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Spirit of Brooks County
Cultural Tourism
Envision
…a Georgia county that unsuspectingly is at the cutting-edge of historic and ecological management and
preservation; at the cutting-edge of arts and culture, including urbanism and architecture; at the cutting-edge of a
differentiated way of looking at itself, its Southern lineage and position; at the cutting-edge of history. Brooks
County can be such a county.
Brooks County presents the potential to not only follow the footsteps of traditional industry development, but to
surpass them; learn from the mistakes of others and outrun them, to thereafter lead a renovated way of
harnessing the built and natural environment, culture, and way of life.
Brooks County, once the Granary of the South and land of innovation, can be such a county again.
To begin, envision a tourism industry that is born, not of commonplace or trivial entertainment, but of admiration
for a place and a curiosity for its people and its way of life. It is an “authentic” Brooks county tourism strategy and
plan that will have the greatest sustained success and complement the lives of the citizens of Brooks County.
To begin, Brooks County must simply prepare to open its doors and let the world know its there.
HISTORY - NATURE
Steeped in historic tradition,
Quitman, the county seat of
Brooks County, presents
many a handsome building.
This Architecture is
complemented by the most
luxurious of natural
landscapes; from wide open
fields, to canopy covered
roads of live oaks and
Spanish Moss.
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