

Can a Hotel Feasibility Study Help My Community?
WHY DO WE NEED A HOTEL FEASIBILITY STUDY? IS YOUR COMMUNITY LOSING REVENUES? I recently wrote a blog entitled, “Can Hotels Impact Rural Communities?” where I shared how a hotel development can help communities recapture revenues currently being lost due to lack of overnight accommodations. In that blog, I shared to following information regarding an effective business model for hotel development in rural areas. According to Glenn Haussmann, President of Rouse Media and recog

Economic Development Progress in Carter County
Last Sunday I shared with you what economic development looks like and shared with you information about the State of Tennessee Economic and Community Development Team. It is with delight that I share with you this week that your Carter County Mayor’s Office of Economic and Community Development Team has great news of progress. We have been working diligently to try to bring another hotel to our County. With Sycamore Shoals and Roan Mountain State Parks seeing several hundred