which will also be the home of the Mount Airy Visitors Center. In addition, Sun House Hospitality is renovating a historic mill, transforming it into a Marriott Tribute Hotel, an investment of $25 million. “It is the first tribute hotel in the state of North Carolina,” boasts the mayor. “They chose the name, Balladeer, not just because of our musical heritage. There’s a lot of origin to bluegrass music in this part to the tourist crowd.“It could be used as a wedding venue, or for high school reunions. It can be open to many, many different things. We want to capitalize on it, and we hope that we are best utilized seven days a week. That would be our goal,” says Lewis. The convention center will be located in an area known as the Spencer’s Mill Development site, 4 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 08
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