Kyle
In January 2012 it was announced that former Vermont Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets Roger Allbee would be joining Vermont Technical College as Senior Scholar In Residence. It didn’t take too long for Allbee to go all in and help co-found a startup.
The startup called ViewBoost is a location based startup that is designed to enhance rural travel and beyond. ViewBoost is fine tuned to rural areas where similar mobile apps are designed for major metropolitan areas. The team behind ViewBoost looks at the app as a digital concierge connecting people to people, places, events and businesses. It also enables travelers to see their route, destination and recommend points of interest along the way.
The Vieweboost application integrates with Facebook to pull feedback and comments about places that users find along the way.
“Vermont has so much to offer, and is the perfect laboratory for the development of this rural tourism application. So many businesses and jobs depend on tourism that an application of this type is badly needed,” says Roger Allbee, a co-founder and former Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in Vermont. “We are known for our landscape, agriculture, and food systems, and the state has been named as one of the key destinations in the world, so why should we not be at the forefront in developing this application that can better define what we are and who we are as a state and tourist destination?”
Viewboost is still in their infant stages. They are using Vermont as the test market and plan on targeting other similar sized areas as they build out. They are hoping to have the product on the market by spring of 2013.
source: BurlingtonFreePress
