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Water has returned to the section of the C&O Canal that runs through Georgetown in D.C.
The one-mile picturesque section of the waterway had been under construction as part of a larger restoration project, and included “complicated things like giant wall stabilizations and lock repairs,” the Georgetown Business Improvement District said in a statement.
With some of the major construction now completed, Georgetown Heritage, a nonprofit organization that partners with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park to rebuild the section of the canal, is preparing for next steps.
A canal boat replica is scheduled to arrive soon, and begin operation during the summer. The boat is modeled on designs for historic packet boats that were used on the canal during its early years of service, said Christiana Hanson, chief of Interpretation at C&O Canal National Historic Park, said in a statement.
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Orange Beach: Beach season is heating up, and the coastal region is getting federal money to help recover from tourism losses caused by the pandemic. The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration said Thursday that it will provide the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau with $800,000 for a marketing program. The money will be combined with $200,000 in local funding. The agency is helping communities nationwide implement programs to counter economic hardships amid the pandemic, said Dennis Alvord, acting assistant secretary for economic development. “This investment will fund a strategic, multi-faceted marketing campaign designed to attract visitors to the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach area, resulting in continuous economic growth and job creation,” he said in a statement. Officials hope to boost business and reclaim tourists who couldn’t visit during the COVID-19 shutdown, which included the closur
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