Franklin County Commission names Walter Armistead to TDC

            The Franklin County Commission agreed this week to accept St. George Island businessman Walter Armistead as the newest member of the Franklin County Tourist Development Council.

Mister Armistead will replace Alice Collins who is retiring from the board after seven years of service.

The Armistead family owns the Buccaneer Inn on St. George Island.

The vote to place Armistead on the board was unanimous, but there were some questions raised about why an Apalachicola representative was not selected.

The City of Apalachicola is already represented by a chamber of commerce representative and a member named by the city of Apalachicola but there has been a push to add a member to the TDC that represents smaller guest lodging providers, particularly from Apalachicola.

The TDC was split on that applicant and felt that Mister Armistead would do more to represent the county as a whole.

They also felt that since he owns a local hotel that he would be effective in representing small lodging providers. 

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