N.D. Agri-tourism Workshops Scheduled

Workshops have been scheduled for people interested in starting a farm- or ranch-based tourism business.

The North Dakota State University Extension Center for Community Vitality is conducting an agri-tourism workshop at two locations in February.

The workshop is designed for individuals interested in starting a farm- or ranch-based tourism business in North Dakota.

One workshop will be Feb. 10 at the McKenzie County Courthouse in Watford City. The other will be Feb. 12 at NDSU’s Carrington Research Extension Center. Both programs will start with registration at 9:30 a.m. and run from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Topics will be tourism trends and business opportunities; assets for tourism in rural North Dakota; educational vacations; financing an agri-tourism business; and the legal, liability and health considerations of an agri-tourism business. The program also will include a business assistance panel that will provide information on how the NDSU Extension Service can assist these efforts, the North Dakota Intern Program and student learning through YouTube (Watford City only).

Speakers will include Kathleen Tweeten, director of the Center for Community Vitality; Sara Otte-Coleman, Fred Walker and Annette Schilling of the North Dakota Division of Tourism; Tom Isern, NDSU history professor and author of the “Plains Folk” newspaper column; Kayla Effertz of the North Dakota Division of Workforce Development; Gene Veeder, executive director of the McKenzie County Job Development Authority; and Mike Walton and Mary Ann Klosterman of the North Dakota Health Department.

The registration deadline is Feb. 6. Prior to the deadline, the cost is $15 per person plus $10 for each additional person from the same organization or family. The registration fee at the door is $25. The fee includes materials, lunch and refreshments. A registration form is available online at http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ccv/happenings.htm.

Send the completed registration form and a check payable to the NDSU Extension Service to: NDSU Extension Center for Community Vitality, 2718 Gateway Ave., #104, Bismarck, ND 58503.

The NDSU Extension Service’s McKenzie, Eddy and Foster County offices and the North Dakota Department of Commerce’s Division of Tourism are helping sponsor the workshops.

For more information, contact Tweeten at (701) 328-9718 or kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu.

NDSU Agriculture Communication

Source:	Kathleen Tweeten, (701) 328-9718, kathleen.tweeten@ndsu.edu.
Editor:	Ellen Crawford, (701) 231-5391, ellen.crawford@ndsu.edu

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