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PEAK Award for Organization of the Year, 2014
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Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
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Featured on Good Morning America’s 7 Wonders of America in 2008
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# 1 paid tourist attraction in Alabama, 2014
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Voted Favorite Local Attraction in Valley Planet, 2014
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Awarded ConventionSouth’s Reader’s Choice Award for a convention venue, 2012
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A+ rating by the Better Business Bureau, 2015
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Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association Attraction of the Year, 2014
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Received $1,098,000 in grants from NASA, Appalachian Regional Commission and the Smithsonian Lemelson Center in 2014
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Dr. Deborah Barnhart, CEO of the USSRC, received the Honeywell Hometown Heroes Award in January, 2015.