Sensory trails are meant to incorporate “all seven senses” and include things like berry bushes, art and balance beams. Pulaski and Sky Meadows State Park also have sensory trails.
Brianna Hatch
Hatch is a student at Washington and Lee University.
Posted inCulture
Dancer returns to rural Virginia to offer pay-what-you-can classes and a show meant to debut in New York
“There’s a long history in rural communities of being forgotten or mislabeled by urban communities,” said the founder of Cora Dance. She hopes their new Clifton Forge office can support a rich dance community – starting with a debut performance this weekend.
Posted inEducation
Manuscript written by James Madison discovered at Washington and Lee
The document spells out some of James Madison’s views on separation of church and state, and was eventually incorporated into Virginia’s Statute for Religious Freedom. The Library of Congress hold the only other copy in Madison’s handwriting.
Posted inEconomy
New book chronicles ‘perfect storm’ caused by pandemic in Appalachia
Rural nurses share stories of distrust, discrimination against backdrop of long term economic trouble.