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Fairfield Inn to break ground near Wendy’s; visitors bureau highlights marketing plan
Summary
A Fairfield Inn with 78 rooms is scheduled to break ground Thursday near the Wendy’s, county visitors bureau representative Alex Sat told commissioners; the bureau also finalized a 2024–25 marketing plan and placed a board re-election item on the agenda.
Alex Sat, speaking for the county’s visitors bureau, told the board the bureau will break ground Thursday on a new Fairfield Inn near the Wendy’s that will add 78 rooms to the county’s lodging inventory.
"It'll be 78 rooms, which is nice," Alex said, noting the hotel will help accommodate summer sports events that often sell out local hotels. He estimated the county’s total lodging stock at roughly 750 rooms, a countywide figure he said he believed was approximate.
Sat said the bureau has completed its 2024–25 marketing plan and that a board member’s re-election appeared on the day's agenda. The hotel project and the marketing plan were presented as routine economic-development updates; no county funding or incentives for the hotel were discussed in the meeting.
Why it matters: Additional hotel rooms can increase visitor spending and ease lodging shortages during events. Officials said the Fairfield Inn’s capacity will help when the county hosts summer ball tournaments, but did not provide construction or tax-incentive details.
The board took no formal action on the hotel at the meeting; the item was presented as an informational update.
