Troup County GA

7 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 10 TROUP COUNT Y, GEORGIA the 1930s on land that had been worn out from 100 years of cotton cultivation. They wanted to “create a garden so beautiful that it would make visitors want to go home and lead better lives. ”After years of bulldozing, damming streams, planting soil-regenerating crops, and landscaping, the renovated grounds opened in 1952 with 20,000 new trees, shrubs, and native flowers. In 2022, Callaway Gardens was purchased by Herschend Family Entertainment, a privately owned themed entertainment company, with plans to invest over $20 million over the next several years on renovations and other improvements. Other area attractions include the Great Wolf Lodge, a 470-room hotel with a 100,000-sq.-ft. indoor water park. “It’s a huge draw for tourism,” Mosley states. “Hundreds of thousands of people flock