| KILMARNOCK, VIRGINIA AND WAITSFIELD, | | | | know the landscape of the area." |
| VERMONT… | | | | A graduate of Mary Washington College, Antonio |
| Resort Maps, creator of more than 95 customized | | | | holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in art. Married, he and |
| travel maps across the United States, England, Costa | | | | his wife Kelly live in Kilmarnock with their three sons. |
| Rica and Puerto Rico, recently announced Kilmarnock | | | | The Best of the Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula |
| resident Mike Antonio as the new owner of the new | | | | map will offer a treasure trove of things to do for |
| map to be published for Northern Neck and Middle | | | | people vacationing in the area or just down for a day |
| Peninsula. | | | | or two. Resort Maps free ‘souvenir style' maps will |
| Resort Maps are colorful, hand-drawn maps of towns | | | | be on display at local advertisers' shops but also at |
| and cities, distributed free to area visitors at rest and | | | | many non-advertiser locations throughout the Bay and |
| travel information areas as well by advertisers. The | | | | "Rivah" region. |
| Best of the Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula | | | | The Northern Neck map will also be available on-line at |
| Map will highlight local attractions, restaurants, | | | | along with interactive maps to all 95+ resort areas that |
| accommodations, retail shops, marinas, real estate and | | | | Resort Maps covers. These interactive maps allow |
| other services on the two peninsulas. Each advertiser | | | | the viewer to read a description of each business as |
| on the map will be represented with a display ad | | | | they scroll over each building and to connect to the |
| surrounding the perimeter of the map, including a | | | | website of the business for further information. |
| color-coded grid locator and their actual building drawn, | | | | For information on how to advertise on the initial |
| highlighted and labeled, making it easy to locate. | | | | Northern Neck & Middle Peninsula map, you can |
| "Other than a regular old highway map, there are no | | | | e-mail Mike Antonio at |
| maps for this area that give tourists and visitors an | | | | About Resort Maps |
| idea of all that this area has to offer," said Antonio. | | | | Headquartered in the Green Mountains of Vermont, |
| "Our new map, which we anticipate issuing over the | | | | Resort Maps has been creating and publishing |
| summer, will really be the best resource for visitors to | | | | advertising maps in the northeastern U.S. since 1986. In |
| our area." | | | | 1993, Resort Maps expanded its reach by creating a |
| A graphic designer by trade, Antonio has owned and | | | | franchise model for distribution of its colorful, |
| operated Mike Antonio Graphics for the past five | | | | hand-drawn maps of resort towns and cities. Today, |
| years. He sees the two businesses as | | | | that network of franchises has grown to over 95 |
| complementary. | | | | Resort Maps in publication in the US and the UK, with |
| "Obviously having knowledge of graphic design is a | | | | several more in the process of being published. More |
| real advantage in creating a map," said Antonio. "The | | | | than 20 million Resort Maps will be printed and |
| real advantage for me is I have been part of the local | | | | distributed in 2009. |
| business community over the last several years and | | | | |