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For ten years, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has been participating in and funding a variety of projects to enhance the experience of visitors to the Parkway.
ACTIVE AND ONGOING PROJECTS
- Parks As Classrooms - Introducing schoolchildren in 29 Virginia and North Carolina counties to the Blue Ridge Parkway by providing funding for educational outreach through ongoing support and a growing endowment. The Foundation provides annual operating support.
- Heathy Kids / Healthy Parks -
- Camp Catawba Fund-
Camp Catawba was an exceptional summer camp for boys that operated from 1944 to 1970 near Blowing Rock, N.C. Bounded by the Blue Ridge Parkway on one side and the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park on the other, the Parkway now owns the grounds of the camp, along with its near century-old chestnut lodge. Through an anonymous donor, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation has established the Camp Catawba Fund in order to assist the Parkway in interpreting the camp to the public.
- Capital Improvements -"When Nature Calls" campaign-building a new convenience station at Bass Lake(Moses H. Cone Memorial Park) and a second at Graveyard Fields
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Archives - a focused oral history
and family photographs project, archives
(news stories, essays, and journalistic photos) and photographic gallery to inventory experiences
of the Parkway visitor
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals-The Museum was subject to a nearly one million dollar renovation and expansion in 2002 with new exhibits and a much expanded mission and broadened interpretive goals. This was made possible by a partnership between the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, the National Park Service, and Mitchell County (NC).
- Design Guidelines for Adjacent Parkway Development - a compendium of design recommendations for parkway neighbors, developers, and community leaders.
- Small Grants Program - Applications as received
- Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation Trust - continued contributions to the Foundation's endowment funds support specific visitor services along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Among these are:
INVENTORY OF COMPLETED PROJECTS
VISITOR SERVICES
Endowments (in Support of Visitor Services)
- ZAP Fitness Endowment for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - ongoing support - December 27, 2006 ($5,000)
- ZAP Fitness Endowment for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - ongoing support - March 3, 2006 ($5,000)
- ZAP Fitness Endowment for Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Established - December 5, 2005 ($5,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2006 ($3,555)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2005 ($6,770)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2004 ($4,530)
- Moses H. Cone General Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2003 ($1,760)
- Bland and Ada Worley Endowment Fund (Parks As Classrooms) - For the year ending December 31, 2006 ($2,050)
- Bland and Ada Worley Endowment Fund (Parks As Classrooms) - For the year ending December 31, 2005 ($4,250)
- Bland and Ada Worley Endowment Fund (Parks As Classrooms) - For the year ending December 31, 2004 ($2,080)
- Petro Kulynych Endowment Fund for Parks As Classroom Established - ($2,000)
- Petro Kulynych Endowment Fund for Parks As Classroom Established - For the year ending December 24, 2003 ($5,000)
GENERAL (Visitor services)
- Seasonal Staff Support - in support of Foundation related projects - March 24, 2008 ($45,000)
- Blue Ridge Parkway 75 Inc - grant for operational funds - February 25, 2008 - ($10,000)
- Graveyard Fields Enhancements - planning for site and service improvements - December 31, 2007 ($19, 948)
- Blue Ridge Parkway 75 th Anniversary Inititaive - payment of legal fees associated with incorporation of Blue Ridge Parkway 75, Inc. December 20, 2007 ($5,553)
- Communication - publication of Blue Ridge Parkway strip maps - December 11, 2007 ($38,000
- Law Enforcement - Automobile/Motorcycle Count and Sound Survey- October 31, 2007 ($200)
- Folk Art Center - Improvements to demonstration area in conjunction with Southern Highland Craft Guild, tag fund - July 5, 2007 ($5,000)
- Health and Safety - Funding for 20 Automatic Electronic Defibrillators - September 13, 2006 ($21,500)
- Archeological Services - Funding for Shelter/Pavilion at Linville Falls - June 27, 2006 ($500)
- Communications - Funding for Blue Ridge Parkway "strip maps" - March 27, 2006 ($5,000)
- Communications Center - Pentium CPU for Division of Criminal Information terminal - gift of Godsey and Gibb -December 28, 2001 ($500)
- Economic Study, Blue Ridge Parkway Scenic Experience Survey - Parkwide - Grant to the University of North Carolina, Asheville - June, 2000 ($5,000)
