Chairman Gwendolyn Scales
A resident of Detroit, Michigan, Gwendolyn is an international recording artist, singer/songwriter, business owner, and exercise guru.
Gwen started her music career at age four and emerged as a recording artist while in college. While on the road with such noted artists as Motown’s Hamilton Bohannon, former Warner Brothers’ recording artist David Peaston, and many local Detroit bands she continued to hone her own unique style of singing.
Gwendolyn and her husband Charles are co-owners of Urban Jazz Contemporary Records and CGS Entertainment, an entertainment booking agency. Their production house, Perfect Fifth Productions, has released five albums to date with several others currently in production.
$100 to local restaurants (like Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor, London Chophouse in Detroit, and more)
$50-$100 for shopping sprees to local local businesses in Alpena, Big Rapids, South Haven, Harbor Springs and more
$50-$100 in activity vouchers, including in Muskegon, Mt. Pleasant, Charlevoix and others
Anyone can participate by keeping up with social media pages of the participating locations throughout the week. Those locations will share clues where people can find prizes.
If you find a prize, take a picture and hashtag it on social media: #MIPowerOfTravel. Travel is incredibly important to Michigan. One in every 25 jobs in the state is supported by visitor spending, which adds up to 230,792 jobs. Your favorite shops, restaurants, and small businesses have been hit hard this past year, but in true Michigan fashion, they have stood strong and are ready to welcome you back! Hundreds of destinations have also taken The Pure Michigan Pledge, which means they are committed to ma
Pure Michigan scavenger hunt offers prizes across the state
Michigan is sprawling state filled with rivers, lakes, rolling hills, expansive pine forests and massive dunes.
There’s also more than 96,000 square miles of lakeside towns, bustling cities, and scenic beauty to explore, and if you do so in the next week, you’ll have a chance to win some awesome prizes through The Great Michigan Scavenger Hunt & Giveaway.
The event celebrating National Travel & Tourism Week will be held May 2-8. National Travel & Tourism Week 2021 recognizes how travel in bringing back vibrant communities, restoring the U.S. economy, rebuilding the workforce, and reconnecting America.