State Representative Phillip Frye helped speed up the permit process for a new dam at Wildcat lake in Banner Elk. The lake has been dry for two years while officials tried to get permits. Now with the proper permits, the lake could be filled as soon as this summer.
The spring home-buying season has arrived–except things are quite different from years past. While many economists believe house prices still have further to fall, there’s little doubt it’s become a buyer’s market, with buyers gaining leverage that was unthinkable during the boom and the long run-up in prices.
Charlie’s was crowned Chili Challenge champion in the restaurant division at the recent Blowing Rock Winterfest in January
A great place to eat, Sledgehammer Charlie’s Smokehouse and Grill is at one of the newest restaurants on to the miracle mile of restaurants along Blowing Rock’s bypass of U.S. 321.
For buyers with good credit and healthy bank accounts, a million dollars buys a lot more home than it did a few years ago.
Read the article from Yahoo Finance or look at homes priced 0ver $1 million in the High Country.
Boone Point, The new mixed use development on the 105 ext. will be 40k square ft and offer 10 condominiums above several businesses such as a Cold Stone Creamery. The project began last September and is scheduled for completion this fall.
A group of Boone citizens known as the ABC Taskforce is gearing up for an attempt to bring liquor by the drink to the restaurants of Boone. Spearheaded by Boone Saloon co-owner Stephen Sinanian, the group is currently testing the popularity of a potential referendum that would put liquor by the drink on the ballot later this year. Boone residents have not voted on liquor by the drink since the mid 1990s.
“I represent a group of business owners and professors who are interested in pursuing the feasibility of liquor by the drink,” said Sinanian. “We’re going around to different groups such as the DBDA and the Boone Chamber of Commerce, just to feel out how the town is going to receive the idea of having a mixed beverage referendum. So far we’ve gotten positive feedback.”
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UPDATE:
Boone Council Schedules Public Hearing on Mixed Beverages for April 24
The council agreed to a public hearing on Thursday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom in the Watauga County Administration Building.
In 2007 there were 403 building permit applications. This number is an increase of 67 permits from a year ago (+20%) and 167 permits from 2005 (+70%).
The US Airways Magazine did a great feature on Boone and Blowing Rock in the January issue. Here’s a link to the article , which is comprised of 10 PDF’s (below)
Stoneman Slept Here; Author Takes Readers Along the Unions Needless ... Boone Mountain Times With Boone neutralized, Stoneman decided to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains and move to Wilkesboro, about 50 miles away, thus moving out of the High Country. ... |
Coming Soon: High Speed Internet Connections For Skyline Members Boone Mountain Times That award will help provide fiber to the premises access to Ashe and Alleghany counties as well as Shady Valley, Tenn. Skyline Chief Executive Officer ... |
Sweet Treats to Flow from Waterfall Farm Boone Mountain Times While North Carolina isn't the first place you would think of for syrup production, the High Country has something very special that makes the collection of ... |
Notes of Interest Boone Mountain Times The Ashe County Arts Council will sponsor Art on the Mountain on Sept. 25. We invite artists to participate in this sale and show. Join other High Country ... |
Employers are more optimistic Wilkes Journal Patriot Over 22 percent of business owners in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga and Yancey counties are expecting to hire new workers in ... |
Find more businesses on Boone Mountain Times For more information on the High Country Beer Fest, or to purchase tickets online, visit www.hcbeerfest.com. Carolina Breweries include Boone Brewing Co., ... |
The Kudzu Cometh Boone Mountain Times Roess contacted Meghan Baker, an agent for the North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Watauga County, to find out if kudzu had previously been a problem in ... |
High Country Unemploment Dips Slightly Go Blue Ridge (blog) Watauga's rate dropped two-tenths of a percent to 7.4%, while Avery and Ashe figures showed drops of one-tenth of a percent. Ashe unemployment dropped to ... |
On the Same Page Announces Authors and Events for Fall Literary Festival in ... PR Newswire (press release) Ashe County is located in the High Country of northwestern North Carolina and West Jefferson is its largest town. These websites provide information, ... |
 Appalachian State University | Appalachian's “BIG Sale” draws big crowds Appalachian State University Since then recipients have included Watauga 4-H, Legal Aid of North Carolina, High Country Amigos and Hospice. In later years, funding from the sale ... |
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