<P> The downtown area is planned to undergo a major revitalization, called Vision 2026 . </P> <P> Originally called the Jean Lake Memorial Art Show, this arts festival was started in 1982 and has been an annual attraction since . Named for Jean Lake, a popular Southern artist who was from Troy, the festival is held in the downtown square of Troy yearly, combining local art shows and showcasing the region's best artists . In 2001, TroyFest was named the "Official Year of Alabama Art Event ." Today the festival continues to be recognized as a top emerging art show by many art show review publications and is a "Top 10 Event by the Alabama Bureau of Travel and Tourism ." The artwork of Jean Lake is still exhibited all over the world today . She continues to be recognized as the namesake of the festival and the exclusive scholarship that is awarded each year to a high school Senior pursuing the arts . </P> <P> Every year, the Pioneer Museum of Alabama hosts Troy Pioneer Days . This event features horse and wagon rides, trips on the Pioneer Express, and Native American camps with demonstrations of candle - making, spinning, weaving, quilt - making, blacksmithing, drum, and dance . </P> <P> Started in 2006, the festival traditionally features some of the top storytellers in the country . Performers that have routinely taken part in the annual festival include nationally known storytellers such as Donald Davis, Kevin Kling, Carmen Agra Deedy, Elizabeth Ellis, Andy Offutt Irwin, Bil Lepp, and Kathryn Tucker Windham . The Pike Piddlers Storytelling Festival features pre-show music by traditional musicians prior to each storytelling concert, featuring different generes like bluegrass, country, jazz, and Southern gospel music . The festival opens at the We Piddle Around Theater in Brundidge, Alabama before moving to the Trojan Center Theater on the campus of Troy University for three storytelling concerts . </P>

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