Heritage Retailing is about taking locally made and grown assets of a community or region and packaging those for purchase. While the concept is not new, what is new, is the implecation for tourism and specifically the connection to cultural heritage tourism. Local craft, foods and music not only speak to the history and culture of a community but also help make places "come alive" for a visitor.
Meritage partners with Curt Cottle of Cottle Consulting on many of these heritage retail projects.
Current and recent heritage retailing projects for Meritage/Cottle include:
- Heritage Retail Feasibility Study for the Pee Dee region of SC (8 counties.)
- Heritage Retail workshops for PeeDee Region- Held in Myrtle Beach, Florence, Hartsville and Cheraw.
- Presentation at 2008 National Main Street Corference, Philadelphia.
- Co-Authord a three part series of articles in 2008 for Main Street News.
