From the Niagara Falls Review:
Weather conditions can play havoc with construction schedules, especially those taking place near the brink of the Horseshoe Falls.
But this is one project that was kept right on time.
For its project, the Niagara Parks Commission spent about $30,000 and used the latest technology, including an intricate GPS system, because in the tourism business time is money and every minute counts.
On Friday, the NPC announced another phase of its redevelopment project at Table Rock with the unveiling of a new clock tower adjacent to the Falls Incline Railway.
Four custom-designed Verdin Prestige Series Tower Clocks, each three feet in diameter, were put into operation.
Another article about the Destination Marketing Fee (or DMF) in the Niagara Region from the Niagara Falls Review:
St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan wants all Niagara municipalities to pool destination marketing fund money to promote the region to tourists -and he’s got the support of Regional Chairman Peter Partington.
“I think we’re fortunate to have the Falls here, in terms of a major tourist destination,” McMullan said this week. “I don’t think we should be envious of that, but we should be using that to our best advantage and we aren’t, so shame on us.”
Currently, St. Catharines is the only one of Niagara’s 12 municipalities to collect a government-approved destination marketing fee: Money raised by a three per cent levy on a hotel room bill to promote a tourist destination.
With 700 hotel rooms, the Garden City generates about $250,000 a year in destination marketing fees, which is remitted to and managed by the nonprofit Ontario Restaurant, Hotel and Motel Association.
Niagara Falls collects an estimated $9.6 million a year through its version of the destination marketing fee as well, although the funds are typically kept by the individual hotel owners for their own programs as well as buy-ins with Niagara Falls Tourism.
This isn’t directly related to Niagara Falls, but it does tie in with the Niagara’s Lost Amusement Parks:
From the Niagara Falls Review:
When it came to gathering stories about the old Crystal Beach Amusement Park, PBS senior producer Lynne Bader-Gregory had it easy.
All it took was a nudge, and dozens of Buffalo and Crystal Beach residents opened the floodgates.
“I sort of hit the jackpot meeting these people,” says Bader-Gregory, whose documentary “Remembering Crystal Beach Park” premieres on Buffalo’s PBS station WNED Sept. 10.
“Everyone wants to talk about it. If you ask anyone about their memories of Crystal Beach, you can basically sit down and be quiet for the next 20 minutes.”
Utilizing vintage footage and interviews with some of the park’s biggest fans, the 45-minute special is a nostalgic look at a playground that united two communities separated by a river. Opened in 1888, the Crystal Beach park was a summer institution for generations of families in Western New York and southern Ontario.
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