Front-line workers create Kentucky glamp-site getaway, need support
Three of the founders are Louisville nurses Share Updated: 6:22 AM EDT Mar 22, 2021
Three of the founders are Louisville nurses Share Updated: 6:22 AM EDT Mar 22, 2021
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Show Transcript FOUNDERS. THE FOUR FOUNDERS ARE FRONT LINE WORKERS, THREE ARE NURSES IN LOUISVILLE. WE VE BEEN FIGHTING COVID AS HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND JUST AS INDIVIDUALS FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. AND WE ARE TIRED. NICOLE, THE C.E.O. , JOINED ME VIA VIDEO CHAT ON HER BREAK WHILE SHE HELPED COVID-19 PATIENTS IN MACON, GEORGIA. WE HAVE THINGS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT YOU WOULDN T NORMALLY EXPERIENCE IN HEALTHCARE OUTSIDE A WAR ZONE. THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 HAS AFFECTED EVERYONE. THE FOUNDERS SAY THAT IS WHY THEY ARE OPENING THIS LUXURY CAMPGROUND IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. I M A MENTAL HEALTH WORK PRACTITIONER. OUR SUICIDE RISK INCREASED. ANGELINA FOUNDER OF BLACK PRACTITIONERS O
The women have turned to crowdfunding as a last-ditch effort to save their dream. Author: Dennis Ting Updated: 6:03 PM EST February 9, 2021
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. Misty Smith said she has gone camping a few times at Red River Gorge, but something was always missing from her experience. I m not the outdoorsy camper, she said. I don t want to sleep on a cot on the floor. I want to have air conditioning.
Smith and three of her friends decided to provide that luxury camping experience right in their home state of Kentucky by creating Camp Bespoke, a glampsite located in Williamstown, Kentucky, outside Cincinnati.