SPRUCE PINE — The ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Mayland Community College Cosmetic Arts Center at the Three Peaks Enrichment Center, formerly known as PineBridge, took place under sunny
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SPRUCE PINE â Mayland Community College is giving a new meaning to night life with the reopening of the Bare Dark Sky Observatory for community viewing nights and the expansion of its Earth to Sky Park, among other projects.
The observatory officially held its grand reopening on Saturday, March 6, and welcomed guests to the observatoryâs viewing area for members of the community to peer into the heavens. The reopening comes after the college completed renovations to the site, which saw the addition of eight telescope viewing stations for guests to bring their own equipment to use whether the observatory is open or not. Additionally, the renovations added a handicap-accessible ramp, a garden filled with native plants, a picnic shelter, paved parking spaces and other outdoor amenities.
Mayland Community College extends a huge thank you to Quartz Corp. and Sibelco for their combined efforts to assist with construction projects at both the Blue Ridge Boutique Hotel (formerly known as the PineBridge Inn) and the Mayland Earth to Sky Park.
When the old parking lot of the PineBridge Coliseum was torn up to make way for the new environmentally friendly parking lot that will serve the Three Peaks Enrichment Center, Mayland didnât want all that concrete and asphalt to just get dumped into the landfill. At the same time, the old gravel road leading up to the Bare Dark Sky Observatory at the Mayland Earth to Sky Park needed some serious maintenance.