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Arts, events and city officials back tourism advisory committee; council to send recommendation to full council
Summary
Arts and events leaders described hundreds of annual events and urged better coordination; the committee voted to recommend formation of a five‑to‑seven‑member tourism advisory committee to the full council, with staff to draft a formal recommendation to the mayor and council.
Arts, culture and events organizers told the Fall River City Committee on Economic Development and Tourism that coordination, shared promotion and targeted grants have expanded programming across the city — and they asked the council to form a tourism advisory committee to help sustain and scale that work.
Samantha Barbosa, the city’s event resource coordinator, said she built a single application and coordination process to streamline permitting and allow city departments to coordinate logistics in one place rather than requiring organizers to visit multiple offices. "It's one application... once I get the application and it's approved, I sit…
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