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8th Annual Delta Awards for Tourism Achievement

presented at Wynne

The eighth annual Delta Awards recognizing tourism achievements in Eastern Arkansas were presented during festivities Friday evening, January 25, at the Technical Center for the Delta in Wynne. 

The event was sponsored by Arkansas Delta Byways, the nonprofit association recognized by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism as the official tourism promotion association for 15 counties in Eastern Arkansas.  Counties include Arkansas, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Drew, Greene, Lee, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett and St. Francis.

Arkansas Delta Byways is located on the Arkansas State University campus in Jonesboro and receives administrative support through Arkansas State University’s Arkansas Heritage SITES Office.                 

Finalists for the awards were as follows, with the winner designated by an asterisk:

 

1.     Media Support Award       

 

Leigh Ann Kennedy, Crittenden County

Premiere Magazine, Greene County

*Kim Williams, All Counties

 Hospitality Award

 

*Bayou LaGrue Lodge, Arkansas County

Cajun Express, St. Francis County

Mallard Pointe Lodge and Reserve, Monroe County

 

Entrepreneur Award

 

Carriage Square, Phillips County

Lakeside Hunting, St. Francis County

        *Pumpkin Hollow, Clay County       

                               

Tourism Support Award

 

*Audubon Arkansas, All Counties

City of Blytheville, Mississippi County

West Memphis Carriage Rides - Christmas Lights Tours, Crittenden County

Festival/Event of the Year Award

“Autumn on the Square,” Lee County

Ding Dong  Days, Dumas, Desha County

*Parkin Archeological State Park – Black History Month School Days , Cross County

                 

Boot Strap Award   

            

*Collins Theatre, Greene County

New Hope School, Cross County

        Selma Rosenwald School, Drew County            

        Promotional Award

Friends of the St. Francis, Lee and Phillips Counties

*RHDI – Arkansas Delta Made Project, All Counties

Tour da Delta, Phillips County

       Outstanding Member Award              

Niki Jones, St. Francis County

*Main Street Arkansas, Crittenden, Greene, Desha, Mississippi and Phillips Counties

Billy Ray, Phillips County

 Cultural Heritage Award

Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, Poinsett County

St. Francis County Museum, St. Francis County

*Lakeport Plantation, Chicot County

Tourism Person of the Year Award

 

Terry Eastin, All Counties

*Robert Moore, Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot and Desha Counties

Mary Gay Shipley, Mississippi County

 

A special award for Most Enthusiastic Volunteers was presented to New Hope School

in Wynne, Cross County.