Thanks to a collaborative partnership of several county departments and community organizations, a YouTube video has been produced highlighting Gloucester County and the various reasons there are to visit and/or locate here.

The video, “Gloucester County, Virginia: It’s Right Here in Gloucester,” has already received nearly 7,000 views. It can be accessed directly on YouTube and through the county’s website, the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce’s website and the Main Street Preservation Trust’s website.

These organizations, along with the Gloucester Main Street Association and the county’s tourism and economic development departments, have worked together to provide the information necessary to produce the video. It lasts just under four minutes and includes mostly real-time footage of various festivals and events that take place each year in the county.

Gloucester’s tourism director Hilton Snowdon ...