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City reports rising downtown visitors, launches gondola rides and pilots gunshot detectors ahead of Riverwalk ribbon cutting
Summary
City staff told council that downtown visitation and dwell time have risen since 2017, announced a free gondola attraction on Kingston Lake sponsored by Conway Medical Center, a Riverwalk ribbon-cutting set for Thursday, and a trial deployment of acoustic gunshot detectors.
The city administrator reported to the Conway City Council on Feb. 3 that downtown Conway has seen sustained increases in visitors since 2017 and highlighted a series of seasonal attractions and public-safety trials intended to build on that momentum.
"For the first time ever, we're likely to hit 2,000,000 total visitors downtown," the administrator said, citing internal counts comparing 2017 and 2024 visitor data and noting increases in average daily and weekend visitors and average dwell…
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