Wednesday, January 7, 2004

New NC Mountain Made Website Yesterday, for the first time in a couple of months, I attended the monthly Heritage Tourism Roundtable meeting in Andrews, NC. This meeting is held the first Tuesday of each month from 10:00 am until approximately 2:00 pm at the St. Andrews Lutheran Church. I enjoyed seeing friends and catching up on what's happening in the four western-most counties of North Carolina and on the progress we're making for promoting heritage tourism in our area. One of the guests at the meeting was Ben Utley, a lifelong educator who is now residing in western North Carolina. He annouced the upcoming debut of NCMtnMade.com, "A Heritage Database of authentic music, authors, storytellers, and handmade arts/crafts of Western North Carolina." If you'd like to be informed of what's happening at this site, there is a preview page up and running and you can subscribe to their mailing list to be informed when it goes live. Ben has some great ideas about promoting our heritage of fine art, crafts, toys, music and food, and I'd like to send my best wishes for success with this project. 5:21:10 AM    comment []

12th Annual Culinary Showcase Received from David Trout: As the Chairperson of the Culinary Showcase Task Force, I would like to invite you to attend the Asheville Area Chamber's best event. Enjoy the finest in food and beverage from 30 of the area's best restaurants, resorts and wineries this Thursday, January 8 from 5:30 - 8:00 pm at the Grove Park Inn. And be sure to vote for the People's Choice BEST of SHOW. For tickets and more information, see the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber Events and Activities page. Hoping to see you there Dave Trout Mutual of Omaha 5:02:46 AM    comment []