Press
Release
Release: Immediate
Contact: Christian
Hamilton, 706.898.5777
Date: 03/13/2017
RE: Toccoa Welcomes TPD Resource Team
TOCCOA,
GA, March 13, 2017 – Main Street Toccoa, in conjunction
with the Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce and the Stephens County
Development Authority, was pleased to welcome a Tourism Product Development
(TPD) Resource Team from the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD)
on Tuesday, March 7th and Wednesday, March 8th.
The TPD Resource Team consisted of tourism officials
in the State of Georgia whose goal was to evaluate Toccoa’s tourism resources,
catalog them, make recommendations, and provide a report, all with the goal
of growing the various tourism resources that the City of Toccoa and Stephens
County have available.
The TPD Resource Team visited various local sites,
including Camp Toccoa at Currahee, the Currahee Military Museum, the Historic
Ritz Theatre, Traveler’s Rest, the Currahee Club, and the Currahee Vineyard,
among others.
They will return in approximately three months to
present their findings. Main Street Toccoa will host a town hall meeting, open
to the public, at the Historic Ritz Theatre at the Schaefer Center, to showcase
these findings. Toccoa’s visit by a TPD Resource Team will also place Toccoa in
a small pool of cities eligible for TPD grant funding.
For more information about this visit, please
contact Sharon Crosby at the Main Street office at 706.282.3309
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