The Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival, held this year on June 10 and 11 at Harmon Field in Tryon, NC, has grown to be one of the finest food festivals in the country. Interestingly, one of the main reasons for this is that it’s not just about food. One component that helps sets the event apart from other outdoor food festivals is its outstanding arts and crafts show, the Foothills Arts & Craft Festival.
The City of Asheville is seeking submittals from qualified developers to develop a City-owned parcel located at 338 Hilliard Ave., currently in use but due to be vacated by the City’s Parks Maintenance Facility by Jan. 1, 2017.
Mountain BizWorks (MBW) has selected 17 small businesses in the region with strong potential for growth and job creation, their largest group yet, to participate in the fourth cohort of ScaleUp WNC, which begins Friday, June 10.
BERNINA of America, the premier manufacturer of sewing, embroidery and quilting machines, is pleased to announce that Asheville Cotton Co., a BERNINA Dealer in Asheville, N.C., will host its sixth annual Customer Quilt Show May 23- June 4, 2016.
Haywood Regional Health & Fitness is hosting free annual sports physicals on Thursday, May 26.
May 21, 2016. The Asheville Hockey League’s travel team, Asheville Mountaineers, won first place in the 14U division at the Echo Travel Lite Inline Hockey Tournament Series Finals in Snellville, Ga. The tournament, which brought together teams from the Atlanta area, Gainesville and Jacksonville, Fla., Asheville, N.C., and Nashville, Tenn., took place April 23-24.
Over 150 residents of North Asheville neighborhoods have joined together to form Citizens for Responsible Land Use (CRLU), an organization focused on promoting sustainable land use policies in undeveloped steep slope areas of Killian and Reynolds Mountains.
Books for Good, an all-volunteer nonprofit organization in Fletcher that sells items to benefit donor-specified charities, is holding its Summer Reading Sale on Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. More than 50,000 adult and children’s books, CDs, and DVDs will be available at a 25 percent discount, except for gift cards. Sale hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
The YMCA of Western North Carolina will host its 13th annual Hula Invitational swim meet Friday, May 27, through Sunday, May 29, 2016. Two hundred and fifty swimmers from throughout the Southeast—including ten YMCA teams—will compete at Asheville’s Recreation Park Pool, located at 69 Gashes Creek Road. Competitors will have the opportunity to meet qualification standards for state, regional, and national level competitions.
The 17th season of Tryon’s most popular summer event – Summer Tracks – kicks off on Friday, May 27 with Bayou Diesel. The show begins at 7 p.m. in Rogers Park.
With episode #26 on May 31st, 2016, Stu Helm “The Food Fan” and Chef Joe Scully will celebrate the one year anniversary of their twice-monthly podcast AVL FOOD FANS!
The local student chose the Wood Thrush as her project focus, and designed an event to raise funds and awareness about the threats to this beloved bird due to climate change. Proceeds raised from the silent auction and donations will go to the local Elisha Mitchell Audubon Society and the Cloud Forest School in Central America to help the Wood Thrush.
The state’s seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate was 5.4 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from March’s revised rate. The national rate remained unchanged at 5.0 percent.
Less than two weeks remain before the May 31st application deadline for Program 35 of UNC Asheville’s Leadership Asheville, the region’s foremost community leadership development program, serving the region since 1982.
The West Asheville stalwart Tastee Diner has been in business since the 1940s and not much has changed. However, a new owner means its popular breakfast will be phased out and in its place there will be lunch and dinner options.
For the first time in the team’s history, UNC Asheville’s Men’s Ultimate Frisbee Club Team is heading to the D-III National Championship Tournament.
For the first time in its 70 year history, Asheville Community Theatre will present the musical La Cage Aux Folles, the Tony-award winning musical on which Robin Williams’ hit movie The Birdcage was based.
As the proud home the official North Carolina State Dog, the Plott Hound, Haywood County is gearing up for the 5th Annual PlottFest as it tracks it’s way back to the Maggie Valley Fair Grounds June 18-19th, 2016. The Plott Family, who settled in Haywood County by way of Germany in the early 1800’s, have developed and bred the Plott Hound for over 200 years.
UNC Asheville will be one of five colleges and universities in North Carolina to carry out a “facing project” beginning this fall, examining a community issue through the collection and sharing of individual stories.
Veterans Healing Farm was recently awarded a Corporate Mission Fund Grant from Carolina Farm Credit. It plans to use the funds to purchase and install storage shed to house equipment. The mission of the Veterans Healing Farm is to aid veterans reintegrating into civilian life by growing produce, raising farm animals, and conducting seminars on holistic health and sustainability.
The Asheville Police Department has charged Kyle Andrew Richardson, 27, of Columbus, Ohio with Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon. He is currently in custody at the Buncombe County Detection under a $100,000 secured bond.
