Town of Front Royal announces a short-term contract with a business recovery consultant with a primary focus on tourism

Tricia Hudson: President & Owner.

The Town of Front Royal announced a contract with a Business Recovery Consultant with a primary focus on Tourism, enabling the Town of Front Royal to assist small businesses with economic recovery for the next 90 days. The consultant, Strategic Solutions by Tricia, LLC., was also selected to establish a bridge between immediate economic recovery efforts and longer-term Tourism management. Both the Town of Front Royal and the County of Warren have voted to outsource Tourism management and marketing. Tourism will be led by the Warren County Joint Tourism Committee consisting of Town and County representatives, as well as local stakeholders in the tourism industry.

Individuals or firms with business recovery and Tourism industry experience were qualified to participate in the Request for Quotes. The selected consultant would continue the communication that the Town has been providing to small business owners about available COVID-19 related grants and loans. The scope of work included a request for championing the “Back to Business. Back to Nature.” campaign which is intended to kick-start business recovery and act on existing initiatives related to Tourism.

Strategic Solutions by Tricia, LLC Product company and their slogan is, “Where Strategy Equals Results.” Included with the cost of $23,000, are examples of staff experience and similar recent projects as well as references.

“We’re excited and motivated to assist our small businesses in Front Royal with their business recovery efforts” stated Interim Town Manager, Matt Tederick. “We are looking forward to getting Strategic Solutions by Tricia on the ground and to put them to work immediately utilizing their business consulting, grant coordination, and marketing efforts to assist our businesses and promote Tourism. We appreciate Strategic Solutions by Tricia willingness to help our business recovery and Tourism efforts until which time the Joint Tourism Committee fully takes the reins in the coming months.”