TLGV Partner News

Explore 2017 … Almost here!

Explore 2017, our annual guide featuring Outdoor, Indoor & Around Town Adventures, including your business or organization, is close to completion!

Our web directory, also featuring you, has been redesigned! Our goal is to make it easy for residents & visitors to find you. Whether they are seeking particular activities or searching by location, your business or organization will stand out.

Thank you for partnering with TLGV! 

Take a look at our new online directory!  

(note the scrolling logos at the top of each category are our “enhanced” partners & they also boast a 50 word description)

NEW Farmers in the Valley Tour & Tastes of the Valley!

We’ve found a new way to expand awareness about The Last Green Valley and promote our agricultural business partners with the 2017 Farmers in the Valley Tour!

We started off at Ekonk Hill Turkey Farm in March. Still to come is Shearing Day at Morning Beckons Farm in June, then visits to The Farmer’s Cow Farms – Fort Hill Farms in July and Cushman Farm in August. These are FREE family-friendly events. Bring the kids!

Tastes of the Valley, featuring a plated dinner with a “Farmer at your Table” is set for August 27th at The Publick House in Sturbridge (yes – another TLGV partner)!  

  Sponsorship and ticket info is available! Seats are limited.  

Tip Time!

We’ve talked about the benefits of scheduling posts and creating events on your business or organization’s Facebook page.  

Today’s easy tip is to “tag” others in your posts. 

TLGV tags all of our partners who are on Facebook in posts where we feature them. Many of our partners tag us!

Why is this good?  

Those you tag will know that you are tagging them and shining attention their way, posting their information, events and news! That is a good thing.They can like it, share it, or comment on it.For readers, the benefit is that they can click on the “tag” and go directly to whomever you have “tagged.”

How do you “tag” someone? 

As you are typing a name in a post, type the @ before the name.

Example: by typing @the last green valley as you are posting on Facebook, a list will come up before your eyes, including The Last Green Valley. Click on the name you are looking for. Voila ~ you have “tagged” them.

**Use caution in “tagging” very common names and be sure you are “tagging” exactly who you mean to tag! For instance, there are Towns of Mansfield in CT & MA, and you want to be sure to choose the correct one!  

Great tags to use?  @The Last Green Valley @Visit Connecticut @Visit Massachusetts and @Mystic Country, Connecticut, plus any business associations, chambers or groups that you are a member of. This is an easy way to catch the eyes of many! Try it, you’ll like it!    

TLGV’s Annual Meeting

TLGV invites you to our Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 31st.

Join our partners at Hull Forest Products for a behind-the-scenes tour (4 pm), and then the meeting, meal & sociali

zation at the Windham-Tolland 4-H Camp (5 pm). Locations are just 3 miles apart!

Get tickets online.

Spring Outdoors!  

TLGV partners are leaders!

Spring Outdoors is happening until June 21st! 

Now in it’s 2nd year, Spring Outdoors is growing like Walktober. You, our partners, have offered almost 200 guided hikes, walks, talks, paddles, pedals, events & more! Spring out to enjoy some of these adventures in the fresh air!

Spring Outdoors 2017 is sponsored by Southbridge Savings Bank.

CT Visit Listings

If you are not yet listed on CT Visit, the state tourism site, do so. It is free to you all, including all towns! Once your listing is set up, it is easy to keep your listing up to date with photos, offers, and events!

Recommend a TLGV partnership to a fellow business or nonprofit organization.

Together we can care for, enjoy & pass on our National Heritage Corridor! There is plenty to offer residents & visitors. Let’s show it off!

Walktober – Time to Plan!

June 30, 2017 is the deadline to submit your Walktober. (This deadline guarantees you’ll be in the print brochure.)

After last year’s almost 300 Walktober choices and 64,000+ participants, we know there are more stories to tell, places to be visited, trails to hike, and birds to see! Rally your staff, members, volunteers, fellow townsfolk and see what you can do to highlight your greatness! Need ideas? Ranger Marcy is always willing to brainstorm.

The new online Walktober form is easy to use!

Walktober brochures are viewed intensely and kept for long periods of time, so consider advertising in the brochure!

Do you Walktober? Share what you love!

TLGV Ranger Marcy’s Acorn Adventure – Pond Discoveries!

Sunday, May 21, 1-2:30 pm

QV Trout Hatchery, Trout Hatchery Rd. (off rte. 14), Central Village, CT

Take a tour of the Trout Hatchery, walk the trails, finish up with some family fishing in pond on site especially for families with children! Come enjoy nature! Attend all of our Acorn Adventures, sponsored by

 Putnam Bank. 

Historical Collaboration Continues in The Last Green Valley at the Lebanon Historical Society Museum

Wednesday, August 2, 4-6 pm

856 Trumbull Highway in Lebanon, CT

History is our story in The Last Green Valley National Heritage Corridor.  To help preserve and pass on our compelling stories, TLGV is working with our partners to promote the museums, stories and historic sites. The Lebanon Historical Society (yes, another nonprofit partner) is up next to host the 3rd quarterly program of the year as we continue to share resources and expertise. 

Finance, Planning & Development Committee 

Generally meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 4 pm.

Tastes of the Valley Committee

Generally meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 8:30 am. The Committee is planning something a bit different for this fall.

New committee members are always welcome.

Board of Directors 2017 Remaining Meeting Dates

Thursdays, 8:30 am:

May 18

June 22

July 20

August 17

September 21

October 19

November 16

December 21

All meetings are held at the TLGV Office. Contact Lois@tlgv.org

for more information about our Board of Directors and Committees.