In Old Salemâs Phase One reopening, Salem Pathways, a new choose-your-own-adventure, self-guided tour experience started in April, Historic Winkler Baker reopened in May, and The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) and the Horton Museum Center reopened in June.
School groups will not be part of Old Salemâs next phase of reopening.
Based on conversations Old Salem staff has had with school districts where its student groups normally come from, Vagnone said, they are not coming this year.
He doesnât expect school groups to return until the spring or fall of 2022.
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The Bluffs Restaurant will reopen May 27 on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The Bluffs new operator is Heritage Dining and Events, LLC, led by Sharon Pinney and Chef John Gamradt of Boone.
The Bluffs, at Milepost 241 on the parkway, briefly reopened last August but closed after just five days of operation, in part because of issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Shana Whitehead and Bill Health of Muddy Creek Cafe in Winston-Salem and Sparta had signed on to operate the restaurant the year before and were on board through the renovation spearheaded by the nonprofit Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, based in Winston-Salem.
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