Projects

University Liaison/ Blue Ridge Parkway Projects

Upcoming Projects:

Imagining the Blue Ridge Parkway for the 21st Century
A two-part conference and conversation about the past and future of the Parkway on its 75th anniversary.
Part I: History, Scenery, Conservation, and Community--Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, April 22-24, 2009
Pat 2: Building Partnerships for our Future--Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October 2010
Contact asubrp75@appstate.edu for more information.

Past Projects:

The Blue Ridge Parkway: A Hidden History
Lecture by Anne Mitchell Whisnant,
Author of Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History
http://www.news.appsta...10/05/whisnant/ 

Flat Top Manor Symposium
A two-day event celebrating the history of Moses and Bertha Cone
and their Blowing Rock estate
http://www.news.appsta.../09/cone-manor/
 
Renfranz Selected for Blue Ridge Parkway Summer Internship
Appalachian State University student Amy Renfranz worked this summer
on a historic resource survey at Camp Catawba.
http://www.news.appsta...06/05/renfranz/