File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Marcia Weber, right, speaks with guests in downtown Wetumpka during an art walk. Weber and other believe art could help bring tourists to the area.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Marcia Weber, right, speaks with guests in downtown Wetumpka during an art walk. Weber and other believe art could help bring tourists to the area.
What will be the next thing to attract guests and tourists to Wetumpka?
HGTV’s Home Town Takeover brought loads of attention and visitors to Wetumpka in the months after the show aired but as Season Two prepares to air featuring another town, city leaders want to prepare for keeping the interest of tourists.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald The murals in downtown Wetumpka attract attention and pedestrians. The foot traffic of tourists could result in increases in sales and lodging tax collections used to fund city services.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like Oktoberfest attract people to downtown. Those guests shop but some believe a concentrated effort on the arts would bring more people with larger amounts of disposable income to town.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like Oktoberfest attract people to downtown. Those guests shop but some believe a concentrated effort on the arts would bring more people with larger amounts of disposable income to town.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Halloween Candy Crawl demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Halloween Candy Crawl demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Christmas on the Coosa demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka for tens of thousands of people.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Christmas on the Coosa where the Christmas parade crosses the Bibb Graves Bridge demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka for tens of thousands of people.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald The Lofts at Bridge and Hill overlook the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets that creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka. Some believe it is an ideal venue for large events blocking off streets and smaller events with large numbers of pedestrians.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald The murals in downtown Wetumpka attract attention and pedestrians. The foot traffic of tourists could result in increases in sales and lodging tax collections used to fund city services.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like Oktoberfest attract people to downtown. Those guests shop but some believe a concentrated effort on the arts would bring more people with larger amounts of disposable income to town.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like Oktoberfest attract people to downtown. Those guests shop but some believe a concentrated effort on the arts would bring more people with larger amounts of disposable income to town.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Halloween Candy Crawl demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Halloween Candy Crawl demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Christmas on the Coosa demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka for tens of thousands of people.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald Events like the Christmas on the Coosa where the Christmas parade crosses the Bibb Graves Bridge demonstrate how the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka for tens of thousands of people.
File / Cliff Williams / The Herald The Lofts at Bridge and Hill overlook the triangle of Bridge, Company and Hill streets that creates a venue in downtown Wetumpka. Some believe it is an ideal venue for large events blocking off streets and smaller events with large numbers of pedestrians.
...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Barbour, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay,
Cleburne, Coosa, Elmore, Etowah, Lee, Macon, Montgomery, Pike,
Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa Counties.
* WHEN...From 1 AM to 8 AM CDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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