Silver City, NM (April 2, 2018) – The Silver City Arts & Cultural District and Western New Mexico University are pleased to announce a Tourism Town Hall on April 13 in the Global Resources Center building on the WNMU campus. The Town Hall has been organized to give the public an opportunity to hear from the State tourism agency and from local officials and tourism proprietors about trends in tourism in New Mexico and Grant County. The morning will be spent hearing presentations from the State and concluding with two roundtable discussions between panelists and the audience. The Town Hall is open to the public free of charge, with advance registration.

“We are excited to have the Deputy-Secretary Audrey Herrera-Castillo and four of her New Mexico Tourism Department colleagues here for a couple of days to discover all that Silver City and Grant County have to offer,” said Colleen Morton, Executive Director of the Silver City Arts and Cultural District since September 2017.

In addition to the Town Hall, the NMTD team will be taken on a tour of nearby attractions and the town, although the final itinerary will depend largely on the weather.

For more information and to register, please call 575-538-5560 or E-mail info@visitsilvercity.org . See our calendar at: visitsilvercity.org/calendar.html.

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The Silver City Arts & Cultural District
and Western New Mexico University
are pleased to announce:

A Tourism Town Hall
Friday, April 13, 2018
FEATURING: Deputy Secretary Audrey Herrera-Castillo
and four other New Mexico Tourism Department Representatives.
Location: Western New Mexico University

Open to the public and free of charge with advance registration. Limited Seating.
Please call the Silver City Arts & Cultural District at 538-5560 to register and get the location at WNMU.

7:30 am Continental Breakfast (Donations accepted)

8:30 am Welcome and Introductions – Joseph Shepard, WNMU President

8:45 am New Mexico Tourism Department Panel Presentation

10:45 am Coffee Break

11:00 am Silver City and Grant County Tourism Roundtable

Round 1                   Moderated by: Colleen Morton, Silver City Arts & Cultural District (& Visitor’s Center)
                                            Priscilla Lucero, Southwestern New Mexico Council of Governments
                                            Sabrina Pack, SkyWest Media and Tourism Coordinator, Town of Silver City
                                           Becky O’Connor, Casitas de Gila Guesthouses and Art Gallery and Grant County Lodger’s Tax Board
Round 2
                                          Alicia Edwards, Grant County Commissioner
                                         Scott Terry, Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce
                                        Charmeine Wait, MainStreet Project
                                        Joe Saenz, Wolf Horse Outfitters
12:30 pm Adjournment