BLUE RIDGE CONSERVANCY TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM STATE BUDGET
Blue Ridge Conservancy will receive important funding from the North Carolina state budget recently signed into law by Governor Roy Cooper.
The North Carolina Land and Water Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund will get $24.2 million annually, and from those funds, Blue Ridge Conservancy will receive a $950,000 appropriation for the Middle Fork Greenway to develop the Boone Gorge Park, and $100,000 for the development of Paddy Mountain Park in Ashe County.
BRC Executive Director Charlie Brady said the funds will help accelerate plans to prepare land on Paddy Mountain for public access, including a trailhead for the Northern Peaks State Trail.
In addition, the money will continue development of the next section of trail, assist with the parking area and ecological enhancements needed at the Boone Gorge Park.
Paddy Mountain Park in Ashe County, a cooperative project of BRC, the Town of West Jefferson, and Ashe County.
