Leasure and Associates, Inc. was established in 1989 to design and build a historical themed resort in the southwestern part of the United States. The firm is associated with experienced designers, artists, interpretative specialists, historians, and financial consultants, covering a wide range of expertise in the historical, entertainment, tourism, and recreation industry. Leasure and Associates offers a unique combination of artistic and technical talent applicable to a wide range of projects.
FROM TOURING TO TRAVEL-BASED INVOLVEMENT
Early in the twentieth century, the automobile changed American society. Hundreds of thousands of people who had never seen an ocean, traveled to the coast to do just that, see the ocean. The primary reason for touring in an automobile was to go and see the sights, because your parents and most of your neighbors had not seen whatever location you were going to visit.
In the latter part of the twentieth century, American society has changed again. One no longer has to travel in order to see the natural and manmade wonders of the world. Sights and sounds of these marvelous creations are brought into our homes by any number of means and media. It is no longer a mark of distinction to have "seen" the Grand Canyon or to have "done" New England.
There is so much information available that individuals have had to become selective. They take care in determining to what they will allot a limited amount of attention. They want to be involved. They want an in-depth experience that they cannot get from a cathode ray tube, or digital image. They want to learn. They want to enhance their own lives, and the lives of their children.
SOLUTIONS
With more than twenty-five years in the tourism industry, Leasure and Associates has developed an acute awareness of the changing values of the traveling public. Leasure and Associates has developed a unique formula for developing the themes and concepts that will attract today's tourist. At the core of this formula is an existing, non-consumable resource that exists almost everywhere, history. We make history come alive.
Very few attempts have been made to bridge the gap between living history and themed entertainment. Through these unique and new concepts, we see that living history can be entertaining and profitable, while, at the same time, educational.
Several entities such as municipalities, civic business development groups, private land owners, and Indian Tribes have come to the realization that thousands of individuals pass through their communities on a daily basis, and with them pass hundreds of thousands of dollars. Leasure and Associates can provide the concepts and designs that will stop the traffic, get people off of the highway and into exceptionally well conceived attractions that will, indeed, enhance their lives.
