Mike visits with Mike Fornataro, Executive Director of the Buckeye Lake Region Corporation, to discuss how the rebuild of the Buckeye Lake Dam, then COVID-19, hampered tourism in his area and how leaders plan to bring it back.

"It's been really rough on our local businesses. They depend on tourism traffic,” said Fornataro. “Between the state remediation of the dam project that went on for several year and with COVID, it's been difficult on the local businesses, but they're ready. They're bouncing back. This has become a real hub of activity out here as far as local music, live music, clubs around the lake that you can boat to, which is an unusual circumstance. We've got facilities all around the lake that tourists can come take advantage of."