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GA HR1915
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Jon Burns
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AI Summary
- Commends the Sylvania Information Center on its 50th anniversary, originally opened on January 20, 1960, as the "Welcome Station" on the Wade Plantation off Highway 301
- The center was the first welcome center in the State of Georgia and is recognized as the oldest operating visitor information center in the United States
- A.J. Rowan, owner of the Wade Plantation, deeded the land to the state, and in 1972 Georgia purchased 2.03 acres behind the center to construct a water treatment plant for increased traffic
- The Sylvania center was the forerunner of ten additional state visitor information centers opened between 1963 and 1980, forming the 11 Gateways into Georgia along interstates bordering Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina
- Sponsored by Representatives Burns of the 157th and Stephens of the 164th, the resolution recognizes the center's contributions to tourism, which has become Georgia's second largest industry
Legislative Description
Sylvania Information Center; 50th anniversary; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/20/2012
Full Bill Text
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