Leaders cut the ribbon on relocated southern Indiana tourism bureau in downtown Jeffersonville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A crowd gathered in downtown Jeffersonville on Wednesday to celebrate the new welcome mat for southern Indiana.

Leaders cut the ribbon at the relocated visitor center on Spring Street.

Because of new traffic patterns with new Ohio River bridges, attendance at the former location, right by the Second Street/Clark Memorial Bridge, took a hit.

SoIN Tourism wanted a spot that would see more people pass by on foot. They found it at the corner of Spring and Market streets, about a block away from the Big Four Bridge.

"It may be our first visitor's center in multiple locations. We'd like to have one in downtown New Albany, we'd like to have one in the new downtown Clarksville, because southern Indiana is renewing its riverfront and reimagining," SoIN Tourism Executive Director Jim Epperson.

The new center will also double as the new home for the Southern Indiana Tourism office.

The previous location of the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention Tourism Bureau — also known as SoIN Tourism — was open for 25 years.

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