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Newport staff: sustainable destination management plan will use 1,810 visitor responses and 62 stakeholder surveys
Summary
Beautification and tourism coordinator Lillo Ryan told council the SDMP process includes a site visit by CrossCurrent Collective, 62 stakeholder responses and 1,810 visitor survey responses; a March visioning workshop and metrics dashboard are next.
Lillo Ryan, the city’s beautification and tourism program coordinator, briefed the Newport City Council on Feb. 2 on the city’s Sustainable Destination Management Plan (SDMP) and the consultant-led process to shape policy and implementation recommendations.
Ryan said CrossCurrent Collective is the project consultant and that CEO Kristen Dahl will lead a two‑day site visit and advisory-team meetings. "We kicked off this project in October 2025," Ryan said, describing a destination assessment, stakeholder outreach and surveys that will feed the plan's recommendations.
Ryan said the project completed a targeted stakeholder survey that yielded…
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