Ua hauʻoli ʻo Areas USA i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ua hāʻawi ʻia i kahi ʻaelike 15 makahiki e hana i ʻekolu mau plaza huakaʻi West Virginia Parkway a me hoʻokahi hale ʻai meaʻai ma kekahi o nā ala nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Kuhi ʻia ka ʻaelike e loaʻa ma kahi o $272 miliona ma ka loaʻa kālā ma luna o ka manawa o ka ʻaelike ʻoiai e hoʻohana ana i nā haneli o nā kamaʻāina kūloko.
Hōʻike ka ʻaelike i kahi hui ma waena o Areas a me West Virginia Parkways Authority. ʻO ka hana a ka WVA Parkways Authority e hana a mālama i ka West Virginia Turnpike me ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi. Hāʻawi ia no ke kūkulu ʻana, hoʻomohala, a mālama ʻia i nā mile 88 o nā alanui interstate i lilo i West Virginia Turnpike.
Aia nā plaza huakaʻi ʻekolu a me ka hale ʻai meaʻai ma ke Alanui 77 kahi kokoke i 37 miliona mau kaʻa holo i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Ke hele nei ke ala ma ke alahele he 88 mile ka lōʻihi o West Virginia, e holo like ana me ka New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
E hoʻolilo nā wahi ma luna o $15 miliona i loko o ka papahana a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2023, e hoʻolālā hou ʻia kēlā me kēia wahi e hōʻike ana i nā mea hana hou e hoʻopuni ana i ka nani kūlohelohe a puni.
E hoʻokipa ʻia nā huakaʻi e nā mea kaulana e like me Starbucks, Wendy's, Popeye's, a me Firehouse Subs. Eia kekahi, ʻo kēlā me kēia wahi e hōʻike ana i nā hale kūʻai huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Mountain State Market o Areas e hāʻawi ana i kahi manaʻo maoli o kahi me nā mea hoʻolālā kūlohelohe, hana kiʻi kūloko, a me nā makana mea hana mai ke kaiāulu a puni. I loko o nā mahina mahana, e hoʻokipa ʻo Areas i nā mākeke mahiʻai e hōʻike ana i nā ʻoihana kūloko a me nā mea hoʻokani pila e hōʻike i ka makana eclectic mai West Virginia Mountains.
Hoʻoikaika nā wahi e lilo i ʻāpana o ka lole o kēlā me kēia kaiāulu āna e lawelawe ai ma o ka launa pū ʻana me nā hui kaiaulu kūloko. Hoʻopili kēia i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā manawa hana ma o ka papahana "Second Chance Act", a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi papahana hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻolimalima me ka New River Community and Technical College a me ka papahana ProStart Restaurant Management no nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i ke koho kūleʻa o Areas, ʻo ia ka mea hou i nā palapala kūʻai, ka nānā ʻana i nā hoʻonā ʻenehana hou, a me kahi kahua lawelawe mea kūʻai aku ikaika e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ka hema. E hui pū nā wahi me ka West Virginia Tourism Commission a me ka West Virginia Hospitality and Travel Association no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hoʻolālā kālepa mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokuʻāina. Na kēia hui e hōʻoia i ka pili mau ʻana o nā Areas a pili pū me ke kaiāulu kūloko i ke ola o 15 makahiki.
"He alakaʻi kaulana ʻo Areas USA i nā hana plaza huakaʻi, a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli i ka hui pū ʻana me ka WV Turnpike i nā hana o kā mākou papa honua e hiki mai ana," wahi a Jeff Miller, ka luna hoʻokele o West Virginia. Mana Alanui Paka. "Ma o ke kaʻina hana hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ua waiho ʻia nā wahi i kahi noi e kūpono loa i kā mākou ʻike no ka mea a mākou e makemake ai e hāʻawi aku i nā mea kaʻa a me nā poʻe e hele ana i ko mākou alanui a kipa i kā mākou mau hale hana. Mai nā manaʻo meaʻai koʻikoʻi a hiki i nā manaʻo ʻai waho a me kā lākou manaʻo no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi mākeke Mountain State, hauʻoli nui mākou i ko lākou hui pū ʻana me mākou i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea a mākou e manaʻo ai he ʻike lawelawe papa mua ʻoiai e apo ana a hōʻike i nā mea āpau a WV e hāʻawi ai. .”
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ke kaiāulu ʻo West Virginia a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka nani o ka Mountain State," wahi a Carlos Bernal, Luna Nui o Areas USA. "E hālāwai nā malihini i kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa i waiwai i ka hoʻoilina kūloko ma nā plaza huakaʻi ʻekolu. Mai nā wahi o waho e hōʻike ana i nā mākeke o nā mahiʻai, nā hōʻikeʻike hana, a me nā hiʻohiʻona pop-up kūloko i nā hōʻailona aupuni kaulana a me nā manaʻo kūloko. ʻO kēia mau plaza he mau wahi no ka hoʻoulu ʻana akā no ka hoʻolaʻa hou ʻana, hoʻomaha, a hoʻomākaukau no ka huakaʻi ma mua.
