Blue Ridge Parkway - Partners

Partners

(Much of this information comes from the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's Partners page) The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Park site and while its operations budget is funded by the United States Congress, it works with many partner organizations that have unique roles in supporting it:

• Blue Ridge Parkway Association is a membership organization that includes Parkway attractions, outdoor recreation, accommodations, restaurants, shops, and a variety of other services for the Parkway traveler;
• The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation is the primary and professional fundraising organization for the Blue Ridge Parkway.
• The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, designated in 2003, recognizes the unique character, culture, and natural beauty of Western North Carolina;
• Eastern National is the principle provider of quality educational products and services to the visitors to America's national parks;
• The Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway primary mission is to mobilize and provide leadership for volunteers who assist with a wide variety of Parkway projects;
• The National Council for Traditional Arts supports the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia;
• The Southern Highland Craft Guild has galleries at the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park in Blowing Rock, North Carolina and at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, North Carolina;
• Western Virginia Land Trust protects lands in southwest Virginia and promotes conservation and stewardship of the Blue Ridge Parkway in southwest Virginia.
• Conservation Trust for North Carolina is a land trust that protects natural resources along the Parkway corridor; in 1996, Gov. Jim Hunt's "Year of the Mountains Commission" appointed CTNC to assume leadership in protecting the Blue Ridge Parkway’s natural and scenic corridor in North Carolina.