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Mission
Statement
Friends of the Big South Fork is a non-profit group
of interested citizens formed to support and promote
the Big South Fork National River and Recreation
Area by raising funds to preserve, restore and enhance
the park’s natural and cultural resources, to provide
improved services and facilities for visitors, to
increase public awareness and support of the park
and to enhance educational and interpretive activities,
thus increasing public appreciation and understanding
of the park. |
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BIG SOUTH FORK NAT’L RIVER & RECREATION AREA |
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friends of the big south fork national
river & recreation area
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Dedicated to the Protection, Preservation and Responsible Development of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, and the surrounding Region. |
- Facilitate the responsible growth
of Eco-Tourism, Upscale Retirement and other
environmentally and economically sound Development
around the Big South Fork.
- Carefully Promote the BSF as a
Reliever Destination to the heavily visited Great
Smoky Mountains, helping to keep both Parks within
the limits of sustainable use.
- Proactively Assist the National
Park Servicein Protecting, preserving
and interpreting this National Resource, and particularly
in educating the public to the many resources it
offers.
- Recognize the important and continuing
role played by traditional business and industry
in sustaining our local economy. We enjoy the enthusiastic
support of good corporate citizens from a variety
of industries, and we welcome all responsible companies
to our table, applauding their best management
practices and ecologically sound operations. We are
pleased to provide our partners with continual opportunities
to express their longstanding commitment to this
area, its natural environment, workforce and economic
future.
Visitor’s Guide funding in part with grants from SBA and ARC
32 page 6x9 or 9x6 color booklet which will list all of the adventures in the BSF Region
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| Outdoor |
Historical Sites |
Culture |
Agritourism |
Parks |
| Horseback Riding |
Buildings |
Theaters |
Farmers Markets |
City |
| Hiking |
Markers |
Museums |
U-Pick Farms |
County |
| Mtn. Biking |
Cemeteries |
Antiquing |
Winery |
State |
| Canoeing |
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Trains |
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Federal |
| Golfing |
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| Rock Climbing |
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| Bird & Wildlife Watching |
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In Addition to Visitor Guide other Friends Projects
• In the Visitor’s Guide FBSF will group all of each county’s adventures together. This will help our visitors to take full advantage of the county that they are in. Also, there will be a suggested 4 day vacation that will have our visitors in each of the six (6) counties. This package will also be sent to Motor Coach Tour Bus companies.
• The Visitor’s Guide will enable all of us to have one uniform guide for a “fulfillment” booklet to mail out to our future visitors. We will also use it as a fulfillment piece for trade shows.
Pamphlet:
In order to receive the most for our funds, and reach the greatest number of people the pamphlet will be a sampling of “What to do in the Big South Fork”.
Tour Maps:
The size of our map will be increased which will enable us to have it folded. Added to the map will be suggested routes for (printed in different colors) motorcycling – biking- antiques and crafts. This will make the map a more rounded map.
Hospitality Awareness:
The Hospitality Awareness manual is a work book molded to fit our area. This workbook/manual will be a 4 hour course geared to help our people realize the importance of being friendly, nice, courteous and how to give simple directions. We need to remind them that it is the customers which are paying their salary. “Friends Helping Friends” Hospitality Program will become the anchor for helping to fulfill this need.
Photography:
FBSF to compile a library of high quality photos of the region. These photographs will be available to anyone to use free of charge.
FBSF – Web Site Development / Revamping
FSBF will have our site totally revamped making it more user friendly and make it an interactive site with links.
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