- Junior Ranger Program, funding of summer encampments - Pisgah District - December, 1998 ($500)
- Junior Ranger Program, funding of summer encampments - Plateau District - December, 1998 ($1,000)
- Junior Ranger Program , supplies for badge program - Parkwide - December, 1998 ($1,500)
- New Visitor Center , Waterrock Knob, new exhibits and building expansion ($10,000)
- Traditional Music Preservation - Grant awarded for music scholarship program - Highland District - December, 1997 ($200)
Interpretation (visitor services)
- Campground Site Bulletins - Publication - April 18, 2006 - ($1,045)
- Peaks of Otter Visitor Center Exhibit Enhancement - preservation of Smith Sisters notebooks - March 24, 2008 ($1,282)
- Taxidermy for Education Materials - contract labor - February 25, 2008 ($1,875)
- Cumberland Knob Enhancements - funding for planning charette - February 15, 2008 ($6,500)
- Small Grants Program Award- Swannanoa Valley Museum - adventure camp on Parkway - July 20, 2004 ($500)
- Small Grants Program Award- Blue Ridge Music Center, staff support - September 15, 2003 ($500)
- Small Grants Program Award- OverMountain Victory Celebration - Mitchell County October 6, 2002 ($436)
- Small Grants Program Award- purchase of data entry computer - Blue Ridge Birders - August 20, 2001 ($500)
- Small Grants Program Award- Centennial Celebration of Moses Cone Estate - Southern Highland Craft Guild - July 31, 2001 ($500)
- Small Grants Program Award- OverMountain Victory Celebration - Mitchell County ($498)
Museum of North Carolina Minerals (visitor services)
- General Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2006 ($6,310)
- General Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2005 ($3,280)
- General Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2004 ($3,260)
- General Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2003 ($5,000)
- Imerys/KT Endowment Fund - For the year ending December 31, 2004 ($25,000)
- Imerys K-T Endowment - December 9, 2003 ($25,000)
- Imerys K-T Endowment - October 22, 2002 ($25,000)
- Operations - Museum brochure - February 28, 2006 ($2,664)
- Operations - Curriculum Guide Development - October 25, 2002 ($9,000)
- Operations - Expansion and renovation of the Museum of North Carolina Minerals - October, 15, 2001 ($377,000)
Parks As Classrooms (visitor services)
- Ongoing Support - September 12, 2007 ($100,000)
- Ongoing Support - September 13, 2006 ($98,000)
- Ongoing Support - December 30, 2005 ($65,000)
- Ongoing Support - February 14, 2005 ($24,100)
- Ongoing Support - November 11, 2004 ($35,900)
- Ongoing Support - December 9, 2003 ($38,000)
- Curriculum Development for Minerals Museum - June 16, 2003 ($10,000)
- Ongoing Support– December 31, 2002 ($21,750)
- Ongoing Support– August 23, 2002 ($6,250)
- Ongoing Support– March 5, 2002 ($2,000)
- Ongoing Support - Mary D.B.T. Semans Foundation Grant - December 28, 2001 ($5,000)
- Ongoing Support– Helen M. Claybough Foundation Grant - August 21, 2001 ($15,000)
- Ongoing Support– June 5, 2001 ($6,000)
- Ongoing Support - December, 2000 ($30,000)
- Teacher Workshops, in cooperation with Appalachian Region Sierra Clubs – Parkwide ($1,000)
- Program expansion - Initiate classrooms in Virginia – December, 1998 ($5,000)
- Reprint NC curriculum guide, November, 1998 ($3,000)
Maintenance and Engineering
- Small Grants Program - Camp Catawba Cleanup in conjunction with Appalachian State University - October 12, 2007 ($376)
- Doughton Park -MTS
Trail Construction - Small Grants Program, matching grant - Friends
of Mountains to Sea - August 1, 2006 ($500)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- Carriage trail maintenance - July 31, 2006 ($4,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- restoration of hydrangea garden - July 26, 2005 ($10,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- restoration of Cone entrance gate - December 29, 2004 ($250)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
- maintenance of carriage trails - December 29, 2004 ($9,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - preservation donation account - December 9, 2003 ($12,160)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - continue support & Moses H. Cone Orchard Restoration Project - October 25, 2002 ($5,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - Trail maintenance - support from the Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation - March 5, 2002 ($2,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - maintenance of carriage trails - Blowing Rock Horse Show Foundation Grant - December 28, 2001 ($2,000)
- Small Grants Program - Work T-shirts for Volunteer in Parks Program - Carolina Mountain Club - April 9, 2001 ($614)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park – Flat Top Observation Fire Tower, renovation and rehabilitation – proceeds from “Walk for Moses!” – November, 2000 ($8,000)
