Hi Colin. Congrats on the write up in the New York Times. I hope it assists in sales/exposure and wonder whether you and other business owners helped to facilitate the NYT travel writer by highlighting points of interest and creating a 'tour' of the area for the author/reader or if the author happened to make contact on their own. Either way, fellow members might view this article as a model for introducing their products to local media and and target markets.
http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/travel/22journeys.html
All the best.
Doug