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Mayor: developer selected for Elizabethton hotel site; tourism director reports event successes

Carter County Board of Commissioners · March 1, 2026

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Summary

Tourism Director Luke Freeman reported increased out-of-area participation in county events and ad placements; Mayor Patty Woodby said a developer has been selected for an extended-stay hotel on city property between the Elizabethton carwash and the Stow Away and legal language is being finalized.

Luke Freeman, the Chamber of Commerce tourism director, told commissioners the county supported events that drew hundreds of participants (Music and Miles Half Marathon: 300+ participants; Carter County Omnium: over 100 out-of-area participants) and listed recent editorial placements including Our State and Blue Ridge Outdoors.

Mayor Patty Woodby updated the commission on the hotel feasibility study and said the study has been completed and that a developer has been selected for city-owned property in Elizabethton (between the carwash and the Stow Away) for an extended-stay hotel. Woodby said city and developer legal language is being updated by city attorneys and the project will move forward once those documents are finalized.

The tourism report and mayoral update were informational; no county funding or formal county action on the hotel was recorded at the meeting.