Monthly Archives: March 2008

Could “Branson FamilyFreeFest” stoke Hot Winter Fun and market the convention center?

If Wisconsin Dells can do it for water parks all winter long, why can’t Branson have a city wide event for three to six days over one or two weekends in the middle of January to extend … Continue reading

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Politics and business in Branson is a potential conflict of interest but give us a break!

Grizzly and a few others keep playing the potential conflict of interest card in Marshall’s case while choosing to ignore it in the case of Williams and, in some cases themselves?
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Search for Branson’s new city administrator winds down

After a careful and deliberative process to select an executive search firm to handle a nationwide campaign to help the board find and select the best qualified, available, and interested candidate for the job, the process… Continue reading

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Area legislators say Taneycomo Bridge will not be closed!

Representative Wood said that they had been told by MoDOT leadership that the “bridge closing is not an option” and that “something else will be done.” Continue reading

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Who was it that said they had never met a TIF they didn’t like?

…who one votes for can influence the use and growth of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) within our community. What would have done the most to bring more people to Branson, $100 million spent on marketing all that Branson is and has or $100 million to develop Branson Landing?”
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Branson tops 1 Billion in actual retail sales

the total retail sales value for the period was $1,002,591,743. This was up from $920,136,098, or about 9 percent, for the same period in 2006.
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Branson Convention Center Manager Retires

Mark Hartman, General Manager, Hiltons of Branson, and the personification of the Hilton image within the Branson community, has announced his retirement effective March 27.
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Hollister Waterpark resort ground breaking to be followed by cinema complex

The Feb. 29 groundbreaking ceremony for Hollister’s Wilderness in the Ozarks Waterpark Resort is the first major step in the development of the Hollister Interchange Entertainment District (The Interchange). Another major step will be the building of a 60,000 square foot entertainment center containing a movie complex Continue reading

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Oh, hush my beating heart; HCW does own the city’s convention center web site!

In a recent column concerning the Branson Convention Center web site, the Ole Seagull wrote, ‘”Oh hush my beating heart,’ is it even possible that HCW is the registered owner of the Branson Convention Center web site that the city is spending thousands of dollars in taxpayer money promoting?” The answer is… Continue reading

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