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EastCentralIllinoisEvents.com, a newly developed regional tourism website gives residents and visitors to east central Illinois information about events happening in their area like farmer’s markets, festivals, family activities and seasonal events.
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hat’s there to do in central Illinois? Well, if you ask Jean Anne Grunloh, executive director of the East Central Illinois Development Corporation (ECIDC), she would tell you a lot.
Over the past year, Grunloh along with Lake Land College and Imagine This! Marketing in Effingham have teamed up in order to develop a new tourism website highlighting community events, festivals and tourism activities for the 11 counties within the region. “Our goal was to create a one-stop website for community event information for residents and visitors,” said Grunloh. “The website is user-friendly, easy to navigate and users can access tons of information about east central Illinois.” For the website, www.EastCentralIllinoisEvents.com, Lake Land donated in-kind support including web hosting and it continues to offer ongoing technical support. The website features a calendar of events, wine trails, recreation trails, festivals, farmers’ markets, community events, family activities and maps. According to Grunloh, the organization’s recent success with the East Central Illinois Wine Trail map, another partnership with Lake Land College, led to the idea for the website.
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