sentences:  The Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is a nonprofit organization classified as a 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service.The Foundation was created in 1997 by Dr. Houck Medford, to raise private funding for the Blue Ridge Parkway, one of the most visited units of the National Park system.In 2018, the Blue Ridge Parkway welcomed more than 14 million visitors.