Let's welcome the Methodists and hope they spend lots of money, the Roanoke Convention and Visitors Bureau is saying.
The 2008 United Methodist Church Virginia Annual Conference is scheduled at the Roanoke Civic Center on June 15-18, and over 3,500 delegates are expected.
In a email to its members, the bureau writes, "There is strong potential for restaurants and businesses to see increased activity throughout this conference. Delegates will be on their own during dinner hours on Sunday-Tuesday, June 15-17, appproximately 5 p.m.-7p.m."
Bureau members will also receive signs welcoming the Methodists and they're urged to display them "in a prominent location."
So, 3,500 Methodists for four days and no scheduled covered-dish suppers. The bureau is right, they have to eat somewhere.

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