Only CVB director Van Wert has had retires after 15 years Retiring Van Wert Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Larry Lee smiles during a reception honoring him on Thursday afternoon. D ave Mosier/Van Wert independent DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor A number of people were on hand Thursday to say farewell to retiring Van Wert Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director Larry Lee during a reception held in his honor at the CVB digs in downtown Van Wert. Among those were current and former CVB board members, as well as several people who now or once inhabited the office just down the corridor from his as Main Street Van Wert directors. Those included Seth Baker, Adam Ries, and current MSVW Director Mitch Price.