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Podcast Episode 65 - A Tourism Director Who Thinks Like an Economic Developer with Thomas Salley

Thomas Salley is the Director of the Wilkesboro Tourism Development Authority

Dane Carlson
Dane Carlson
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Podcast Episode 65 - A Tourism Director Who Thinks Like an Economic Developer with Thomas Salley

Is this episode, Dane talks with Thomas Salley.  Thomas is a tourism director who "thinks outside the box" so much so that he sounds like an economic developer.


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Thomas Salley is the Director of the Wilkesboro Tourism Development Authority. He is passionate about rural development, hospitality and tourism, and it shows.

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