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ATLANTA â On Friday, April 16, National Park Service (NPS) South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Stan Austin announced the selection of Tracy Swartout as the new superintendent of Blue Ridge Parkway, effective May 23.
âWe are excited to select Tracy to lead one of the countryâs most visited parks in the National Park System,â said Austin. âTracy is an exceptional leader with a solid record of performance, managing multi-faceted park operations and collaborating to achieve important agency and community objectives. Her experience, commitment to operational excellence and passion for inclusive public participation make her well-suited for this role.â
âThroughout my life, the Blue Ridge Parkway has played a prominent role, with some of my most treasured memories being shaped along that winding road and in the national parks and communities beyond. The areaâs landscape, arts, music and culture are deeply meaningful for me,â Swartout said. â
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Americans are ready to dust off their luggage.
Many of the newly vaccinated are feeling more confident about traveling for some well-earned rest and relaxation. In March 2021, hotel bookings at eight of the top 10 U.S. hotel chains tracked by Adobe Analytics grew 50 percent compared with the weeks leading up to the vaccine rollout. The analytics platform adds that March bookings surged 57 percent over February and 79 percent over January.
Alyssa Ravasio can attest to the bump. The founder and CEO of HipCamp, a 70-person campsite booking platform with more than 475,000 private and public sites, has been staffing up in the last few months to accommodate the exodus.
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For the third year in a row, Breckenridge Brewery is donating money in honor of National Park Week. Now through Sept. 30, 1% of all proceeds from beer sold will go to the National Parks Conservation Association in an initiative dubbed In Good Co.
Between 2019 and 2020, Breckenridge Brewery raised roughly $60,000 for the conservation association. This year, the brewery hopes to reach the goal of $100,000.
To encourage people to get outdoors, Breckenridge Brewery is hosting a giveaway called 1% in a Tent. The brewery wants people to spend at least 1% of their year outside in a tent, and folks can use the hashtag #InGoodCoSweepstakes with their outdoor photos to be entered to win a $30,000 custom trailer from Escapod.