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Learn about what to do in the Blackstone
Valley...
Tourblackstone.com
Visitor Center shuts
down for January, maybe
longer...
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DEM Announces Closure
of Food and Beverage
Concession at Blackstone
River State Park Visitor
Center in Lincoln
Press Release |
Valley Breeze
Worcester Telegram &
Gazette - River
protection groups oppose
relaxing Blackstone
sewage plant limits
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Special Resource
Study - A Fresh Look at
the Blackstone River
Valley
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News articles on
Corridor celebration and
rally for the park
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Robert Billington: The glorious rebirth of
the Blackstone Valley
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View our awards
and recognitions through the years
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Welcome To The Blackstone Valley
Tourism Council
Rhode Island, New England, USA.
Founded in April 1985, the Blackstone Valley
Tourism Council is a non-profit corporation registered with the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) educational organization and was authorized under Section 42-63.1-5 of the Rhode Island General Laws as the State designated regional tourism development agency for the Northern Rhode Island tourism district representing the cities of Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket, and the towns of Cumberland, Lincoln, North Smithfield, Smithfield, Glocester, and Burrillville. The Tourism Council is supported by statewide hotel room tax revenues (RI General Laws, Section 42-63.1) and also receives financial support from the public and private sector, charitable organizations, and grants.
The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council’s Board of Directors consists of 21 members representing tourism development interests throughout the region. The Council’s mission is to create positive change with regard to community values by developing and promoting coordinated, responsible and sustainable tourism in Rhode Island’s Blackstone Valley communities. The Board of Directors appoints a President, who serves as the Executive Director and CEO of the Agency. Support staff and independent contractors are also employed to assist in coordinating functions and projects.
