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Local festivals report surging attendance; board hears strong hotel occupancy numbers
Summary
Several grantees and festival organizers told the board their events drew significantly more visitors this year. Presenters cited near-capacity hotels (about 93% occupancy), multi-thousand weekend attendance at Unbroken and rising overnight stays in August–September.
Organizers for local festivals told the Davis County Board of Tourism that this year—s events produced higher attendance and stronger hotel demand than previous years.
Mark Rogers, president of the Kindred Folk Society, thanked the board for support of a second-year festival and said organizers used most of the grant funding. "We spent almost the majority of the money you guys granted us and have a little leftover for our other projects," Rogers told the board. He reported 16 porches and 16 business sponsors and said the group…
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