Three Weeks to Go

The Stokes Stomp is just over three weeks away. It is hard to believe that there will be between 15 and 20,000 people in Danbury that weekend. It will be my first visit and I have volunteered to work in the Arts Council Booth on Saturday. This will give me a chance to meet a lot of people and learn more about the event. Mark your calendars and be ready for a really busy time in Stokes County.

In addition to the "Stomp", the Walnut Festival is Scheduled for Friday Sept 11. Visit the Town of Walnut Cove's web site for more details. The Stokes County Fair begins on the 14th in King and runs through the 19th. King Fest is the first weekend in October. High School Football is going on each Friday night and that is just the beginning.

We were awarded a $15,000.00 Incumbent Workers Grant last week. We are very close to making our web site building project a reality. There are six pilot companies already selected to allow us to work out the kinks and we should be building site full bore in 2010. If you have a business in Stokes County or know of someone in the county that does not have a web site, have them get in touch with me. There will be a media campaign set up to make this known through-out the county but I am so excited that I wanted to tell some folks about this now (not sure how many because this is a new blog).

We should soon have a visitor information center in Danbury a the library. This will fill a big need and allow us to start getting more information in the hands of our visitors. We hope to have this open by Stomp Weekend. Stay tuned for more...