ABILENE TOURISM ADVOCATE
October 29, 2020
Winter Weather Help
Winter weather has entered Kansas! With the new Kandrive.org update you can look at conditions along your route, check out the cameras, and even the weather radar all at the same time!
Abilene CVB Wins Award
Exciting news! The Travel Industry Association of Kansas named the Abilene CVB's #AbileneStrong campaign the best Community Awareness campaign for the medium budget category.

Judge's comments:
Loved this. Right time for showing solidarity. Working together and showing local support was a great internal community awareness.

These are very heartwarming! The Abilene Strong video is the winner for me, it’s compelling and so earnest.

The power of a viral campaign! Successful tagline/hashtag, “Abilene Strong” became recognizable and spread like wildfire!

Thanks to all for participating and let's remain #AbileneStrong.
Cedar Hours Greenhouse Adds New Mural
Thanks to the efforts of Patty O'Malley and the Cedar House, Donald "Scribe" Ross, a famous Kansas City artist, recently completed another new mural in Abilene. The mural is on the side of the Cedar House greenhouse at 307 NE 14th Street.

This mural was made possible by funding from Nancy Gugler, Arts Council of Dickinson County, The Cedar House, and Community Foundation of Dickinson County.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
From Traveling with Purpose:

On Day 4 of my cross-country solo road trip, my goal was to drive 443 miles (712 KM) from Manhattan, Kansas to La Junta, Colorado where my next lodging was booked. I expected to drive around 7 hours and was going to gain an hour due to the change from the Central to Mountain Time Zone, so I had some extra time to stop and smell the roses along the way.

I left my lovely Airbnb (more on that in another post) around 9:00 am and headed west. After only about an hour on the road, I saw a billboard for the “Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home” in Abilene, Kansas (USA), and couldn’t resist exiting the freeway to check it out.
Fall in Love with Kansas I-70
Fall is here and its the perfect time to explore the communities of Kansas I-70. We’ve compiled a list of our favorite ways to enjoy all that there is to offer across our state. Fall in Love with Kansas I-70…
5 Things You May Not Know About Cody Whitehair
Cody Whitehair has been the anchor of the Bears offensive line since he arrived in Chicago as a rookie in 2016.

Here are five things you may not know about the Bears' starting center.

(1) He's not the most famous alum of Abilene (KS) High School.
Many players on the Bears roster went to the same school as another professional athlete with roughly equal or more cultural cache. Boyd Anderson High in Florida produced Eddie Jackson, but also Asante Samuel and Mitch Richmond. Nick Foles went to Westlake High in Texas, but so did Drew Brees.

However, even if Whitehair was named an All-Pro every year for the next decade and retired as the greatest player to ever snap a football, it still wouldn't top planning the allied invasion of Normandy.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, five-star general and 34th President of the United States, graduated from Abilene High in 1909, over a century before Whitehair earned a diploma from the same high school with less than 500 students.
Halloween Activities for All
Halloween Activities for All
The holiday season is right around the corner and Abilene businesses are already planning special events for their customers. 
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