After more than 15 years at the helm of Adams County’s tourism industry, Norris Flowers announced his retirement, effective April 1.
Flowers, as president and chief executive officer of Destination Gettysburg, led the destination marketing organization and its membership of more than 300 local businesses through a number of milestones, developments and accomplishments since he arrived in 2005.
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