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Visitor center on wheels rolls out welcome mat to Georgia lake area

Stacey Dickson, right, president of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Renee Carden, sales manager of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, watch during a tour of the bureau's new mobile visitors center in Gainesville, Ga. (David Barnes/The Times via AP)
Stacey Dickson, right, president of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Renee Carden, sales manager of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, watch during a tour of the bureau's new mobile visitors center in Gainesville, Ga. (David Barnes/The Times via AP) Stacey Dickson, right, president of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, and Renee Carden, sales manager of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau, watch during a tour of the bureau's new mobile visitors center in Gainesville, Ga. (David Barnes/The Times via AP)

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) – A new visitor center showcasing one of Georgia’s biggest tourist destinations can be hauled anywhere it’s needed since it’s built atop four rubber tires.

The Lake Lanier Convention & Visitors Bureau is preparing to take its mobile visitor center on the road this year, The Times reported.

“This gives us a way to go where the people are, both locally and regionally,” said the group’s president, Stacey Dickson.

“It’s like a food truck for information,” she said.

The group has been working on designs – including one of a vintage postcard – that will wrap the vehicle, the Gainesville newspaper reported.