The city of Fort Worth just hosted the annual State FFA Convention, which rotates among cities every year. Our local newspaper covered the event - always positive for agriculture for city folks to get a peek at what we do for the youth in ag. According to the Star-Telegram, the convention hosted 13,500 attendees. Out of that number, about 2,500 FFA students received scholarships amounting to over $2.3 million.
"According to estimates from Visit Fort Worth, the 2019 convention had a direct economic impact to the city of about $14.4 million. About 10,000 attendees were visitors to the city and stayed in hotels and other accommodations, which in part had an indirect economic impact of about $9.9 million to the city, according to Visit Fort Worth."
It was the 91st annual Texas State FFA Convention, and a bit of trivia important to the national organization for you:
"In 1968, then-Texas FFA President Bill Sarpalius moved the motion to admit women as members in the national organization. Sarpalius then moved on to become a member of the U.S. House of Representatives."
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