I did some asking around tonight with local hotels and all confirm to me that they have no measurable influx of people sleeping overnight. I have checked hotels.com and priceline.com and basically the pattern I am observing is that the $40 a night hotels are in limited supply in the Cedar Bluff area but downtown I see and hear no real impact.
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- Publisher’s Positions
- Morton was the man needed to settle tempers in 2004
- The Gentleman From New Jersey: Hamilton Fish Kean
- Rotary Club of Bearden announces 2026–2027 Board of Directors
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