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Parks Department Brings Tourism Dollars to Roswell
The upcoming Roswell Arts Festival is expected to draw 10,000 people - many of them tourists to Roswell. With tourism meaning big revenue in Georgia, the Roswell parks department is capitalizing on sporting events, bridge tournaments and festivals.
Next month, the Roswell Arts Festival could draw 10,000 people or so to the town square. In addition to buying art, festival goers will probably spend money elsewhere in Roswell, benefiting local businesses. That’s what festival organizers are banking on, anyway. And it’s why Roswell’s parks department has joined cities across the nation in leveraging events and festivals to draw people into town and boost tourism spending. Throughout the year, there are also lacrosse and baseball tournaments, gymnastics meets, bridge tournaments and a number of festivals at Roswell’s three historic homes – Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall and Smith Plantation. “All these events are causing people to spend money in Roswell. There’s no doubt about that,” said …
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janet h russell
2:13 pm on Wednesday, August 22, 2012
All of these events bring tourists and their money to Roswell. So now it is time for the City of Roswell to move the Visitors Center from its corner location which has only parking on the back and a walk up a hill, to the empty huge building across the Square. Formerly, Relish and Pico , it is the perfect place for the Visitors Bureau. It has easy accessability from Hwy 120, plenty of parking, … more ›