Minne-Roadtrip earns State Award

During the 2017 Explore Minnesota Tourism Conference in Saint Paul this week, several individuals, organizations and tourism businesses were recognized at the annual Excellence in Tourism Awards banquet for their contributions to the state’s $14.4 billion travel industry.  Northfield, Faribault and Owatonna tourism leaders were presented with a Marketing Award of Excellence for their work on a multi-community branding effort called the Minne-Roadtrip which promotes all three communities.

Nort Johnson, Katie Godfrey, Lisa Peterson, John Edman

 Read full press release below:

EMTTourismAward2017

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