2014 VRPS Leadership Meeting: Tech Share

by Nancy Turnage, VRPS Central Office

Sadly, Mother Nature did not cooperate with the 2014 Leadership Meeting - twice.  Here's what I had planned to share.  To view the full interactive presentation, click HERE.

Mountain Top

by Nancy Turnage, VRPS Central Office



Fun facts about Wintergreen:

• The town population as of the 2010 Census, is 165.
• Wintergreen Resort is considered a "Mountain Top" resort, in that all amenities are built on peaks and ridges, rather than at the base like a traditional ski resort.
• In 1975, the ski area opened with much fanfare and Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin in attendance.
• The resort has 100% snow-making capability.
• Most of the resort and surrounding attractions range from 2500 to 4000 feet in elevation; temperatures, on average, fall about 4 degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation, making Wintergreen's summit typically 10-15 degrees cooler than the valley towns.
• With one golf course nearly 4000 feet above sea level and another 42 holes at over 900 feet, golfers can choose their weather for playing.
• The original welcoming center, the Wintergreen County Store, was added to the National Register of Historic places in 2005.
• In January 1978, Wintergreen hosted its first Winter Special Olympics.
• A transplantation effort saves native plant species and uses them in the resort's landscaping.

VRPS Annual Conference, September 8-11, 2012