I was amazed this past week at what a bit or warmth and sunshine can do. Most all of my shrubberies have become covered with buds and taken on a spring hue. I still have to contend with the horrible grub damage my yard experienced at the hands... or should I say beaks of the resident crows in my neighborhood feasting on the grubs. I took a walk around the house after a bit of raking and a few wheel barrows of fresh mulch I should be ready to begin another earnest season of lawn work. Like the buds, I have noticed that slowly the sun and warmth are bringing the spring travelers back to life. They have made the trek up the peninsula to see the brown earth laden with floral blooms begin their annual fanciful show. Also like these floral blooms, we begin to see many of our seasonal businesses begin to open as they ready for the 2016 season.

 

Next week, May 1-7, 2016 is National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) across America. This is a time for us to reflect, celebrate and recognize the quality of life that tourism in Door County affords all of us as residents. As the Door County Visitor Bureau enters its 132nd season as the marketing group for Door County, we were formed March 13, 1884 and then incorporated April 8, 1891, we look both backwards and tip our hats to the long line of entrepreneurs and business owners that over the years have made Door County what it is and forward as we determine what mix of an integrated marketing plan will reach the traveler today and keep Door County in their travel plans. Long gone is the conversation over the back fence on asking a neighbor if they have ever been to a destination or discussing your upcoming plans. We live in a digital world with people half way around the globe weighing in on travel discussions.

 

 

Please join us next Tuesday, May 3 at Maxwelton Braes for our NTTW breakfast and celebration. We will feature our new tourism video for the county, announce the CTA of the Year, and also announce our four recipients of the Carole Counard Scholarships. These are $1,000 scholarships awarded to four of the forty-nine applications received. Any individual is eligible for this scholarship program as long as they are a full time resident of Door County. Please go here to register for the breakfast.