Revamped tourism tax break may help Lake Winnepesaukah’s SoakYa water park

By Tim Omarzu May 6, 2013 2 min read

Work continues on the SoakYa water park at Lake Winnepesaukah on Thursday. The park is set to open on May 24.

Little Rock firefighters stabilize an overturned truck as they and MEMS personnel work to remove an injured man Sunday afternoon after he collided with a church van at the intersection of Chicot Road and Baseline in Little Rock.

Little Rock firefighters pull man from overturned truck

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently signed into law a revamped Georgia Tourism Development Act – and that could mean Lake Winnepesaukah Amusement Park gets a tax break on SoakYa, its under-construction water park.

“We have been told that it’s all about businesses like Lake Winnie,” said state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga.

The new law allows sales tax exemptions for certain projects to stimulate the creation or expansion of tourist attractions. Each project must meet the following criteria:

• It must cost a minimum of $1 million.

• It must attract at least 25 percent of its visitors from out of state by its third year.