Between the beautiful rolling hills, nearby and pristine Springbrook State Park and a quaint small-town main street that is currently undergoing an impressive facelift, many around Guthrie Center believe there’s plenty in the form of potential tourism attraction in providing another economic boost, but Main Street Guthrie Center’s Julie Bailey doesn’t believe that much is being done to exercise the potential of the city as a destination, “nobody is really doing much for tourism in Guthrie Center. And so we need to talk about that some more.” Tourism will be one of the main subjects brought up at a Guthrie Center Partner’s meeting which will take place next Thursday.
Legislative Coffee sessions have been scheduled for Adair County this year, they will take place the 2nd Saturday of the month in February, March and April from 10 to 11 am at the Greenfield Library meeting room, with Senator Jake Chapman and Representative Clel Baudler in attendance. The open to the public meetings give constituents a chance to let representatives know about local concerns.
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The second meeting between a group of Guthrie Center movers and shakers will happen next week as they figure out whose role is whose in developing and working around the city. Main Street Guthrie Center’s Julie Bailey is a part of the Guthrie Center Partners group, and has more information on the purpose on the group, “We really needed to get together and talk about what is happening in Guthrie Center, what would we like to see happen in Guthrie Center, and who’s going to accomplish what is going to happen.”
In weather as cold as we’ve been having, Arber advises to not be outside for anymore than 30 minutes at a time.