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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTING TOURISM <br /> <br />San Jacinto: <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Incorporate the San Jacinto Monument into our city's official seal, and advertise <br />LaPorte as the home of the San Jacinto Battleground. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Establish a group of trained and costumed "Living History" docents who would <br />conduct regular guided tours of the battleground. This could be included in pro- <br />motional material published by the State of Texas. (Combined effort of City, <br />School, and Heritage Society) <br /> <br />Galveston Bay and Sylvan Beach Park: <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />Harris County should make the following improvements to Sylvan Beach Park: <br />a. Construct a fishing pier with docking provisions for tour boats. <br />b. Construct a breakwater which would afford protection for the pier. <br />c. Remove unsightly buildings and storage areas and replace with modern <br />restrooms. <br />d. Retain the entire park area for enjoyment of the public, with no lease pro- <br />visions to entities other than the City of LaPorte. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />A private tour boat company should be recruited to provide the following types of <br />boat tours: <br />a. San Jacinto Battleground cruise <br />b. Bird-watching tours of islands in Galveston Bay <br />c. Local sight-seeing tours of historic bay homes, Houston Yacht Club, <br />Fred Hartman Bridge, Farbours Cut Port <br />d. Fishing party boats <br />e. Moonlight dinner cruises <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />We should encourage development of a marina, perhaps in the protected waters <br />adjacent to the Fred Hartman Fridge. <br /> <br />* <br /> <br />A park should be situated beneath the approach to Fred Hartman Fridge, with <br />picnic areas and benches for viewing the bridge and passing ships. <br /> <br />Overnight facilities for visitors: <br /> <br />* The city could establish a redevelopment zone adjacent to Sylvan Beach Park, <br />and encourage investors to replace existing housing with a hotel/restaurant complex. <br /> <br />* Many of today's tourists travel in recreational vehicles, but there is no RV Park <br />available in this region. The City of LaPorte should actively recruit a nationally <br />known RV park (such as KOA), and should amend the current zoning ordinance to <br />allow this use. Such a park would be advertised in publications such as AAA Travel <br />Guides. <br /> <br />-4- <br />