Everywhere you look in Bristol, there are signs letting you know that this is the birthplace of country music.There’s also lots of guitars....big guitars, pictures of guitars, even paintings of guitars. But no banjos.
Well that all changed on Thursday morning.
It' s called the "banjometer", and its the BCMA’s way of keeping the public up to date, on the cultural heritage center.
"The Banjometer,” said Bill Hartley, “we want something that is unique, reflects our musical heritage but we really want something also that shows people the visible progress that we are making..."
The cultural heritage center will showcase talent from all over the region, it will also help folks from outside this area, gain a better understanding of all of us who call northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia home.
A study conducted on behalf of the Birthplace of Country Music Alliance, says that approximately 75,000 people a year would come to visit the Cultural Heritage Museum. That means lots of jobs, and millions of dollars for the local economy. That's why its more important than ever, to get that red line to the top of the banjo.
For now some preliminary work is being done to the outside of the cultural heritage center.
But the real work left to be done can be reduced to just two words: "fund raising".
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