Experience Appomattox efforts paying ‘dividends’
Appomattox Tourism Committee Chairman Don Jones gives an annual report on Experience Appomattox to the Appomattox Town Council on April 11. Charles Conrad/Times Virginian

At the April 11 meeting of the Appomattox Town Council, Don Jones, chairman of the Appomattox Tourism Committee (otherwise known as Experience Appomattox) gave an annual report of its impact on the town and county.

Jones described 2021 as its “best year yet” and said the committee has seen increase in tourism in the past six years.

Experience Appomattox ran seven television commercials in 2021 and hopes to add seven more in 2022. Jones explained that it utilizes local television to reach an audience within a reasonable driving distance from Appomattox.

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