Steering Visitors in the Right Direction
Chamber, CVB, EDC have distinct roles.
Visitor Bureau and the Gillespie Visitors to Gillespie County and Fredericksburg are served by three County Economic Development Commission. organizations which each have distinct roles in the community. The Fredericksburg Chamber of Information needed to make the Commerce is located next door at 306 East Austin Street in a historic most out of any Fredericksburg home remodeled into an open visit is readily available at the Fredericksburg Visitor Information business space. Center, 302 East Austin Street (one The Fredericksburg Convention block north of Main Street across and Visitor Bureau is a marketing, from the National Museum of the sales and service organization, Pacific War). funded by a portion of the city’s The site offers free parking for vehicles, including RVs and buses, and public restrooms. The building is home to both the Fredericksburg Convention and
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and county’s hotel/motel occupancy tax.
FCVB promotes Fredericksburg and Gillespie County as a leisure destination for group tours,
reunions, weddings and meeting sites. The FCVB staffs and operates the Visitor Information Center, which is open to assist visitors every day except Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. In the center, visitors can watch a free, 10-minute video in the building’s 48-seat theater. Visitors also can gather information on potential activities, accommodations and businesses of interest through magazines and brochures in the lobby area, including info on walking tours, historic sites, an events calendar,
The Visitor Information Center, which houses the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau, points visitors toward area attractions as well as coordinates publicity for the town to media outlets. It also has public restrooms on site.
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