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Don't miss this year's premiere tribute to women, hosted by County Executive Baker. It's not too late to get your tickets for the 31st Annual Prince George’s County Women’s History Month Luncheon, featuring music by Chelsea Green and the Green Project, on Wednesday, March 16 at noon at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, MD. This year's theme is “Working to Form A More Perfect Union.” Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) will receive a special tribute acknowledging her retirement from the U.S. Senate at the end of her current term in 2016. For more information or to purchase tickets for the luncheon go to WHML2016 or contact LaVonn Reedy Thomas at (301) 952-3755 or via email at lrthomas@co.pg.md.us.
Prince George's County Tourism's impact - thru visitation and taxes generated - runs across every aspect of development including lodging, food & beverage, retail, recreation, major events, transportation, and transportation-related services.
- Visitors - 6.520 Million
- Total tourism employment - 31,965
- Tourism industry sales - $2.474 billion
- Total tourism tax receipts (combined Federal, State/local, hotel) - $608 million
- Admission/amusement taxes collected - $15,860,936
- Room taxes collected - more than $20.5 million
- Tourism Promotion Act state sales taxes - $52,408,296
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Total direct consumer tax impact - $88,842,991 More...
 The work of Prince George's County resident, Margaret Boozer, will be part of the permanent art collection at MGM National Harbor.
When MGM National Harbor opens in the fourth quarter of 2016, visitors will discover a permanent collection of high-quality art seamlessly integrated into the resort's public spaces. Inspired by the rich heritage of the Capital Region, the MGM National Harbor Heritage Collection will showcase commissioned and procured works by visionary local and international sculptors, photographers and mixed-media artists, including Margaret Boozer, Alice Aycock, Sam Gilliam, John Dreyfuss, John Safer, Liao Yibai and Chul Hyun Ahn, among others. More...
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