How do we take advantage of our clean resources and continue to promote clean economic development such as tourism?

Simple... we tell the stories of success!  Please read this story and imagine how much more profitable tourism could be if we would get together a coordinated campaign to promote town in this light!

It was a wonderful experience, a magical journey through time and a very special place—the Grampian to Clearfield Rail Trail in central Pennsylvania.

By Skip Cleaver
Posted Monday, 15 November, 2004
From www.coolrunning.com

Want to learn more about the reasons why we should continue to develop Curwensville into a thriving tourism economy?

Spending Billions of Dollars
Travel and tourism is big business for Pennsylvania, with spending by the state's domestic and international visitors totaling $25.7 billion in 2005, or over $70 million each day. This amount of annual expenditures is roughly equal to Pennsylvania's annual General Fund budget and exceeds the total amount of sales rung up at general merchandise, sporting good, hobby, book, music, electronics, appliance, and furniture and home furnishing stores in the state in a single year.

If Pennsylvania's travel and tourism industry were to disappear completely, every man, woman, and child currently living in the state would have to spend an additional $2,070 annually to replace the spending of the state's domestic and international, business and leisure visitors and their resulting contributions to the state's economy.

READ MORE ABOUT DEVELOPING TOURISM IN PA-2007 Tourism Handbook-  pdf

This complete report from the State details this nicely.  Please take the time to read about the possibilities and think about new ideas that we can consider for Curwensville!  Tourism is lucrative, booming and, perhaps most importantly, it's a clean investment.  It creates jobs, brings in real money and doesn't have to decimate our environment and health to do it!