Today wraps up Maryland Governor Larry Hogan’s four day tour of Western Maryland. He started off the trip walking in the Storybook Holiday Parade in Frostburg then he toured the city and met with community leaders. He also took an Economic Development Tour with Senator George Edwards and Delegate Wendell Beitzel. He also stopped by the annual Christmas in the Village at Spruce Forest Artisan Village. Sunday he toured the Garrett Memorial Hospital Cancer Wing, stopped by the Mid-Atlantic Nursing Home and visited the Backbone Mountain Youth Center. Delegate Wendell Beitzel says Governor Hogan also made an impromptu stop at a benefit for a local family. Yesterday Hogan announced the re-opening of the Youghiogheny Overlook and Welcome Center on I-68 in Friendsville. He and First Lady Yumi Hogan then laid a wreath at the Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery as a memorial to Pearl Harbor Day. The Governor and the First Lady also watched a demonstration of Project Fit America at Flintstone Elementary School and even joined in on the hula hooping. Hogan also took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Love’s Travel Stop on I-68 off of Ali Ghan Road. He says his trip to Western Maryland is important because he wants the people of Garrett and Allegany Counties to realize they have a friend in Annapolis and they are not forgotten. He says he will fight everyday for the people of Western Maryland. He says the program at Flintstone Elementary should be replicated across the state and they are truly trend setters. He says they should be very proud of Project Fit. As for the re-opening of the Welcome Center a Youghiogheny Overlook along I-68 could help create jobs and bring more revenue to the area. He says 86 thousand travelers used to stop at the Welcome Center before it was shut down. Hogan says he stopped by the Veterans Cemetery to pay respects to a Western Marylander who died at Pearl Harbor. The opening of the Love’s Travel Stop creates 70 new jobs for the region and Hogan says his administration helped cut some of the red tape holding up the project and he is happy to help cut the ribbon for the new location which is the first in Maryland.
