(Linville, NC) Beginning the week of August 2, 2010, TAB Construction Company, Inc. will conduct contract work to repave the road into the Linville Falls Picnic Area of the Blue Ridge Parkway and two of the picnic area parking loops. The contract work is funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and includes road […]
Traditional Music Spotlighted During Anniversary Festival
ASHEVILLE, NC AND ROANOKE, VA – Traditional Appalachian music will be center stage when the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary weekend kicks off September 10 – 12 at Cumberland Knob, NC, (Milepost 217) and at the Blue Ridge Music Center (Milepost 213) near Galax, VA. Headlining the event will be award-winning banjo picker and singer […]
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
ASHEVILLE, NC—Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis and other senior administration officials will participate in a listening session on President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from people in the region about solutions for building a 21st century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting […]
Blue Ridge Inspiration by William Mangum
Winston-Salem, NC – The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation announced today that The Rock Gallery of Fine Art, located in Blowing Rock, NC, will be hosting an art exhibit by William Mangum titled Blue Ridge Inspiration as a tribute to the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary. This special art exhibit will be held at The Rock […]
All 469.1 Miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway are Open for Travel
It’s official, all 469.1 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway are open for travel again with no detours, just in time for beautiful weather over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Today at 12:00 noon ET, the National Park Service opened the last closed stretch of the scenic roadway near Asheville, NC from MP 399 […]
