North Carolina Heat Map from Trulia
Here is an interesting heat map of housing trends & activity in North Carolina.
What to Look for When Buying Vacant Land
Acquiring a parcel on which to build is as American as it gets, a birthright dating back to the days of land rushes and “Go west, young man!” The practice has clear advantages: Custom building means having total control over every aspect of a house, from the foundation to the flooring to the views.
Interested in Living Off the Grid?
Alternative energy is the big buzz term these days, but how practical is it to create energy from the sun, wind and water? If you want to get up to speed on the current practices, products, prices and feasibility of creating your own energy, the Western North Carolina Renewable Energy Initiative at Appalachian has a course—or two or three or four—just for you coming up this spring and summer.
Parkway Center opens April 14
Visitor facilities along the Blue Ridge Parkway will open for the season beginning in April. A grand opening for the new Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center will be April 14.
The concession at Mount Pisgah will open on Thursday, weather permitting. The Parkway Craft Center at the Moses Cone Memorial Park near Blowing Rock began operations on March 15.
Highway 321, postponed until 2009
Completion of the widening of U.S. 321 from Lenoir to Blowing Rock likely won’t come until spring 2009, more than six months behind schedule, transportation officials said Monday.
Officials want to extend Boone Greenway to Todd
The Watauga County Tourism Development Authority is exploring a regional trail-mapping project that’s designed to capitalize on the tourism value of scenery and outdoor recreation.
Wilson Creek property sold to conservancy
A large swath of property along Wilson Creek that had been considered for development last year has been sold to a non-profit, regional land trust with the purpose of turning it over for state management.
Land Fraud Scheme linked to Avery
A proposed gravel mine in Avery county has caught the attention of state regulators because of its ties to a multimillion-dollar real estate collapse in nearby Mitchell County.
The collapse of the Penland project, in Mitchell county, left dozens of investors owing banks more than $100 million on mountain property worth a fraction of that amount.
