The Statesboro Convention and Visitors Bureau was named the 2018 Regional Visitor Information Center of the Year last week during the Regional Visitor Information Center conference hosted in Statesboro. Statesboro’s center is one of 65 centers in the state.  

According to Nija Vereen-Torrence, operations manager/RVIC coordinator with the Georgia Department of Economic Development, this is the first time ever the host community has won the Information Center of the Year award. She said, however, that Statesboro was the obvious winner when points were tallied from a matrix of categories used to judge nominated centers across the state.  

Statesboro SCVB Executive Director Becky Davis and SCVB Marketing Manager Justin Samples were stunned to hear their names called.  “We are so honored, but we were completely surprised by this award,” stated Davis.  

“We are so excited and honored to have our center win this award and we are especially proud of Becky and Justin and all the work they do to showcase Statesboro and Bulloch County on a daily basis,” said Barry Turner, president of the Board of Directors of the local CVB.  “We could not ask for a better team. They deserve all the accolades for the success of the Statesboro Center.”    

The 2018 Regional Visitor Information Center conference helped showcase all the great reasons Statesboro and Bulloch County are not only great places to live, but fantastic places to visit as well.  With great cooperation from community partners, Davis and Samples provided what many of the attendees from all over Georgia called “the best RVIC conference we’ve ever attended!”