Title
Resolution to Accept and Appropriate 2019 Commemoration American Evolution Marketing Grant Funding Awarded by the Virginia Tourism Authority Doing Business as Virginia Tourism Corporation to the Hampton Convention & Visitor Bureau to Develop and Market The First Arrival: Hampton 400 Years of African American Impact Smartphone Tour App
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this resolution is to accept and appropriate state grant funds and city-match funds to permit development and marketing of The First Arrival: Hampton 400 Years of African American Impact Smartphone Tour App in conjunction with the Commonwealth’s 2019 Commemoration program administered by the Commonwealth.
Discussion:
1619 was a pivotal year in the establishment of the first permanent English Colony in North America. It was the year of the first representative legislative assembly in the Virginia colony, the arrival of the first recorded Africans to English North America, the recruitment of English Women in significant numbers, the first official English Thanksgiving in North America, and the development of the Virginia colony’s entrepreneurial and innovative spirit.
The 2019 Commemoration American Evolution Marketing Grant Program, administered by the Virginia Tourism Corporation in support of the Commonwealth's 2019 Commemoration, was created to assist Virginia cities and towns in the promotion of their connections to American Evolution.
Hampton City Council established the Hampton 2019 Commemorative Commission to plan 2019 commemorations that focus on the 400th anniversary of the first recorded African Arrival at Point Comfort and to identify the resources necessary to implement those plans. This marketing project, The First Arrival: Hampton 400 Years of African American Impact Smartphone Tour App, is not tied to the Hampton 2019 Commemorative Commission plans or budget and will operate independently of anything produced by the Hampton 2019 Commemorative Commission.
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