Jamestown  (CSi)  The new year of 2022 at Jamestown Tourism  holds in store the continuation and initiating of several projects.

On Tuesday’ Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Executive Director, Searle Swedlund said, the Frontier Village branding process continues, with support from a recent survey, yet to released.  He noted that many completing the survey indicated that visiting Frontier Village is a continuing family tradition, going back to past generations.  He added that the car counter at The World’s Largest Buffalo showed 70,000 visitors in 2021, a 79-percent increase from 2020.

He said that indicates more road trips were beginning to occur.

Searle said the Bison World project is “shovel ready,”  awaiting word from state officials on the request for Legacy Fund dollars.

Searle said the University of Jamestown is set to host Hockey Day North Dakota January 21,22 and 23 at the UJ outdoor rink on campus being readied at the location between UJ Place and Wilson Arena.

Later in 2022 the NAIA National Women’s Wrestling Tournament is planned for March 11 & 12, on the UJ Campus.