You are invited to join the members of Marion Women’s Business Council for a luncheon. The event will be Monday, May 9, 2016 from 11:30am – 1:00 pm on the second floor of META Solutions (formerly TRECA) at 100 Executive Dr. in Marion.
Mark Holbrook, Executive Director for the Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, will share how the tourism economy in Marion can help lead the way to a more thriving, growing economy. Mark has served as the marketing manager at the Ohio History Connection for nine years and has been a consultant for tourism and history-based organizations for 12 years. He is a native Ohioan, graduate of The Ohio State University and an avid student of history.
Mark is the editor of the The Buckeye Vanguard about the 49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and is currently working on his second book, Ohio’s Unknown Generals. Mark recently retired from a 20-year career as a Civil War reenactor, serving as a Union officer throughout the country at such places as Gettysburg, Chattanooga, Richmond and Shiloh. Mark also served as military coordinator for the film Light of Freedom released in the fall of 2013 and had a supporting role in the 2015 film Wings of the Wind. Mark served on the Civil War Sesquicentennial Advisory Committee for the state of Ohio.
Lunch catered by All Occasions will be available for $13 with your RSVP by May 4th, 2016. You may RSVP by sending an email to mrn.wbc.gmail.com or by calling Elaine Evans, Membership Chair, at 740-389-9960 ext. 307.
Women’s Business Council luncheons will be held the second Monday of each month September through May. Interested in joining? Visit www.WomensBusinessCouncil.com for a membership application and a complete program schedule.
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