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Apple Basket owner and county welcome center describe tourism support and community outreach
Summary
During a field visit by county commissioners, proprietors and welcome center staff described local retail, historic building reuse and the county welcome center's role supplying brochures, maps and group-tour information to visitors and residents.
Charlene Sergatus, owner of the Apple Basket on Route 235, and staff at the St. Mary's County Welcome Center told visiting county commissioners that small retail sites and the welcome center together help convert visitors to local customers and support heritage tourism.
Sergatus described the Apple Basket as a mixed retail and antique shop housed in a historic building built in 1881; she said she bought the building about 15 years earlier and that roughly…
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