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Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Newsletter
January 2015
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See you at WinterFest for an Oyster Roast & Pig Pickin'
The Blowing Rock Market will host an oyster roast and pig pickin' as part of the town's WinterFest celebration at noon Saturday, January 24. The shop will also offer a wine tasting indoors. A portion of proceeds from the event, part of the four-day festivities, will go to the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation. We'll see you there! For more information about WinterFest,
visit www.blowingrockwinterfest.com. Blowing Rock Market, 990 Main St., Blowing Rock; (828) 295-7373; www.blowingrockmarket.com.
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More than 27,000 North Carolina residents have the tag. Do you?
With a Parkway Foundation
Specialty Plate you can beautify your car
and help the Parkway!
Click here to learn more!
Protect the Parkway. Get the Plate!
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The 78 Project Movie
If you missed the showings of
The 78 Project Movie last fall, you have two second chances to see the documentary that follows a journey across America to make one-of-a-kind 78rpm records with musicians using a 1930s Presto direct-to-disc recorder. The Blue Ridge Music Center will copresent screenings with:
The Jefferson Center
Roanoke, Virginia
7:30 p.m., Friday, January 23 ($8)
Tickets available online at www.jeffcenter.org.
The Floyd Country Store
Floyd, Virginia
7 p.m., Saturday, January 24 ($5).
Tickets available at the door.
To learn more about the film, visit www.the78project.com.
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Check for Closures on the
Blue Ridge Parkway
Before you set out for an adventure on the Parkway this winter, be sure to check for road closures. Click here for real time updates. For details about weather conditions, visit B RPWeather.com.
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A ranger explores the TRACK Trail at Stone Mountain State Park with a group of young adventurers.
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Happy Trails!
New TRACK Trails on the Horizon for Kids in Parks Thanks to a Grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of North Carolina Foundation
Our Kids in Parks program has big news: More trails are on the way across North Carolina! And more TRACK trails mean more happy and healthy
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children and families. It's all thanks to a new grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation. Kids in Parks, a signature program of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, has been awarded $921,000 from the BCBSNC Foundation to continue its work helping kids and families reconnect with nature and improve their health by exploring TRACK Trails together.
Over the next three years, the grant will be used to expand the network of trail adventures throughout North Carolina, with a goal of designating at least one trail in every county. Kids in Parks will also develop an app for mobile devices to guide trekkers on the hiking, canoeing, disc golf, and soon-to-open biking paths.
"Each trail opening amazes me, not just in the amount of openings going on, but how the kids embrace this neighborhood adventure each time," says Jennifer MacDougall, Healthy Living Senior Program Officer with BCBSNC Foundation. "They race to hike the trails at the grand openings like the trails had not existed before. That level of excitement and activity is so refreshing in the age of digital experiences." Click here to read more.
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Share Your Feedback on the Plan
for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
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Flat Top Manor, milepost 294, in the 1940
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Do you want to help shape the future of a historic treasure? You have until February 9 to comment on the National Park Service's Development Area Management Plan for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park. To review the plan and submit your input, click here.
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Your Support Counts!
As the primary fund-raiser and trusted steward of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Foundation is forever committed to preserving the past, enhancing the present, and safeguarding the future of America's Favorite Journey™. Learn more about joining our Community of Stewards at BRPFoundation.org.
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Contact Info
Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
717 S. Marshall Street Suite 105B
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-5865
(866) 308-2773 www.brpfoundation.org
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