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sion, bed linens and towels. Upgraded accommodations include those featuring hot tubs, saunas, spas, game rooms and home theater systems. "Silver" cabins have indoor swimming pools,whileChaletVillage has a clubhouse pool that all guests can access. Some of the cabins are pet-friendly. For visitors who want to stay connected during their Smoky Mountain retreat, Timber Tops offers some cabins Virginia's oldest museum is found on the campus of VIRGINIA the historically Black Hampton University. Hampton's Virginia Air & Space Center includes an exhibit on Tuskegee Airmen, and there is more history to explore at the Hampton History Museum, the Mariners' Museum and the Casemate Museum at Fort Monroe. In the capital city of Richmond, some of the most sig- nificant Black heritage sites are in Jackson Ward. Visitors to this historic neighborhood can tour the Black History NORFOLK Norfolk's Granby Street Food Tour and Historic Ghent Food Tour, part of a tourism program called Coastal Food Tours of Virginia, offer a great chance to sample some local delicacies while you're in town. If you have a taste for art, you can watch a glassblow- ing demonstration at the Chrysler Museum Glass Studio, which opened in November 2011 next to the Chrysler Museum ofArt.The museum houses a major collection of with free unlimited long distance phone service and hi- speed or wireless Internet. Dollywood theme park is close to the Timber Tops office in Pigeon Forge. Other things to do in the sur- rounding area include cruising through Cades Cove Lop, exploring Forbidden Caverns and hunting for local arts and crafts. Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and view a stat- ue of Richmond native Bill "Bojangles" Robinson that stands next to city's first traffic light, a gift from the enter- tainer. A Gallery Walk at the Virginia Historical Society features exhibits on the Civil Rights Movement and the role of African-Americans in the Civil War. The list of recreational and sightseeing attractions in the Commonwealth includes Hampton's Buckroe Beach, Shenandoah National Park, Luray Caverns and the 343- mile Virginia Creeper Trail. photography chronicling the Civil Rights Movement and one of the nation's largest collections of Tiffany-blown glass. It also has space for group events. TheAttucks Theatre, named for theAfrican-American Revolutionary War hero Crispus Attucks, is another option for an offsite venue. The Norfolk Scope arena, with 85,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, is one of several participants in the city'sWaterside Convention Connection, a hospitality alliance that facili- DYNAMC. DIVERSE. DIS TINCT DYNAMIC. DIVERSE. DISTINCTI T.. Norfolk combines the perfect blend of business and pleasure, with hotels and meeting venues minutes from the city's top-notch restaurants, shopping and entertainment. With a vibrant and history-rich waterfront, Norfolk offers something new and fresh - the ability to connect and succeed at an affordable price. Norfolk is your distinct meeting destination. 60 visitnorfolktoday.com 1-800-368-3097 Black Meetings & Tourism May/June 2012: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com