A Putnam County Director of Tourism has been appointed. 

Carmel resident Tracey Walsh will fill the role created recently by the Putnam County Legislature through the new Department of Tourism.  The move was made so that the Tourism Director would be able to attend legislative meetings and listen to any concerns.  Walsh, the Senior Community Development Manager for The American Cancer Society, was selected from a large pool of applicants.

She plans to leverage the county’s assets – five Metro-North stops, local shops and restaurants and community arts groups – to lure day-trippers and others to Putnam County.

Her salary will be $80,000.  The department will be funded with a combination of county funds and a matching grant from the state’s I Love NY campaign -- the same budget amount that had been allotted Putnam’s now defunct non-profit tourism agency.