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Old 05-05-2014, 12:35 PM   #122
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Originally Posted by jrc View Post
I guess Disney World was a bad example. My point was that having people visit and spend money, could be used as a positive to improve the area. How many cities are trying to attract events?
Agreed, that is the only way.

But it's the chicken and the egg - who will want to invest in a run down area with a short season with declining crowds? But without investment why would people come?

Is their a tourism board? If not someone needs to be put in charge with the goal of breathing some new life into the area. Cities do try and attract tourism and events, but as with anything else it will take spending some money to make money. I bet the enthusiasm for doing that isn't huge....
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