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Working together, each resident IN Columbus can make a difference. YOU can help our community survive these challenging economic times. Here are some ways you can play your part.

This is a great time to discover all Columbus has to offer as a visitor destination. Want great art? We have it. Great family activities? We have not only the No. 1 science center in the nation, but also the No. 1 zoo and the No. 1 library.

Here are some ideas to get you started:

Free things to do
Special offers on attractions, restaurants, hotels and more
Things to do under $10
Annual festivals and events
For ideas of what to do in Columbus, see our Sample Itineraries
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It would be a shame to have all this fun, and not share it with friends and family from out-of-town. Invite them to experience Columbus with you!

Here are some tools to help:

Share a video. We have a few to choose from, including district videos for Downtown Columbus, The Ohio State University, Short North Arts District, German Village, Arena District and Easton Town Center.
Send them a Visitor Guide
Make a hotel reservation (so they don't have to stay with you)
E-mail information on events they'd enjoy
Let them know how to get here

It just makes good business sense for companies with headquarters in Greater Columbus to hold your meetings here. Experience Columbus has the staff and free services to make it easy. Give us a little information about your group and its needs, and we'll do the rest.

Do you belong to an organization that holds annual meetings and conventions? Bring it here. All you need to do is identify an opportunity and then maybe make a call or two. We've got a sales force that will do the rest. COSI president and CEO David Chesebrough helped us land the Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference for October 2012. You can help, too.

And for tourism industry partners, let's all work together to bring in leisure tourists from across the region. Attractions, restaurants, visual and performing arts organizations, hotels and others can come together to creatively package and promote enticing programs to bring visitors to Columbus - now. Consider special ticket packages, hotel deals, collaborative presentations, such as the upcoming Chihuly exhibitions and the current Egypt exhibitions.

And Experience Columbus will help. We'll get the word out with an integrated marketing plan using every tool at our disposal -- advertising, public relations,
e-marketing, social media. Let's help each other. Give us a call and we'll set a plan into motion.

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