WELCOME TO rhOdE isLand's Blackstone Valley ThE bEsT Way TO ExpEriEnCE bLaCksTOnE VaLLEy is by bECOMing a LOCaL! A warm welcome to Rhode Island's diverse; the food is comforting and We know that Blackstone Valley. Thank you for excitingly foreign. considering a visit to our community you'll find our restaurants, museums, esses and of neighborhoods, villages, towns and attractions, small busin cities. accommodations welcoming and Our story begins with the Native enjoyable. American tribes that traversed our Our centerpiece is the Blackstone River. rivers and streams for centuries prior It has shaped the landscape and led to our first English settler’s arrival, the to the distinctive culture that you find Reverend William Blackstone. Here here. I invite you to experience this began our country’s economic rise important river valley by kayak, boat, with the birth of America's Industrial on foot or bicycle. Further, I hope you’ll Revolution on the banks of the enjoy the information you find in this Blackstone River, with Samuel Slater's guide and visit our entire Blackstone arrival. Today, we have shifted our River Valley National Heritage Corridor work to post-industrial improvements, and our beautiful Rhode Island. highlighting environmental sustainability Please tell me about your visitor to improve our lifestyle and landscape. experience. It will be my pleasure Blackstone Valley is a place of similarities to send a complimentary official and differences. The Valley is urban and Blackstone Valley t-shirt to five visitors rural; it's American-made and proudly who respond. dr. robert billington, prEsidEnT Blackstone Valley Tourism Council [email protected] 2 TOuRBlACkSTONE.COm