News
A VITAL AND ACTIVE PLACE There is always some news from the Blackstone Valley: new projects, new visions, new successes. Here are some of the more recent articles that have appeared in the media about the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor. IN THE NEWS Sen. John Kerry: Blackstone Valley's past, future Historic Park bill filed for R.I., Mass Congressman Neal Will Visit Lookout Rock on Monday New Push for Blackstone River National Park Status Secretary of the Interior Tours Blackstone Valley Secretary of the Interior Salazar Visits Blackstone Valley Edward Fitzpatrick: Creating a new national park in Blackstone River Valley Volunteer Gives Back Ranger: Slatersville was the model for future mill villages Has The Day Arrived For A Blackstone National Park? A new national park? Park Service report bolsters Blackstone River area Blackstone heritage corridor could become new national historical park Park service supports new national park in RI, MA Park Service looking at three plans Whitinsville, Hopedale backed for national park Local Sites on Path to Become National Historic Parks To honor Union soldier, historical group will repair his gravestone RI senator eyes Blackstone Valley as national park Diner has new life Blackstone Valley 101: Online tutorial aims to educate, inspire |
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Did You Know?
That the Blackstone River is getting cleaner? Efforts are underway to transform the Blackstone, once considered "dead' due to a century of industrial abuse, into a fishable and swimmable river by 2015!