The Wooden County Financial Growth Fee (WCEDC) introduced in the present day the return of the Bassmaster Elite Sequence to Lake Fork on Might 8-11, an occasion that guarantees to carry tens of millions of {dollars} in financial affect to Wooden County and different neighboring counties.
In mild of the announcement, WCEDC officers are welcoming curiosity from sponsors of the accompanying Lake Fork Household Fest, which shall be held on November 10-11. Final yr, the Bassmaster Elite event and pageant attracted greater than 10,000 patrons and multiple million impressions by means of social media.
This yr’s Lake Fork Household Fest shall be much more compelling, with the re-introduction of the Nice Dam Race 5K Run. Along with the Run, the pageant will embody high-profile musical acts, cornhole event, pickleball event, kid-friendly sights, and way more.
“This guarantees to be the perfect Lake Fork Household Fest we’ve got ever had,” mentioned Christine Thomas, Govt Director of the WCEDC. “We took a web page from the previous by bringing again the very fashionable Nice Dam Race 5K Run. After which in response to suggestions from final yr’s attendees, we’ve got added much more actions for the children. This yr, we’ll actually have one thing for everybody.”
Extra particulars shall be forthcoming on the Lake Fork Household Fest, particularly with regard to the musical acts. Nonetheless, the WCEDC will transfer ahead with eliciting sponsorships for the occasion by partnering with the Quitman-Lake Fork Kiwanis Membership, which shall be figuring out sponsors for the Nice Dam Race 5K Run and the Pilot Membership of Quitman, which is able to concentrate on discovering sponsors and distributors for the general Household Fest.
“We’re extremely excited to work with the WCEDC on the Nice Dam Race 5K Run,” mentioned Larry Lorton, Vice-President of the Quitman-Lake Fork Kiwanis Membership. “A part of our native efforts is to assist the Wooden County neighborhood embrace a more healthy way of life, and there’s no higher method to do this then with this race.”
In the meantime, representatives of the Pilot Membership of Quitman (PCQ), which has had an energetic position within the Lake Fork Household Fest, are equally excited. “We’re proud to be part of the workforce supporting the WCEDC’s mission for financial progress in Wooden County,” mentioned Sharon Brooks, Treasurer of the PCQ. “We’re anticipating much more assist from the enterprise neighborhood this yr, due to the profitable pageant we had in 2024.”
As well as, the WCEDC will proceed to do its half to intensify the worth proposition of sponsoring the occasion, making a concerted push to market to massive inhabitants bases within the Tyler-Longview, Dallas-Fort Value, and Shreveport areas, in addition to these counties adjoining to Wooden County.
“We’re blessed to have such a strong occasion built-in with the Bassmaster Elite Sequence,” mentioned Thomas. “We all know that we’re barely scratching the floor in terms of elevating consciousness concerning the Lake Fork Household Fest. That’s about to alter.”
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