and the Tennessee Williams Tribute & Tour of Victorian Homes.