Media Room

One of my favourite moments this past year was trying to round the delegates up after breaks and lunch at this year’s tourism symposium.  It was like herding cats!  And the reason for that was because the conversations that had…

There are a lot of parables that speak to the individual being responsible for his/her own success.  Probably the reason there are so many is that it is true.  Each of us has the ability to make choices that will…

Happy Holidays! It seems that each year the holiday season gets busier.  It could be because the kids are getting busier but still can’t drive themselves around.  It could be that I am just getting older and the things I…

Good Day, This past weekend, my oldest had his last lacrosse tournament of the season down in Pennsylvania.  Trish and I decided to make a mini vacation out of it, so on early Friday morning we packed up the mini…

Congratulations to all those involved in the Rural Routes and Dirty Boots product trail celebrating twice over on the same evening -October 24th - in Toronto, at the 12th Annual DINE and Destination Awards for Winner Culinary Tourism Initiative -…

Last week, the board and staff met to set the direction of the organization for fiscal 2019-2020, which begins April 1. Each of Central Counties’ 16 board members is also a stakeholder who is volunteering – taking time away from…

As the summer season starts to wind down, many of you are gearing up for your truly busy season – fall. Being busy is good. It may not always feel like it when you go home exhausted, but it is…

The community of Georgina, on the southern shores of beautiful Lake Simcoe has a long history of ice fishing. In the winter, ice cream parlors have shut up shop but bait stores are still open and fishing huts dot the…

This summer we put out a call for stakeholders wanting to partner with Central Counties to bring the stories of temperance and temptation to life.  Central Counties spent the better part of a year researching the history of our small…

Building on the success of last year’s Ultimate Road Trip campaigns, with recording breaking visitation of more than 240k consumer visits to www.yorkdurhamheadwaters.ca, Central Counties is once again Ontario’s Ultimate Road Trip Destination this summer! The Road Trip Magazine featuring…