Obion County, Tennessee has been selected to host the 2024 Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee Rural Tourism Conference to be held October 21-23, 2024. Discovery Park of America will serve as the venue for the conference’s presentations, educational sessions and banquet.

This is the first time the county has been selected to host this annual event and the third time for the conference to be held in Tennessee. The Northwest Tennessee county was selected after a review process that included presentations in Cookeville, Tennessee by several other rural counties with a strong presence of tourism-related businesses and organizations.

In addition to Discovery Park, the Obion County proposal, created and presented by the Obion County Tourism committee, includes opportunities for attendees to experience Reelfoot Lake, White Squirrel Winery, Union City’s downtown, The Pavilion at Houser Creek Crossing and more.

The Alabama-Mississippi-Tennessee Rural Tourism Conference takes place in a different rural community in Alabama, Mississippi or Tennessee each year. Attending will be around 250 individuals who work in tourism or economic development, members of city councils, elected officials or those who want to network with professionals in the tourism industry. Attendees experience educational sessions that allow them to learn ways to grow tourism in rural communities.

“I join our entire tourism community here in Obion County with excitement as we prepare to host this conference and roll out the red carpet,” said Steve Carr, Obion County, Tennessee Mayor. “From eagles to white squirrels and sunken cypress trees to dinosaurs, we have a lot to share, and I know those attending this conference are going to be impressed with their experience here in Obion County.”

Union City, Tenn. (July 13, 2023) – Discovery Park of America has announced details for the return of the popular Antique Tractor Show for the seventh year. The event is sponsored by First Choice Farm and Lawn – Kubota and will be held on Friday, August 4 and Saturday, August 5, 2023 at Discovery Park of America.

New this year will be a live tractor auction on Saturday, August 5 at 1 p.m. Discovery Park will be auctioning off two tractors from its collection: 1940 Allis-Chalmers C and 1956 Farmall 350. The minimum bid on each is $1,000.

“Each year we are amazed at the number of incredible tractors that show up for our tractor show,” said Karl Johnson, a director at the park and one of the organizers of the event. “It’s also one of our more popular events, and attendance has grown each year as people tell their friends and family members about it.”

Organizers worked with regional tractor clubs on some of the details of the event.

Children are invited to visit the Simmons Bank Ag Center anytime between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to play on the pedal tractors sponsored by Tennessee Farm Bureau.

Sponsor First Choice Farm and Law will showcase a variety of the latest tractors and mowers in front of the Simmons Bank Ag Center.

The popular tractor parade will take place on Saturday, August 5 at 2 p.m. when the tractors participating in the show parade around Discovery Park. The Antique Tractor Show will end following the parade, but Discovery Park will remain open for guests to continue exploring the museum and heritage park until 5 p.m.

Anyone who has an antique tractor they would like to display should take it to Discovery Park on Thursday, August 3 from 3 to 6 p.m., Friday, August 4 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or Saturday, August 5 from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m. to have it displayed in the show. Everyone who enters a tractor for display will also receive two free passes to Discovery Park.