We would like to take a moment to update you on what we know at this point as it pertains to business in the downtown area. Only 600 of the 92,000 hotel rooms were affected by the storm and the Georgia World Congress Center suffered the most damage. The good news is that the majority of the damage to the GWCC is only cosmetic and the restoration crews have been hard at work repairing the damage since Saturday, March 15th.

Although there were cancellation of events this week due to the clean up and safety issues pertaining to the fire alarm and sprinkler system, the prognosis is good; the building will be open for business very soon. For official status we are awaiting the fire marshal and safety engineer approvals for occupancy.

Reports from the media regarding closing of downtown streets inadequately portray the current conditions. There are street closings, but this is for public safety due to glass being replaced in some of the buildings and to increase the efficiency in the cleanup effort of the affected areas. Once the clean up and replacement in these areas have been completed, streets will be reopened, and within a short amount of time there will be no physical evidence that a storm occurred.

Thank you again for your concerns and if you have any questions, please contact us.

Thank you,

Richard Maples
Vice President of Sales

Thank you for your patience during this trying time for everyone.

Shepard has cleared the building of all exhibitor materials.

If you need to track your Shepard Logistics outbound shipment you may send an email to logistics@shepardes.com. Please include your company name, booth number, contact name and phone number.

Thank you for allowing us to be of service.

Shepard Exposition Services

If you have any questions, please email mrogers@shepardes.com or you may call the Shepard/Hinman 800 number at 1-866-366-7428.

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