Blackwater to be featured on Internet Talk Radio

Blackwater, Virginia will be one of the topics to be featured on the "Appalachian Knowledge Economy" talk radio show on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 9AM (Eastern time). To listen to the live broadcast, go to www.voiceamerica.com and click on "Business."

The talk radio show will include interviews with the following Guests:
THEME: Arts, crafts, festivals & heritage
GUESTS:
9:02am - Jack Goins www.jgoins.com Melungeon Researcher, Rogersville TN – The VA/TN Melungeons
9:18am - Lindy Turner www.vacationaqt.com The Appalachian Quilt Trail, TN/VA – a back roads barn-hopping tour
9:33am – Nancy Garrettson www.abingdonartsdepot.org The Arts Depot, Abingdon VA – artisans, year-round studios
9:48am - Debby Loggans www.roundthemountain.org ‘Round the Mountain, Abingdon VA – artisans and crafts

Date: August 2, 2011 – 9:00AM EST
Episode Title: Arts, crafts, festivals & heritage
Episode Description:
Sustainable development community models often begin with community arts, crafts, culture, music and heritage celebrations. These festivals can help to nurture a shared sense of place, build pride in heritage, and expand civic engagement. Current ecommerce offers instant access to global markets for artisans, crafters, and musicians. Could future kcommerce offer better global markets for historians, bloggers, and poets? What if the emerging Appalachian knowledge economy could create community knowledge centers as valued community assets? Like festivals, could that also encourage a shared sense of place and pride in heritage? Join the dialogue and tour through Appalachia. We will begin in Blackwater, Virginia with fiber to the home, the Melungeons, and the dulcimer. We will travel the back roads on a barn hopping tour. We will visit down home festivals and even an artisan gateway. Come, get a taste of authentic Appalachia and imagine the emerging Appalachian knowledge economy.

For more information about the Appalachian Knowledge Economy Internet talk radio show, go to www.voiceamerica.com and click on "Business." Then scroll down and click on "Shows." Then scroll down and click on "Appalachian Knowledge Economy."

In addition to the live broadcast, VoiceAmerica will post an archived file of the show on their website, so that people can listen to the show afterwards, at their own convenience.
Joan
www.blackwaterva.org