- Trail Rehabilitation, Moses Cone Estate, gift from the Blowing Rock Charity Horseshow Foundation - May, 2000 ($3,000)
- Historic Preservation, restoration of the architectural balustrade, Cone Manor House – Highland District – July, 1999 ($8,000)
- Moses Cone Estate , Gravel for carriage trail maintenance – August, 1999 ($2,000)
- Trail Rehabilitation, grant award to the Appalachian Trail Conference to support two trail maintenance schools on the Blue Ridge Parkway, December, 1997 ($100)
Resource Planning
- Design Guidelines for Adjacent Parkway Development - for contract consulting services - December 31, 2007 ($34,835)
- Camp Catawba - Historic Resource Assessment, internship in conjunction with Appalachian State University - September 10, 2007 ($5,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - funding for the printing of 500 Reports on the Preliminary Alternatives - November 15, 2006 ($2,946)
- Small Grants Program – Western North Carolina Alliance
Conference on the "State of the Parkway" - Small
grants program - September 24, 2004 ($500)
- Scenery Economic/Marketing Project - collation
of summary report for Virginia and North Carolina - UNCA - April 27,
2004 ($5,925)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park -
funding for the Environmental Impact Study, support from the Cannon
Foundation - March 24, 2004 ($31,500)
- Scenery Economic/Marketing Project -
evaluation of visitor responses to rural landscape changes - UNCA -
December 19, 2003 ($13,000)
- Scenery Economic/Marketing Project
- evaluation of visitor responses to rural landscape changes - UNCA
- October 25, 2002 ($10,000)
- Scenery Economic/Marketing Project -
evaluation of visitor responses to rural landscape changes - UNCA -
September 4, 2002 ($10,000)
- Scenery Economic/Marketing Project
- evaluation of visitor responses to rural landscape changes - UNCA
- August 1, 2002 ($10,000)
- Heritage Area Development - Handmade
in America - Small Grants Program - January 24, 2002 ($500)
- Scenic Viewshed Protection -
mapping of view areas in Yancey, Avery, Mitchell, and McDowell counties
- GoldenLEAF Foundation Grant- December 28, 2001 ($11,000)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - funding for Phase I of Developed Area Management Plan, to develop an estate wide base map and study for identifying the natural and cultural resources - December, 2000 ($12,500)
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Park - funding for Phase II of Developed Area Management Plan, to utilize the cultural landscape assessment and historic structures report to determine compatible uses, identify appropriate locations for new facilities and to define interpretive programs and services provided - December, 2000 ($12,500).
- Scenic Viewshed Protection, mapping of four USGS quadrangles - Virginia - December, 1999 ($20,000)
- Archive Conservation, transcription of Civilian Conservation Corp oral histories - December, 1998 ($500)
- Scenic Viewshed Protection, mapping of two USGS quadrangles - Pisgah District - December, 1998 ($10,000)
- Archive Conservation, preservation of original Parkway right-of-way drawings - December, 1998 ($1,000)
- Archive Conservation, digitization of original Planning Land Use Maps - December, 1998 ($9,000)
Resource Protection and Management
- Small Grants Program - Clemson University Foundation in support of Fritillaria butterfly study - July 19, 2007 - ($504)
- Small Grants Program - Orchard at Altapass Foundation in support of CSX Railroad property acquisition - August 10, 2007 -($500)
- Scenic Viewshed Protection - Koontz Farm Conservation Easement in cooperation with the Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust - September 12, 2007($10,000)
- Small Grants Program - Audubon North Carolina in support of habitat mowing study - May 21, 2007 ($500)
- Scenic Viewshed Protection - Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Project in cooperation with the Conservation Trust for North Carolina - North Carolina only -($9,550)
- Scenic Viewshed Protection - to the Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust to defray costs associated with a conservation easement on property abutting the Blue Ridge Parkway below Raven Rocks Overlook ($6,865)
- Water Quality Improvement
Project – stream rehabilitation at Big Pine Creek, in cooperation with
the Clean Water Management Trust Fund - November 15, 2001 ( $8,000)
- Endangered Species Study, Whet Owl Inventory - Pisgah District - March, 2000 ($4,000)
- Biological Inventory, Crabtree Meadows Bioblitz - Pisgah District - March, 1999 ($1,700)
- Night Scopes , two secured for protection and interpretive use - Ridge District - January, 1998 ($300)
- Administrative Services - Parkwide grant award for two minority scholarships for native plant study, December, 1997 ($300)
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