Developing park could boost tourism.

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The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund awarded a $2.9 million grant for a 7,092-acre wilderness park that could become a tourism magnet for Transylvania County and southwestern North Carolina. The money will be used to develop 4.5 miles of access roads, parking and underground utilities. Gorges State Park, which lies along the Blue Ridge Escarpment near Sapphire, was created in 1999 when the...

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