Tourism leaders weigh in on Beech Ridge Wind Project

May 17, 2006

Marlinton, WV – Some supporters of wind energy development in Appalachia charactize the opposing argument as concern over spoiled views. But selling the scenery is how some people make their living. The Pocahontas County Convention and Visitors Bureau is not coming down on one side or the other of a proposed wind energy project in neighboring Greenbrier County, but they are keeping an eye on it.

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