By Josh Bergeron, Salisbury Post; August 3, 2020
SALISBURY — The N.C. Transportation Museum is a major economic force in Rowan County, with more than 100,000 visitors from across the region coming to the facility every year. Those visitors account for nearly 10% of all tourism dollars spent here, according to the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.
But those economic benefits have been sharply curtailed by COVID-19 restrictions enacted by state government and aimed to reduce the spread of the pandemic, leading to what Spencer Mayor Jonathan Williams calls “a loss of vitality to the town.”