Tipoffs for Asheville, North Carolina (Smoky Mountain) Newsletter for Sunday June 14, 2020 ( 4 items ) |
Sen. Portman, Colleagues Highlight National Park Service Study Showing Visitor Spending Generates $41B in Annual Economic Impact
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Mark Warner (D-VA), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) highlighted a new National Park Service (NPS) study which shows that in 2019, visitor spending in communities near national parks resulted in a $41.7 billion benefit to the nation's economy and supported 340,500 jobs. The senators' Restore Our Parks Act legislation, currently being debated on the Senate floor, wil
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Sen. Warner, Colleagues Announce National Parks Study Showing Restore Our Parks Legislation Will Support 100,000 Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 5:
U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) Rob Portman (R-OH), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) announced that a new National Parks Service (NPS) study of their Restore Our Parks legislation found that the legislation will support an average of 40,300 direct jobs and a total of 100,100 direct and indirect jobs over the next five years to help address the more than $12 billion backlog in long-dela
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Sens. Warner, Colleagues Highlight National Park Service Study Showing Visitor Spending Generates $41B in Annual Economic Impact
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 11:
U.S. Sens. Mar R. Warner (D-VA), Rob Portman (R-OH), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Angus King (I-ME) highlighted a new National Park Service (NPS) study which shows that in 2019, visitor spending in communities near national parks resulted in a $41.7 billion benefit to the nation's economy and supported 340,500 jobs. The senators' Restore Our Parks Act legislation, currently being debated on the Sen
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University of Exeter: Poems Offer Unique Opportunity to Spend Time in the Company of Insects
EXETER, England, June 10 -- The University of Exeter issued the following news:
Award-winning poet Fiona Benson and sound artists Mair Bosworth and Eliza Lomas release their new collection of poetry sound pieces called In the Company of Insects, to the public from Monday, June 8th.
Each poem is dedicated to a different insect - from crickets to glowworms, fireflies to cockroaches. The poems have been recorded and the world of the insect brought to life through immersive sound design, field rec
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