from the BCCT:
Website launched for landmark towns initiative
By: DANNY ADLER
Bucks County Courier Times
The site markets the waterfront towns of Bristol, Morrisville, New Hope and Yardley.
From Triumph Brewing Co. in New Hope to Concerto Fusion in Morrisville, Bristol Riverside Theatre and Yardley's Delaware River Gallery, this new site shows off a lot.
The Landmark Towns of Bucks County on Wednesday announced the launch of a new Web site to hopefully increase tourism and commercial enterprises in the waterfront boroughs of Bristol, Morrisville, New Hope and Yardley.
The site, www.landmarktowns.com, features lists of places to go and things to see in the four historic Bucks boroughs along the Delaware River and Canal, while offering resources to potential businesses to help them move into the area.
The site offers links to heritage and culture, dining, shopping and lodging sites and a full calendar of events for the four towns.
It also includes archived documents relating to the regional revitalization initiative, which kicked off in 2006.
"The key to attracting visitors to the region is to make it easy for them to find the information they desire and to clearly present what the Landmark Towns have to offer," said Thomas Anthony, a principal and creative director of site developer Zero Defect Design LLC of Paoli. "This site was developed with that goal."
A "generous gift" by Zero Defect Design and a grant from the Bucks County Conference and Visitors Bureau funded the Web site creation, said Donna Boone, Landmark Towns' regional Main Street coordinator.
"We are thrilled that the Tourism Grant Program was able to fund a Web site that will aid in the development and enhancement of tourism throughout the four Landmark towns; Bristol, Morrisville, New Hope and Yardley," said Jerry Lepping, executive director of Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau.
