Spring Events in Pocahontas County

As we move forward into spring, we asked Chelsea Faulknier, Director of the Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau to tell our listeners about upcoming events.

“At the Pocahontas County Convention and visitors Bureau we are excited to see spring weather back and all of the exciting activities and events coming up on the calendar as spring arrives,” said Faulknier.

“We’ve got our ‘Make it Shine’ road clean-up campaign taking place currently. It will run through May 19^th, so we encourage folks who are out traveling on our county roads just to use caution as our volunteers are out cleaning up our roadways.”

“We’re also excited to invite everyone to our 2025 Annual Convention and Visitors Bureau Tourism Summit. We will be hosting that at the Pocahontas County Opera House on Thursday, May 22^nd. We’re excited to announce some changes to the Tourism Summit. We’ve got a Networking hour that will take place from 10am to 11 am, for stakeholders (and) industry partners to come together (and) have a chance to collaborate and do some networking. And then, our summit will kick off at 11 am. We’ll hear from our marketing agency – Digital Relativity- talk about social media marketing efforts, and we’ll also hear from the Snowshoe Highlands Area Recreational Collaborative and the work they’ve been doing over the last year, and I’m super excited to announce our Keynote speakers: David Landis with VBT Trails and Travis Olson with Mountain Rides. They will be sharing more on the exciting partnership between the Mon Forest Towns launching Mon Forest Towns Gravels. This is an initiative that will highlight backpacking and gravel cycling routes through the Monongahela National Forest, connecting all of the 12 Mon Forest Towns through different bike-packing loops, which will include one large, multi-mile epic loop that will include stops in all of the 12 towns. So, yeah, we hope everyone can join us at the Opera House on May 22^nd from 10 till 2 for the annual Tourism summit. You can RSVP for that summit by calling our office at 304-799-4636.”

“During our Tourism Summit, we will also be announcing our winner for the 2025 Tourism Person of the Year. So, if you know anyone who is in the county who you feel would be a great nominee for our Tourism Person of the Year award, you can find our application on our website by clicking our partners page, if you have nominations you would like to submit for our 2025 Tourism Person of the Year award, please submit them no later then Tuesday, May 4. And you can email those to me, or drop them off at the office. All information on how to submit those nominations can be found on the application.”

“We are also going to be announcing our PCHS Senior who will be our Tourism Scholarship winner. The CVB and the Snowshoe Foundation partner to gift a student with a $2,000 a year scholarship. Students can still apply for our scholarship by going to our website and visiting our partners page. The deadline to apply is May 1^st, so PCHS seniors who may be going into tourism and hospitality(or) outdoor recreation, please apply for our scholarship, and we will announce the winner of that at the PCHS Senior Awards Night.”

“The Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Snowshoe Highlands Area Recreational Collaborative (SHARC) are excited to invite everyone to the grand opening of the Monday Lick Trail system on Saturday, May 17^th at Stillwell Park here in Marlinton. We’ll have some guided hikes, some group rides, live music, some kids bike races and activities, pop-up shops, local food – bring your bikes and family.”

“The CVB and SHARC both prioritize recreation safety, so I have partnered with the Pocahontas County Emergency Management/911. The CVB and SHARC have signed an MOU  to help respond to any back-country trail emergencies. The CVB, SHARC and the Emergency Management purchased a jointly-owned ATV to help respond. The members of the SHARC Team are trained, and working with Pocahontas County EMS and 911 to help assist in these responses.”

“Folks can check out our full schedule of events for spring and summer by visiting www.Pocahontascountywv.com and visiting our events calendar which you can access at the top of our home page.