PRESS RELEASES - FEBRUARY 2009

February 6, 2009

District 4 Town Hall Meeting is Feb. 19
Agenda Topic: Arlington Tourism

Who: City Council Member Kathryn Wilemon, Deputy Mayor Pro-Tempore

What: Host District 4 Town Hall Meeting

When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19

Where: Fire Training Center at 5501 Ron McAndrew Drive in Arlington

Why: To discuss how new development changes the dynamics of tourism in Arlington and how these changes impact residents and businesses in District 4. The meeting agenda includes a presentation led by Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau President and CEO Jay Burress.

The ACVB sells, markets and promotes Arlington as a getaway, vacation and convention destination to travelers, vacationers, meeting planners, travel writers and tour groups.

Wilemon represents Council District 4, which is bound by I-20 on the south, portions of Matlock Road, Fielder Road and Bowen Road on the east, Lake Arlington on the west, and I-30 on the northeast.

For more information, or if special accommodations are needed at this town hall meeting, call the Office of the Mayor and Council at 817-459-6141 or e-mail Council Coordinator Patrick Embry at Patrick.Embry@ArlingtonTx.gov.