Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in Fredericksburg, Texas for a visit with Brady Closson President & CEO Fredericksburg Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Closson shares insights about Fredericksburg’s delicate balance of managing success as a super popular travel destination located just an hour from San Antonio.
A combination of a most charming main street with historic architecture, more than 150 family-owned shops, galleries, boutiques and trendy wine tasting rooms, draw visitors from around the state and around the world.
The art of managing success spurred the Convention & Visitors Bureau to develop a multifaceted sustainable stewardship initiative. The program includes stimulating mid-week and off season visitors; outdoor adventures (including wildflower and rural ranchland explorations; promoting their dark sky initiative and much more.
Come along and join Closson to discover the rest of the story of the historic Texas Hill Country town that dates from the 1840s when German immigrants first settled here.
The Intro and Outro underbed music was performed by renowned Hill Country musician John Arthur Martinez, based in the historic town of Marble Falls.
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