This has provided a great foundation for where the A&P Commission needs to focus its efforts in the short term and in the long term as well.

Local restaurants have always had their regulars, but there are new people coming to town who may not have found those local gems yet.

The increase has been larger this year than we've seen in the past. The introduction of some nationally known restaurants probably has driven traffic toward them, and we always see when a new restaurant opens, it tends to draw people to that area.