Small town aims to make its mark.If they build it, tourists will come. This is the premise the Town of St Charles is Charles I, duke of Lower Lorraine Charles I, 953–992?, duke of Lower Lorraine (977–91); younger son of King Louis IV of France. He claimed the French throne when his nephew, Louis V of France, died (987) without issue, but he was set aside in using to promote its Landmark Decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. Contest The town's economic development committee is putting on the contest and is hoping by constructing a landmark, like the Big Nickel nickel, metallic chemical element; symbol Ni; at. no. 28; at. wt. 58.69; m.p. about 1,453°C;; b.p. about 2,732°C;; sp. gr. 8.902 at 25°C;; valence 0, +1, +2, +3, or +4. or the Wawa Goose, it will bring people into the town. "We thought it would suit us because we are well off the main highway and it would be something we could use to bring tourism into the community," says Andre An·dré , John 1751-1780. British army officer hanged as a spy in the American Revolution for conspiring with Benedict Arnold. Ouellette, town councillor and secretary of the economic development committee. The contest is open to anyone with an idea that will best reflect the region of St Charles, its people, history and environment. The idea must also be feasible to construct, unique and most likely to draw attention and tourists to the town. The winner will receive a $500 prize. The winner will have to relinquish the rights to the idea, but will have their, name promoted by the town. The committee Will do the judging of entries. Entries must be in by Feb. 17 before 4 p.m. By constructing the landmark, the committee hopes to build a tourism industry around it. "In the long run, we would work on building complementary attractions that would work with the landmark." Lodges, camping, fishing and outdoor activities are the main tourist attractions Noun 1. tourist attraction - a characteristic that attracts tourists attractive feature, magnet, attractor, attracter, attraction - a characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts; "flowers are an attractor for bees" in St. Charles. This is just one component the town is working on to improve the economy of St Charles. "We have posted for a part-time economic development officer and developed a strategic plan to identify specific industries we want to attract," says Ouellette. "We are also working on developing the waterfront around the St. Charles area." St Charles is located about 50 kilometres east of Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury (2006 census population 157,857) is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships. . www.stcharlesontario.ca |
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