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Bluebag Media
Become a
Storyteller at the Welcome Center
GREENVILLE – “We’ve been looking for a new space for five years,” said
Deanna York, director of the Darke County Visitors Bureau. “What better
place than next door to KitchenAid Experience?” The Visitor’s Bureau,
along with Main Street Greenville, will be holding a Grand Opening for
their new Welcome Center on Oct. 3.
York, who has been the director of the Visitor’s Bureau 14 of its 20
years of operation, is seeking “smiling faces” to talk to visitors
about the good times in Greenville and Darke County.
“We need volunteers,” she said. “We need residents to come in and share
stories, help visitors around our communities.” She would like
volunteers to spend a couple hours a week at the Center, and tell
people why they stay here, why they relocated here…
“I want people who know our community, what a visitor can do for a
couple hours… tell what they love and why.” She added she hopes the
Welcome Center volunteers can tie into Garst Museum, Bears Mill, Darke
County Parks and other places of interest in Darke County. She wants to
gather a number of people together to brainstorm the development of a
training program for volunteers to serve their communities.
York made her presentation Sept. 17 at Kiwanis of Greenville; she
handed out the Visitors Bureau’s 2014-15 Visitors Guide plus a postcard
with the heading “We all have a story to tell… Become a storyteller at
the new Darke County Welcome Center.” She noted both the card and the
annual Visitors Guide, “Urban Country Spirit,” were nominated to
receive a Ruby Award from the Ohio Travel Association. There are
multiple award categories; these are in the Direct Mail and Visitors
Guide categories...
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