Old Dairy Community Center, Warm Springs

Water's Edge Marina Meeting Facility, Dublin

The National Conference Center, Lansdowne

Cedar Crest Conference Center, Green Bay

The Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg

Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center, Glen Allen

Holiday Inn Select Kroger Conference Center, Richmond

Airlie Conference Center, Warrenton

Convention centers are often the centerpiece of a region’s tourism efforts, and they have the opportunity to lead the way for Virginia Green activities in their region.

Virginia Green Convention and Conference Centers is a self-certifying program where facilities must verify that they are at a minimum practicing the Virginia Green Convention and Conference Center core activities by providing guests the following: 

• Provide Recycling: provide for recycling at their events
• Minimize the use of disposable food service products: use products that are made from bio-based or renewable resources and provide for recycling or composting of items 
• Water Efficiency: must have a plan for conserving and using water efficiently
• Energy Conservation: must have a plan in place to reduce overall energy consumption
• Support Green Conferences & Events: must offer a "green" or "environmentally-friendly" package for events.   For ideas on Green Events, please see the fact-sheet on Environmentally-Responsible Conferences, Meeting, and Events.  

Guests attending or planning events at Virginia Green Convention or Conference Centers can expect that the facility has at least these core activities in place.  Participants are encouraged to tell us about any other green activities they have undertaken and these are included in the facility's profile, which appears on our website.  Consumers can then choose to attend or host events at a facility that offers the green amenities they value.

Participating Convention and Conference Centers

Blue Ridge Highlands
Central Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Eastern Shore
Heart of Appalachia
Northern Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Southern Virginia
Tidewater/Hampton Roads

Blue Ridge Highlands

• Fayerdale Hall Conference Center, Fairy Stone State Park, Stuart
• Hemlock Haven Conference Center at Hungry Mother State Park, Marion  
• The Inn at Virginia Tech & Skelton Conference Center, Blacksburg
• Mountain Lake Hotel Meeting Facilities, Pembroke
• Roanoke Civic Center 
• Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon
• Water's Edge Marina Meeting Facility at Claytor Lake State Park, Dublin

Central Virginia

• Bear Creek Meeting Hall, Bear Creek State Park, Cumberland  
• Cedar Crest Conference Center at Twin Lakes State Park, Green Bay
• Crowne Plaza Richmond West, Richmond
• Doubletree Richmond Airport, Sandston
• Executive Meeting Center at Embassy Suites, Richmond 
• Greater Richmond Convention Center, Richmond 
• Heritage Center & Swift Creek Hall at Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield
• Holiday Inn Select Kroger Conference Center, Richmond   
• The Jefferson Hotel, Richmond
• Kirkley Hotel Conference Center, Lynchburg
• Longwood University, Farmville
• Sheraton Richmond West Hotel, Richmond 
• Sponsors Executive Residence Center, Charlottesville
• UVA Zehmer Hall Conference Center, Charlottesville  
• Virginia Commonwealth University Student Centers, Richmond
• The Westin, Richmond 
• Wintergreen Resort, Wintergreen 
• Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel and Conference Center, Glen Allen     

Chesapeake Bay

• Murphy Hall at Westmoreland State Park, Montross   

Eastern Shore

• The Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island
• YMCA Silver Beach Conference and Retreat Center, Jamesville

Heart of Appalachia

• Cove Ridge Center at Natural Tunnel State Park, Duffield

Northern Virginia

• Airlie Conference Center, Warrenton
• Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center, Frederick
• Hotel Monaco Conference Center, Alexandria
• Hyatt Fairfax
• Hyatt Regency Reston
• Jepson Alumni Executive Center, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg
• Lansdowne Resort & Conference Center, Lansdowne
• Morrison House Conference Center, Alexandria
• The National Conference Center, Lansdowne 
• Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, McLean
• Stevenson Ridge, Spotsylvania
• University of Mary Washington, Dahlgren Campus, King George
• University of Mary Washington, Stafford Campus, Fredericksburg 

Shenandoah Valley

• Blue Ridge Events Center, Harrisonburg
• Hampton Inn & Conference Center, Winchester
• Highlands Conference Center at Douthat State Park, Millboro 
• Holiday Inn Conference Center at Blue Ridge Shadows Resort, Front Royal  
• Massanetta Springs Camp & Conference Center, Harrisonburg 
• Mountain Valley Meeting Center, Harrisonburg
• Old Dairy Community Center, Warm Springs  
• Stonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference Center, Staunton
• VMI Center for Leadership & Ethics at Marshall Hall, Lexington 

Southern Virginia

• Spencer-Penn Centre, Spencer 
• Wilderness Adventure at Eagle Landing, Newcastle 

Tidewater/Hampton Roads

• Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake  
• College of William and Mary, Williamsburg
• Founders Inn & Spa, Virginia Beach
• Great Wolf Lodge, Williamsburg
• Hampton Roads Convention Center, Hampton Roads 
• Kingsmill Resort, Williamsburg 
• Renaissance Portsmouth  
• Virginia Beach Convention Center 
• Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront

How to Join

Joining is easy.  Membership in the program is FREE.  Simply complete the Virginia Green Convention and Conference Center application (MS Word or Adobe PDF) and email the completed checklist to VirginiaGreen@deq.virginia.gov.  Once you are approved, we will send you a certificate for display at your facility and list your facility below.  Your facility will also be included on the Virginia Tourism Corporation's website as a Virginia Green facility if listed on Virginia.org.

The application is a checklist of common-sense, good ideas for you to consider.  Please feel free to tell us about any other things you are doing to minimize your environmental impacts.  The great thing is that almost every activity on the list has the potential to save your facility money.

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