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. |
