The Main Street Statesboro and Downtown Statesboro Development Authority held their annual meeting at the Quality Inn and Suites Ballroom on South Main. The meeting served to give downtown merchants and community leaders an update on our downtown's progress over the past year. Executive Director Allen Muldrew, along with members of his board and staff, reported on highlights of the past year, which included a total of 123 events hosted that brought more than 70,000 visitors downtown, not including the additional 80,000 visitors drawn downtown by the Averitt Center for the Arts.