The blog is at the Historic Hillyard Merchants Association meeting this morning and the first item on the agenda is how Hillyard can get a share of the hotel/motel tax that's collected by the city.
What's needed is proof that people are visiting Hillyard from out of town - that could be accomplished by business owners putting out a guest book and ask people where they are coming from.
Another suggestion is to put up a big map during events and let visitors mark the spot they come from.