More on the new Jamboree site

Posted on October 15th, 2009 in Camps,High Adventure Bases,Jamborees by ramore

Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca is out with the following announcement regarding the Jamboree site for 2013 and forward. This is after the aborted effort to acquire and develop Goshen Reservation. The problem with this is as I see it is location. The Goshen site, or something on the eastern seaboard, gave the potential for troop tie-ins with Washington, D.C.. This location won’t. Its probably real pretty but its also likely to be VERY hilly. I could be wrong. We’ll be hopeful. I’m sure there will be good high-adventure tie-ins. Its certainly closer to Michigan but I still see it as being out of the way.

Here’s what the Chief had to say:

BSA Must Read: National Executive Board News

I am writing to share some exciting news. Today, our National Executive Board took another significant step toward establishing a permanent home for future national jamborees and creating another premier outdoor adventure Scouting site. The board approved the purchase of more than 10,000 acres of some of the most spectacular land you’ve ever seen. It’s located in the New River Gorge area of West Virginia-an area that offers some of the best rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and mountain biking anywhere in the country. It is a perfect site for the full complement of activities we intend to offer at our new facility: extreme sports, leadership training, camping, high adventure-anything you can imagine doing in the great outdoors, and, of course, the national jamboree.

We still have a lot of work to do, but under Jack Furst’s tremendous leadership, we are well on our way toward going from vision to reality. As Jack said to board members, “We are only limited by our own creativity and ingenuity.” And as we know, with Jack at the helm, that means there are no limits to what we can accomplish through this effort.

Stay tuned for further details and a formal unveiling of our plans in November. Until then, my sincerest thanks to the team for its tireless efforts in bringing this exceptional opportunity to our Scouting family. It is, truly, one of the best investments we will make in serving Scouts for the next 100 years.

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