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Fredrericksburg

Fredericksburg – timeless
Centrally located along the Interstate 95 corridor between Richmond and Washington, D.C., Fredericksburg offers a unique venue for visitors. It exudes small-town charm, with a healthy blend of cosmopolitan life. The visitor centers in the Fredericksburg area have used the new brand “Fredericksburg. Timeless” to emphasize this point. The city includes many chef-owned restaurants, a wide range of art galleries and specialty shops and a well-preserved historic downtown. The combination of amenities offer more than just a prime meeting venue, but also access to rich history, outdoor adventure and various shopping centers.

Many of the city’s attractions focus on its history. Guests can visit the Civil War Life Museum for a glimpse of the hardships of the average soldier during the war, Ellwood in Locust Grove to see an 18th century building used for Union headquarters during the 1864 Battle of the Wilderness, and travel to Falmouth for George Washington’s Ferry Farm, the place where the first president grew up. The long-awaited U.S. National Slavery Museum is scheduled to open next year, tracing the history of slavery in America. The Fredericksburg region’s location also gives visitors a chance for outdoor activities on the Rappahannock River and at Lake Anna State Park. Fredericksburg offers free meeting planning for conference goers.

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Fredericksburg Tourism and Business Development
706 Caroline St.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(800) 260-3646
(540) 372-1216
http://www.fredericksburgva.gov/tourism/tourism.asp
Contact: Lura Hill, manager of group sales
lhill@fredericksburgva.gov

Convention Center

Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center
2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
(540) 548-5555
www.fredericksburgexpocenter.com
Contact: Sam Voisin, general manager
svoisin@feacc.com

Apparently, conference planners were hungry for a convention center in the Fredericksburg area. Since the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center opened in January, dates to hold conventions and trade shows have been filling quickly. Expo officials believe it’s in large part due to its access to the hub of federal, state and local government agencies. The expo and conference center offers 95,000 square feet for meetings and events, including an 80,000 square-foot exhibition hall that can fit 400 exhibit booths and be divided into two, a 10,000-square-foot ballroom that can be divided into six rooms, and 5,000 square feet of meeting rooms. The center can hold a banquet for up to 3,500 people. It offers full service for conferences, including on-site catering, electronics and decorations. The center is on the Celebrate Virginia campus, a large-scale retail and tourism site nicknamed “North America’s Largest Retail Resort.” The project, on the Rappahannock River, includes hotels, retail, the U.S. National Slavery Museum, restaurants and a golf course.

The center is off the Route 3 Exit from Interstate 95. Strategically located between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, the expo center also gives visitors access to stores at Central Park and Fredericksburg’s historic downtown.

Room Report

The Fredericksburg area offers more than 3,600 rooms, with another 430 rooms to be added by June 2007.

Airport Information

Fredericksburg is about 50 miles from three major airports: Washington Dulles International, Reagan Washington National and Richmond International airports.