Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway News

Friday, October 5 & Saturday, October 6

The 2012 Trash & Treasures along the Tenn-Tom is scheduled for Friday, October 5 & Saturday, October 6. The route of the massive yard sale starts at Pickwick Landing State Park north of Iuka, Mississippi, along Highway 25, including Burnsville, and follows the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to Macon, Mississippi. Thousands of sellers and buyers participated in past events and you are cordially invited to be a seller or buyer, or just come to visit.

Event organizers report that “people can sell Trash & Treasures for pocket money or funds for civic or church groups. Individual or group collections are welcome. Place your signs or ads as you prefer, but please observe all ordinances about signs or booths on public property.”

There is no charge to participate in this event.
A map and listing of locations available for display are available free of charge.

For more information,
contact the Tenn-Tom Tourism Association at 800-457-9739,
or e-mail: Email:  ttw@tenntom.org

click here to download PDF of flyer

2012 Conference – August 28-30

• 2012 registration form
• 2012 sponsorship form
• Silent auction flyer for the Tenn-Tom Waterway Museum. August 29 at 6 p.m.
• Golf Tournament Registration Form
• Tournament is on August 30 at Quail Creek Golf Club in Fairhope, AL
• Shot-Gun at 1:00 p.m.

For more information contact:
Agnes Zaiontz, Business Manager
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Development Authority
P. O. Drawer 671
Columbus, MS 39703
Phone: (662) 328-3286
FAX: (662) 328-0363
Email: azaiontz@tenntom.org

2011 Conference Presentations

October 22-24, 2012
Corinth, Mississippi

Recognizing that tourism is a vital part of a community’s economic development, the Alabama-Mississippi Rural Tourism Conference is a collaborative effort focused on assisting smaller communities in bolstering tourism. Dynamic speakers will present innovative ideas and relevant information that attendees will find useful in facing the unique challenges of promoting rural tourism with limited budgets. This annual conference is hosted alternately between Alabama and Mississippi, however anyone associated with or interested in the rural tourism industry is invited to attend.

Check back soon for the 2012 forms.

• Download the brochure: RTC Registration Brochure 2011 (PDF)
• Download the Mississippi Scholarship Form (DOC) or as a (DOCX)
• Download the Alabama scholarship form (DOC).

For more information:
www.almsruraltourism.com 
Agnes Zaiontz
662/328-3286
Email:  azaiontz@tenntom.org