The town of Stonington’s Planning Director of Economic Development, Jason Vincent, understands the importance of having the Regional Marketing team around the table when it comes to strategizing marketing opportunities with the Connecticut Office of Tourism that connect businesses with potential customers. The Stonington Economic Development Commission has been working to collect additional information about the various economic clusters located in the community, and trying to find ways to help those clusters grow and prosper.

Joan Law, Executive Director of the Stratford Chamber of Commerce, knows how to get her community businesses engaged in the Connecticut Office of Tourism’s OPEN HOUSE DAY event. Over a dozen local businesses opened their doors to Connecticut residents at a reduced or complimentary rate. One participating business, the Mellow Monkey, offered an exclusive discount as well as free giveaways to anyone who visited on CT OPEN HOUSE DAY. The event turned out to be the second-best revenue day for the store in 2017!

Karen Blank, Human Resource Director of FOX61, has been working with the Regional Marketing Team at the Office of Tourism coordinating a familiarizing tour for new hires here at FOX61. “We have new employees who come from out of state moving in or near the city of Hartford, where FOX61 is located. I thought it would be terrific to enhance our own onboarding experience by familiarizing all of our new employees with their workplace surroundings. The familiarization tour does just this by showing some of the best places to eat, the arts, the sites, the history, and the businesses in their own work backyard! We want our employees to be comfortable not only in the workplace but with their community. Thanks to Rosemary with the CT Tourism office, we are on our way to accomplish this.”