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The Alachua County Hospitality Council is a non-profit organization comprised of local and regional hospitality
professionals dedicated to promoting, protecting, preserving, and enhancing those characteristics that make our
unique North Central Florida community interesting, memorable, and attractive; benefiting both
economic health and quality of life in the community.

The Alachua County Hospitality Council
Welcomes You to Alachua County

  Win GREAT PRIZES and have FUN!

May 12 9am Bed Making Contest at Wayne’s Bedding
  Noon Chef Contest at Eastside High School
May 13 9am Tourism Week Proclamation Reading at Alachua County Board of Commissioners
May 14 Noon Hospitality Council Awards Luncheon
(RSVP required tbeard@visitgainesville.com)
May 16 6:30pm UF Baseball VS Vanderbilt
May 16 8pm Let’s Go Downtown “Free Fridays” Plaza Concert Series - Julie Black (Indie, Blues & Jazz)
May 17

9am(Registration) 10am(race starts)

Gainesville’s Amazing Race at Westside Park
(NOT associated with the casting call for the national Amazing Race TV Show)
  1pm Moe’s Burrito Eating Contest at Westside Park
     

Contests:
Bed Making Contest (click for info, rules and registration forms),
Eating Competition (registration at any Moe's)
Gainesville's Amazing Race (click for info, rules and registration forms),
and Chef's Competition


Contests include FREE food, T-shirts and great prizes (i.e. money; weekend getaways; theater, movie, and athletic event tickets; limo service; dinner; free passes to local attractions and more). Participation is free, but spaces are limited so pre-registration is suggested.


A special thanks to all of our Tourism Week sponsors:
   

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