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Aaron Gooden

11/03/2016 by Aaron Gooden

Fayetteville Growing as a Popular Winter-tourism Destination

November, 2016

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Many communities that depend on warm-weather tourism suffer through winter, but one West Virginia town renowned as a destination for whitewater rafting is breaking out of that cycle.

Hiking, rock climbing and mountain biking have increased year-round in Fayetteville, benefitting a growing number of eclectic shops, restaurants, and cultural venues that are particularly attractive in winter.

According to Sally Kiner, executive director of the Fayetteville Convention and Visitor Bureau, the expansion appears to be the result of a discovery of the region as a full-spectrum outdoor-recreation destination.

“The Fayetteville area has long been known as a destination for high adventure, but visitors have found that it’s far more than that, and that’s a promising development,”  she said.

“One happy result is the growing popularity of Fayetteville as a winter destination. Winter is an ideal time of year to visit. The landscape is beautiful, our varied lodging is generally discounted, and its restaurants are somewhat less crowded — you won’t have to stand in long lines waiting to be seated.”

Fayetteville’s independently owned restaurants have become principal draws around which winter visitors are building vacations, including weekend “dine-arounds” wherein guests supplement their visit with dining at local eateries, Kiner said.

Specialty shops and attractions such as spas and yoga studios have been established, increasing the time visitors stay in the town, and more than a dozen antiques shops have opened in the region, including four located in Fayetteville’s historic district.

Visual arts and live music and dramatic venues are also gaining ground in and around the town, attracting tourists and helping to reveal the depth and accessibility of culture, while the historic district continues to attract more history buffs and photographers.

Kiner said the Fayetteville Visitor Center on North Court Street, off the U.S. 19 expressway, is prepared to welcome more guests this winter, including snowbirds who are finding the locale an ideal stop-over on their southward journey.

For more information on Fayetteville tourism, call 304-574-1500 or check out the community online at VisitFayettevilleWV.com or on Facebook at VisitFayettevilleWV.

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08/14/2016 by Aaron Gooden

Bridge Day Chili Cook-off Information/Registration Form

Come join us in Fayetteville as a cook in the 8th Annual Bridge Day Chili Cook-off on Saturday,
October 15, 2016. Help us bring some of the 85,000 or so Bridge Day visitors into downtown Fayetteville to showcase all that makes it the coolest small town.

You can enter as an individual or group, such as a bunch of friends, family members, club, church, or business. Check out all the details in the enclosed Information and Registration Brochure. Call us at 304-574-1500 if you have questions, or email us at info@VisitFayettevilleWV.com 

Come on … you know you want to do it! Take the plunge into some hot, spicy chili!

Chili Cookoff Registration Trifold 2016_Page_1    Chili Cookoff Registration Trifold 2016_Page_2

*Click on image to enlarge.

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05/27/2016 by Aaron Gooden

FUR-etteville Fun in Fayetteville

Having a FUR-etteville adventure in Fayetteville with your furry pet friend?

Send us a photo of your  pet, or you and your pet, enjoying time together in Fayetteville. Be sure to include your name, pet’s name, and where the photo was taken. *You may also submit a comment about all the fun stuff you and your pet did when you were in FUR-etteville.

Email your photo and information to info@VisitFayettevilleWV.com  and there’s a good chance it will end up our social media sites.

Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/visitfayettevillewv/ and on Twitter @Fayetteville_WV

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05/07/2016 by Aaron Gooden

When we decided to create a musical festival, our intentions were pretty simple;

We really like outdoor adventures, and we really like music, so we wanted to create a weekend where we could do both at the same time. This became the Mountain Music Festival, and probably the best weekend of the summer in West Virginia (or at least our favorite).

The stage sits right in the middle of ACE Adventure Resort, a 1,500-acre outdoor adventure property  in the heart of the New River Gorge, WV. This way, festival attendees are always close to the gorge’s best outdoor activities, ranging from the country’s best white water rafting, to rock climbing, to world-class mountain biking, and basically anything in between. Not to mention, the kind of comfortable cabins and nice bathrooms/showers that you’ll find on an established campground like ACE. And because of the simple ethos behind the festival, you’ll be surrounded by a community of like-minded outdoor adventures who don’t mind a little moonshine with their music, or the other way around.

2014 was our inaugural year, and it was a big hit. We kicked it up a notch in 2015 and had even more fun. Ever since the moment it ended (or rather, after we made up for all the sleep we DIDN’T get that first weekend in June), we’ve been working hard and looking forward to our third year – with new and old friends who love the Appalachian Mountains and its soundtrack as much as we do.

See you all soon.

Jerry Cook and Ernie Kincaid

http://www.mountainmusicfestwv.com/

 

 

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