This past Wednesday, the City of Germantown and Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce held a Tourism and Visitors’ Event to launch the city’s tourist attractions.  Tourism is one of the largest growing industries in Tennessee and Germantown realized that they have a lot to offer.  From a large collection of parks, greenway trails, unique food and shops and the home to the Germantown Performing Arts Center (GPAC), this city is “open for business!” Bobby Lanier Farm Park is a unique…

70 years ago today, over 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight and defend our country against Aldof Hitler’s Nazis.  June 6, 1944 will forever be known and remembered as D-Day, where over 9,000 soldiers’ lives were lost, but they will never be forgotten.  Today only a few remaining soldiers that stormed the beaches still survive to tell their story of Operation Overload.  However, in the little town of Halls, Tennessee, you will find a…

Recently MAAG and Heritage Tours have been working together to expand the Day Trippin’ Bus Tours!  Starting in June 2014, Heritage Tours will offer 3 new tours:  Civil War Trails, Antebellum Homes Tour, and Blues & “Roots” Tour.  These tours will be available each week for individuals and groups!  Like our West Tennessee Heritage and “Roots” tour that launched in February for Black History Month, these tours take tourists and local citizens to smaller towns and communities that have unique…

What are you doing this weekend? You should head down to Tom Lee Park for the World Championship Barbeque Cooking Contest!  As all of us Memphians and West Tennesseans know Memphis has the best Barbeque around.  No offense to the Carolinas, but tomato based is 10 million times better then vinegar based.  But lets not criticize. This weekend come celebrate the delicious, smoky, slow-cooking, yumminess we all love.  If you aren’t a pork fan, no big deal, there are plenty…

The humidity hasn’t shown its face yet this year, but the weather is warm in the day and cool in the evening.  It’s the perfect time to get outdoors!  West Tennessee has some beautiful state parks to explore!  Whether you like to relax near the lake, take a hike off the beaten path, or roast s’mores, a park is the place for you. T.O. Fuller State Park The closest state park just south of Memphis, located in Shelby County is…