Holly Hills/Mall Area – Richard Pigman

Current offerings:   Offers a number of annual events but need to coordinate calendars with other events happening within county.

• Data collected on attendees?  Where are they coming from? 

Action:

• Need to capitalize more on music events
• Need a hotel or B&B at Holly Hills
  • Possible location behind bank
  • Contact Rudean Adams, manager at Holly Hills
• Other Potential:
  • Carl Perkins home – Historical site
  • Great location for a B&B
  • Tank

Mall Restaurant

• Need interpretive signs
  • Birgy Creek – excellent site for birding
• Bicycle Route
  • Carrie Post Office – Safe Haven
  • Need to expand on this. 
• Motorcycles very popular.  Connection with NASCAR and Petty racing
  • Motorcycle club
    • Ricky McDaniel, P.O. Box 394, Litt Carr 41834
• Vicco Bass Tournament at Carr Creek Lake
• Need a hotel and lodging in the county
• Red Fox Development
  • Rudene Adams donated land for lodge and golf course
• Proposed Knott/Letcher  County Regional Airport – behind old airport near Isom
• Establish a festival that sets Knott County apart from all others.
  • Perry County has the Black/Gold Festival  which includes marching band competition – Pauletta Smith band director
  • Knott County should capitalize on being the Elk Capital of the East
  • Develop everything centered around elk. 
  • One suggestion would be to rename Gingerbread Festival to Knott County Elk Festival
    • Include 1k  calf run
    • Elk Run
• Amphitheater
  • Was supposed to be located by the human  resource building
    • Parking is an issue and a concern
  • CDI report recommended an amphitheater designed on Troublesome Creek as part of flood control.
    • Develop a play from James Steele Book
• Truck Familiarization program – trucker buddies & school groups
  • Pen Pal, Trucker Buddies, website
• Develop a strong bluegrass festival
  • Leslie County has a very successful festival. 
  • Vince Comb establishing one at Sutton Memorial Park