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MU ★  Community & Economic Development, Health

Tri-County Tourism

ExploreMIR is a tri-county tourism event between Madison, Iron and Reynolds counties in Southeast Missouri.

ongoing: The event will occur next year in Spring 2021.
Tri-County Tourism

Participants are encouraged to get outdoors and share photos of themselves completing a physical activity at five different locations in any part of the county triad. Once they visit five locations, they receive a free drawstring backpack sponsored by each county’s Chamber of Commerce.

Impact

ExploreMIR gives local residents an opportunity to safely distance from others while visiting new areas in Southeast Missouri that they have not seen before. Requiring participants to post a photo of a physical activity at each location they visit is a way to increase activity levels for each person in the household. When they are finished, they can pick up their free backpack at a local business, probably one that many have not visited previously. This also provides an economic benefit to the community as well if they make a purchase while they are there.
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Nature, Tourism

Date

  
ongoing

Contact

Ashley Bales
  balesa@missouri.edu
  573-783-3303
  https://extension.missouri.edu/people/ashley-bales-88600

Partners

Ellington Chamber of Commerce
  chamber@ellingtonmo.com
  573-663-7997
Madison County Chamber of Commerce
  info@madisoncountycc.com
  573-783-2604
Arcadia Valley Chamber of Commerce
  573-546-7117

Locations

  Madison County, MO, USA
  Iron County, MO, USA
  Reynolds, MO 63633, USA

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