Topside Tap Trail Partnership Earns Cities Travelblazer Award

METRO ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus has honored Visit Roswell, Awesome Alpharetta and Visit Sandy Springs with a Travelblazer Award for their collaboration to create the Topside Tap Trail, a craft brewery trail comprised of seven breweries located in the cities of Roswell, Alpharetta and Sandy Springs. The award was announced at the Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus' annual conference luncheon held in May in Savannah.

The Travelblazer Awards celebrate destination development projects that demonstrate creative community collaboration and partnership.

This was the second year that Travelblazers Awards have been given during the annual conference. Georgia Trend Magazine helped facilitate this year’s awards and winners.

To ensure that North Fulton’s craft beer culture gets the acclaimed recognition it deserves, the idea for the Topside Tap Trail was formed by the destination marketing organizations behind Visit Roswell, Awesome Alpharetta and Visit Sandy Springs.

“The Travelblazer Awards are a way for Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus to celebrate our members that are blazing trails in the tourism industry and utilizing out-of-the box approaches for their destination products and promotions,” said Jay Markwalter, executive director of Georgia Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus. “We wanted to recognize the partnership between Visit Roswell, Awesome Alpharetta and Visit Sandy Springs to create the Topside Tap Trail. It truly is the perfect example of how a collaboration of cross-community efforts can make such a positive impact within our industry and their destinations.”

The Topside Tap Trail breweries include: From The Earth Brewing Company, Gate City Brewing, Variant Brewing Company, Currahee Brewing Company, Jekyll Brewing, Pontoon Brewing and Porter Pizza & Brewery.