Jorge Pesquera, president of the Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau, said he's organizing the county's numerous artsy events and festivals into a comprehensive directory on the CVB Web Site so the events can be marketed and touted. He cited, for example, Lake Worth's recent street festival. "I want to elevate the image of those events," Pesquera said.
Greater cooperation with city chambers also will help boost community events and the unique characteristics of nine distinct areas of the county, such as the equestrian events in western Palm Beach County. And, despite the economic crisis affecting all municipalities, Pesquera still would like to see a line-item in cities' budgets that includes tourism marketing.
Click title for link to interesting PB Post article - remember the "Affordable Housing Task Force?" I remember having to explain the law of supply and demand to many people here during the last boom. This article sums up that explanation.
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