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Bardstown Whitewater Park

spalding@bardstownboaters.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:18:55 -0500

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Colorado-based company surveys Beech Fork River for whitewater park

spalding@bardstownboaters.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:01:58 -0500

From: The Kentucky Standard

RiverRestoration.org surveyed Beech Fork River near Rubble Dam Thursday as part of Phase I of the Beech Fork whitewater park project.

River Engineer Jason Carey with the Glenwood Springs, Colo.-based company, which focuses on river restoration, preservation, enhancement and use of ecosystems, will be in Bardstown through Saturday.

The whitewater park project is a joint effort between Bardstown Boaters and Bardstown City Council. The emphasis of the River Recreation Enhancements design is to enhance Rubble Dam on the Beech Fork River for whitewater recreation and to improve the water supply.

A plan for a whitewater park has been under way for about two years, Bardstown Boaters President Spalding Hurst said.

“We had a really good spot to build a whitewater park,” he said, “and since that time, we have been raising money and looking for ways to bring in some designers to start the work on this. That’s where we’re at today with RiverRestoration.org.”

RiverRestoration.org is the first developer Bardstown Boaters has hired to survey the area. Bardstown Boaters raised $10,000 — $6,000 from the club, $2,000 from City Council and $2,000 from tourism — to bring Carey, who has more than nine years of experience as a river engineer, to Bardstown. Carey has a master’s degree in civil engineering and a bachelor’s degree in physics.

RiverRestoration.org in Bardstown

spalding@bardstownboaters.com — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:31:25 -0500

National Geographic Recognizes Bardstown & Whitewater Park

spalding@bardstownboaters.com — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:14:16 -0500

Bardstown has been named one of 50 “next great adventure towns in which to live and play” by National Geographic Adventure magazine.

On Bardstown, National Geographic wrote: “We ain’t gonna lie: Bardstown’s status as the world’s bourbon capital drew us in, but its rivers flow as freely as the whiskey. Paddlers convene at Sympson Lake, and a whitewater park is in the works downtown. Not in the liquor business? Lexington and Louisville are both less than an hour’s commute.”

Now we just need to deliver on that whitewater park so we can truley make Bardstown a great adventure town!

Article: Kentucky Standard

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spalding@bardstownboaters.com — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:07:06 -0500

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