Eric Wagner; President and CEO, of Visit Oak Park is featured on episode 23 of Common Ground Oak Park.   Eric came to Visit Oak Park in June 2018, after working for the Illinois Office of Tourism.  His tenure with Visit Oak Park has seen the launch of a new website and marketing campaign and a strategic reallocation of expenses by closing the Visitor’s Center and investing more in advertising.   The conversation discusses Eric’s work at Visit Oak Park, attracting tourism to Oak Park and the importance of visitors to the local economy.

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Common Ground Oak Park is the platform for long form discussions of issues in Oak Park, IL.  Each episode aims to explore topics and people in the community at a more in depth level than can be provided anywhere else.  Host Dan Moroney seeks to find truth and common ground through interviews, discussions and Direct Messages to listeners.  Common Ground Oak Park aims to honestly discuss topics in a way that accepts that people of goodwill can have differing opinions.  Through the free and honest exchange of ideas, pathways forward can be identified that will lead to a better Oak Park.