North Oconee River Greenway Expansion Opens to the Public

The Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department announces the opening of the expansion of the North Oconee River Greenway connecting Bailey Street and Carriage Lane off Barnett Shoals Road and North Oconee Access Road off College Station Road. This connects to a recently completed Greenway segment that now provides eight miles of uninterrupted Greenway and access to Lexington Road and the Firefly Trail…

Wild Rumpus awarded TPD Resource Team Grant

Georgia Tourism awards funding to 16 tourism projects Grant program provides financial support for new and expanding tourism projects ATLANTA, September 11, 2018 – The Georgia Department of…

Nick Arnold Named Athens CVB Director of Sales

ATHENS, Ga. (August 6, 2018) – The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), the official destination marketing organization for Athens-Clarke County, has named Nick Arnold as Director of Sales…

Music Tourism Report Presented: Proposed Classic Center Arena Endorsed

ATHENS, GA. (June 8, 2018) – The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) hosted the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) Tourism Product Development Resource Team…

Music Tourism Report to be Presented by Tourism Product Development Resource Team

ATHENS, GA. (May 30, 2018) – The Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) will host the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) Tourism Product Development Resource Team…

AthFest Educates Presents the 22nd Annual AthFest Music & Arts Festival June 22nd-24th

Jeremiah Cook Named to Destination's International 2018 30 Under 30

Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2018) – Destinations International Foundation Chair Stephanie Pace Brown and President and CEO of Explore Asheville and Destinations International President and CEO Don Welsh…

DEAL: GEORGIA’S 2017 TOURISM BREAKS RECORDS

ATLANTA – May 7, 2018 –Gov. Nathan Deal today announced that the state’s tourism industry generated a record-breaking $63.1 billion in economic impact in 2017, for an increase of 3.8 percent over last…

HEADLINERS ANNOUNCED FOR 2018 ATHFEST MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL

AthFest Educates announced the headliners for this year’s 22 nd annual AthFest Music & Arts Festival, which will take place June 22 nd - 24 th with affiliated events, including the Flagpole Music Awards…