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create a "tourist art trail." Gary Wheat, president and CEO of Visit Macon, said Triangle Arts is helping enliven Macon's tourism landscape and providing a platform for up-and-coming artists. "Ric Geyer has created a true tourism gem," he said. "His connections to the artists and the community have breathed creative life into the industrial area and surrounding neighborhood, and the Triangle Arts campus is now a featured venue when the Visit Macon team works with groups looking for off-site activities and space. Always open to collaboration, they partner with our organization on convention and film familiarization tours as well as looking at the development of art trails and exhibits to highlight Macon's artists and cultural history." All the while, Geyer still talks about the individuals, dreamers and kids he hopes will be inspired to create new things and launch out from Triangle Arts. "Things are starting to go," he said. "I think what we're about and what we're doing will be more and more clear now. I love business, and I love art, but to me it's best when they serve a greater purpose — when a kid can be encouraged or someone set off on their dreams. I think my role is to connect people and ideas. I think about what that lady grabbing my arm said to me. That's my currency. I'm trying to generate as much of that currency as I can. To some, that's nothing, but to me, that's as good as it gets." JUNE/JULY 2021 | maconmagazine.com 41