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Highlands County tourism council presents sports‑facility study; Lake June, H.L. Bishop appear in top recommendations
Summary
The Highlands County Tourism Development Council presented a countywide sports tourism feasibility study and ranked Lake Placid venues among potential tourism‑driving assets; the TDC advised municipalities that funding would require individual grant requests and that the council itself had no formal position.
County tourism officials presented a consultant study to the Lake Placid Town Council on Monday that assessed Highlands County’s inventory of sports and special‑use facilities and ranked improvements to better attract tournaments and visitor spending.
Casey Hart, tourism director for the Highlands County Tourism Development Council, summarized the 30‑page consultant report prepared by Huddle Up Group, Airstream Ventures and Synergy Sports. The consultants surveyed 37 county venues and selected 12 for closer study, then narrowed to a top five for renderings and financial estimates. The presentation included benchmarks for how fields, diamonds and courts score for tournaments and an initial order‑of‑magnitude renovation cost for several…
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