The Director of the Geary County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Connie Hall has confirmed that she will be retiring from that position this Friday, December 16.

Hall has been the CVB director for 16 years, and she has been employed with that department for 25 years.

Chamber of Commerce CEO Dennis Beson has now released of accomplishments for Hall during her tenure as CVB director.

Some of those include:

–Run for the Wall

–Cabela’s National Team ( Fishing ) Championship

–Larry McGill Legislative Fishing annual event

–Kansas State University Cabela’s Ahearn Scholarship Tournament

–Kansas Chatauqua

–Homage to the Flinthills

–Kansas Wildscape Governors Golf & Fishing Classic

–Kansas i-70 Association ( charter board member & Past President

–Travel Industry Association of Kansas ( founding charter member, board of directors, membership chair )

Development projects included:

–Courtyard by Marriott Geary County Convention Center

–Buffalo Soldier’s Memorial

–Milford Lake Name the Pond Contest — Gathering Pond

Film Projects:

–The Missy Files

–Bender

–History in America at Sun Rock Ranch

–Kansas Department of Commerce Travel & Tourism Division production of statewide program

Awards Received include:

–2005 Friends of Education Award of Excellence

–U.S. Army Certificate of Appreciation

–Numerous TIAK awards ranging from Advertising and Print Media to the Traditional Multi-Media Marketing Award, Promotional Brochure and Visitors Guide.