Background: Develop a regional tourist hotspot through the use of Google Maps' classic My Places feature, through property development (think go-karts, mini-golf, theme parks, water parks, theme parks, hotels, motels, campgrounds, wax museums, etc.). Each round will be divided into months, with 1 week corresponding to each month.
Rules:
- Each month will last one week, and start at midnight GMT, each Sunday.
- Ordinances must be followed, which will be listed below.
- Businesses must start off modest (aka no mega-theme parks and 500-room hotels for your first business, unless you can generate enough business partners to finance it, of course.)
- The local authorities will be portrayed by a dice roll generator, the more support you get for your proposal, more numbers will be assigned to your outcome.
Round 1
Destination: Calvert City, KY (Kentucky Lake/Lake Cumberland)
Visitors Bureau: Calvert City Visitors Bureau (CCVB)
Starting Date: January 1996
Boundaries: Marshall County border (west), Tennessee River (north), Kentucky Lake (east), I-24 (south)
Description: A popular boating and fishing destination, the Kentucky Lake/Lake Cumberland area, created in the 1940s by the Tennessee Valley Authority by dams built on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, is dotted with marinas and campgrounds, but unlike other regional destinations, like the Lake of the Ozarks/Branson, Missouri area, not much else.
Special starting conditions:
Marshall County is a dry county, so alcohol sale is forbidden by county ordinances.
Without any special attractions, the region's prime season is from Memorial Day (late May) to Labor Day (Early September)
Property Record:
http://goo.gl/maps/fHuwM
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Ordinances:
- Marshall County is a dry county.
- Properties must be either in Calvert City, or in unincorporated Marshall County.
- Construction must remain under 100 feet from ground level.
- Outdoor swimming facilities, etc. may only be operated from Memorial Day to Labor Day.