UC Selected as One of Nine Swing Spots
To celebrate West Virginia’s 159th birthday, the WV Department of Tourism picked nine of the “most Instagramable spots across West Virginia” to place handcrafted, larger-than-life Almost Heaven swings.
One of the nine spots selected was the University of Charleston’s campus, where visitors can enjoy a gorgeous view of the Capitol from one of the swings, located near the Boathouse on campus. They can even find a special note from the state’s First Dog, as Babydog added her paw prints in the concrete at the base of the swing when Governor Jim Justice and Babydog stopped by during construction of the UC swing.
As a pilot project, swings were placed in a scenic location or overlook in each of the state’s nine travel regions. The swing sites were strategically positioned after analyzing over 100,000 social media posts from across the state to find some of West Virginia’s most beloved vistas.
The WV Department of Tourism teamed up with students at Nicholas County Career and Technical Center to build the nine supersized wooden swing sets and students from the Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy installed the swings.
Learn more from the full release from the Governor’s office: