The cover of the guide, an award-winning photo of the sun rising over a hay field in Susquehanna County, depicts a new dawning for the EMVB as its staff and board focus on the beauty and resources of the three-county region including Sullivan, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
At 44 pages, the new guide is the same size as in previous years, and 160,000 copies of the brochure will be distributed. According to EMVB Executive Director Jean Ruhf, the 2015 annual guide will be available at PA welcome centers and rest areas, at area businesses, information racks and displays throughout our three county region and adjacent counties, at businesses along New York's southern tier, and at all consumer and travel shows in which EMVB is slated to participate in 2015. The annual guide is the fulfillment piece that is sent out to all leads received from the bureau’s advertising and marketing efforts.
All EMVB members have a supply of the guide as well. Ruhf added that anybody can request a supply of the booklets for their meetings, information tables, and counter tops.
This year’s guide highlights two significant historical events planned for 2015. The Tunkhannock Viaduct and the Martins Creek Viaduct are both celebrating their 100th anniversary. A history of the Tunkhannock Viaduct, also known as the Nicholson Bridge, the largest reinforced concrete railroad bridge in the world, can be found on page 17 of the new guide.
A revised map of the Endless Mountains region served by EMVB spreads across pages 22 and 23. Each year the EMVB sponsors a photo contest. This year’s theme is “Postcard Perfect”; rules for the contest can be found on page 5.
The guide as well as information on all there is to see and do in the Endless Mountains is available at the Endless Mountains Visitors Center on Route 6 just west of Tunkhannock. The EMVB's Calendar of Events, a companion piece to the annual guide, will be published in March.
For more information, readers may call the visitors center at 570-836-5431 or 800-769-8999 and online at www.endlessmountains.org.