The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

Winter is GREAT in Clarenville -  Well it''s the start season in Clarenville.  We're very proud of our witer recreational opportunities and with our community within 2 hours of over 70% of the population in the province we are in an ideal, easily accessible spot for almost everybody.   Over's the winter I'll be adding to this but for now here's a taste of what we have to offer!   Look for #gottaloveourwinter on Twitter and follow all of the various social media feeds.   As well be sure to like us on Facebook - Our Town Clarenville   www.facebook.com/ourtownclarenville Events Eat the Hill - Clarenville's first cullinary event - Feb. 9 & 10! Cross Country Skiing Video Tours: Our New Ski Groomer Part 1 - Trail Tour    Part 2 - Trail Tour Summit Trail to Bare Pond Trail Night Skiing on the lighted Harry's Loop Trail Down Hill Skiing Snowmobiling

This past week, an ad appeared in the PACKET for a position at White Hills that would focus on marketing the facility.  That, coupled with the Town's pronouncement that it would renew efforts to build a Winter Tourism Strategy, started me thinking about some of the tangible things we could do as a community  to take better advantage of the tourism opportunity.   (I use WE because we own the WHITE HILLS RESORT so its future affects us).   I ca ll my suggestions: "Strategic Doing". Of course, these are only my thoughts, I'd like you to share your thoughts here as well.  Together we could all benefit. OUR GOAL I’d like to see a very clear goal spelled out for everyone (especially employees of the Hill) who has anything to do with winter tourism in Clarenville:   OUR GOAL:  The Winter Customer Experience in Clarenville (White Hills) will exceed or at least equal what we promise IT’s ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS: Communication is critical for Winte

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Believe it or not, not everyone from Clarenville/Eastern Newfoundland is familiar with the White Hills experience. If you're not or even if you are - here's your chance: