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Arts & Culture


























                                                                                                       Arts Clayton


            Clayton’s annual Arte’ Gras Gala and Allan      Clayton County has an experienced,   County – whose role it is to advertise and
            Vigil Golf Classic bring together community    active Convention & Visitors Bureau – the   promote the area to bring business to hotels,
            leaders, business partners, and arts patrons to   official tourism marketing agency for Clayton   attractions, historical sites, and meeting
            support education initiatives. For information,                      facilities within Clayton County and its
            follow Arts Clayton on Facebook, Twitter,                            neighboring communities.
            and Instagram.                         DID YOU                          Tourism contributes more than $1.4 billion
                                                  KNOW ?                         in economic impact annually to Clayton County.
               Tourism                                                           Residents benefit from the County’s tourism
               Clayton County has many wonderful   The Melvinia Shields Monument in Rex honors   efforts, not only financially through the jobs
            local, regional, national, and international   the ancestry of former First Lady Michelle   created and retail sales, but also by being
            claims to fame:                          Obama, an inspiring five-generation   able to avail themselves of the County’s history,
                                                        journey from slavery to   culture, and recreational attractions.
             •  Home to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson      the White House.
              International Airport
             • Headquarters of Delta Air Lines
             •  The setting for Gone With The Wind’s
              fictional Tara plantation house
             •  Site of the 1996 Olympic beach
              volleyball venue
             •  The largest open-air farmers market
              in the United States, the Atlanta State
              Farmers Market
             •  World-class performances at Clayton
              State University’s Spivey Hall
             •  The location of both the Georgia State
              Archives and the National Archives &
              Records Administration’s Southeast
              Region Archives
             •  Hometown of Olympic gold medal
              swimmer Steve Lundquist
             •  Primary gateway to Atlanta Motor
              Speedway in Hampton                   Photo by ExploreGeorgia.org



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