Durham blogger and President Emeritus of the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau shares his thoughts on the proposed statewide billboard legislation...
Tourism Sector Representatives Stunned By New Proposed Statewide Billboard Threat! Bull City Mutterings
Reyn Bowman
There were a lot of stunned looks on the faces of representatives of North Carolina’s $17 billion tourism sector, meeting last week in Asheville at the Governor’s Conference, when news circulated that a car dealer from Jacksonville was justifying legislation filed on behalf of the Outdoor Billboard industry as “business-friendly.”
Fueling outrage across the state is the risk that the bill signals to the scenic beauty, historical and cultural features central to tourism as the state’s second or third largest economic sector and relied upon now by 40,000 Tar Heel businesses.
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