Plans are underway for the 2025 Special Places Celebration! This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 9 at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia in Charleston and will feature a delicious farm-to-table dinner, specialty cocktails, and a live band. We are thrilled to announce our 2025 Conservation Heroes are Brad and Alys Smith.
In November of 2020, the Smiths donated $25 million dollars to West Virginia University to support groundbreaking new programs that improve the state’s economy, establish first-rate recreational infrastructure, and improve access to opportunities to explore and learn in nature. Through WVU’s Brad and Alys Smith Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative (OEDC), the couple offers startup funding to establish a new remote workers program to help individuals and young families thrive.
Through the OEDC and the Smiths’ philanthropic organization, the Wing 2 Wing Foundation, the couple strive to continue improving the economic development and entrepreneurial opportunities in Appalachia while preserving and restoring West Virginia’s natural environments. The Foundation collaborates with individuals and companies devoted to making the planet’s wellbeing a priority while delivering breakthrough results for local economies.
Thanks to support from many businesses and individuals who donate, sponsor, volunteer, and love the outdoors, WVLT has enhanced communities statewide by creating outdoor recreation access, ensuring clean drinking water supplies, preserving working family farms, and protecting open spaces, scenic views, historic sites, and more. This is something to celebrate!
We hope you'll join us during this exciting time!
Online registration is required: www.wvspecialplaces.org
Tickets: $125 per person / $200 per couple
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