HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.1a Visitors Guide Distribution Response
TO: Board of Directors, Cottage Grove Convention and Visitors Bureau
FROM: Julie Prior-Miller, Marketing and Communications Specialist
DATE: February 18, 2022
RE: Visitors Guide Distribution Response
Background
Since the inception of the Cottage Grove Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), there has been
a plan to design and produce a Visitor’s Guide for distribution to promote the City of Cottage Grove
as a tourist destination. Through various months of brainstorming, design, and approval between
the CVB Committee and Board of Directors, the Visitors Guide is printed and ready for distribution.
Discussion
The Visitors Guide will be distributed through a variety of outlets including online which is available
on the Discover Cottage Grove Website. Below are additional methods of distribution for physical
copies of the Visitors Guide.
2022 Guide Distribution list for Print Copies
• Mailing printed guides requested through the Discover Cottage Grove website
• Copy of guide to all lodging facilities as well as copies for their facility
• Guides to partners who helped us create the guide such as photographers, etc
• Guides to advertisers
• Guides to visitor’s centers in Minnesota, some dropping off personally some mailing
• Cottage Grove City Hall
• Cottage Grove Ice Arena
• Washington County Service Center
• Washington County Courthouse
• Big Marine Park Reserve
• South Washington Country Schools District Program Center
• South Washington County Schools District Service Center
• Ravine Landing
• River Oaks
• HERO Center
• Explore MN for their distribution to various places
• Select visitor information centers in strategic areas of Minnesota
If we can/allowed to drop off at these places:
• Union Depot in St. Paul
• Park Grove Library
• Woodbury Library
• Woodbury lodging facilities
Board of Directors, Cottage Grove Convention and Visitors Bureau
February 18, 2022
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• Stillwater lodging facilities
• Stillwater Library
• Hastings Library
• Hastings lodging facilities
• Lodging facilities in St. Paul Park or Newport
• Afton businesses and/or lodging facilities
o Selma’s Ice Cream Parlor
Other areas/ideas we are looking into
• MSP airport
• Mall of America
• MN Zoo
• Como Zoo