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Spirit <strong>of</strong> Brooks County<br />
Tourism Leadership<br />
First Steps - 6 Months<br />
Identify and Empower a Brooks County Tourism Leadership Team<br />
To carry out the functions <strong>of</strong> creating and implementing a long range <strong>tourism</strong> economic development plan for<br />
Quitman – Brooks County, the first step is to create a local <strong>tourism</strong> board, (pursuant to OCGA 48-13-51 et seq)<br />
that will guide the industry development process through: creating initial reports and studies, retaining consultants,<br />
contacting and working with appropriate state agencies and overseeing the implementation <strong>of</strong> created plans.<br />
According to the 2008 US Travel Association report on <strong>tourism</strong> in <strong>Georgia</strong>, Brooks County currently generates<br />
$8.25 million from <strong>tourism</strong> related expenditures.<br />
Identify and Enumerate Underutilized d Tourism Resources<br />
Beginning with the report and strategy presented by the State’s Tourism Development Resource Team, the next<br />
and most significant step involves the dissemination <strong>of</strong> the visual inventory or catalogue <strong>of</strong> existing historic<br />
resources including the buildings: when they were built, by whom and for whom and what original purpose. The<br />
inventory/catalogue, which already exists at the Quitman - Brooks County Museum and Cultural Center will serve<br />
as the base from which to develop walking tours, history tours, etc.<br />
The first steps <strong>of</strong> urbanism and community planning are the analysis <strong>of</strong> existing conditions, visioning plans, and<br />
scale comparisons <strong>of</strong> buildings (relevant to their surrounding environment) to give Brooks County residents the<br />
necessary knowledge by which to make educated and sophisticated choices about the built environment growth <strong>of</strong><br />
the county.<br />
Create a County Wide Strategic Tourism Plan<br />
The next step will be the formalization <strong>of</strong> a strategic plan. Having identified not only the physical resources <strong>of</strong><br />
Brooks County but also its human resources, its people, the <strong>tourism</strong> board leadership will need to set formal<br />
projects and deadlines, starting with the tangible goals presented in the following sections.<br />
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