ATLANTA — The National Park Service (NPS) announced in late November the selection of 10 new communities and partners across the southeast to receive expert consultation to help spur local recreation, conservation and economic development opportunities.
The recipients — located in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee — were selected through a competitive process and will receive assistance to help make their rivers, trails, greenways and open spaces vital, life-enhancing parts of their communities.
Included among them are four in Tennessee, including the Nolichucky River Blueway Project in Greene County…