That partnership, between Fredericksburg City, Stafford, and Spotsylvania counties, is meant to pool the resources of each jurisdiction, to get more people to travel to the region, and bring their business events to hotels and the convention center.
In place since 1994, each jurisdiction spends $117,000 a year on the regional tourism effort. But the partnership expires on June 30, 2020, and that has local leaders in Stafford asking if they should go it alone when trying to lure tourists to breweries, wineries, and Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home on the Rappahannock River.
Wendy Maurer, on the Stafford Board of Supervisors, says Fredericksburg gets too much spotlight, and that can be confusing for new visitors and business owners in Stafford County who don't know the geopolitical boundaries.
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