Archive for September, 2008

Lights out on Reynolds Mountain

Monday, September 29th, 2008

This past May, the town of Woodfin implemented a new Dark-Sky ordinance that created a more stringent set of rules for all outdoor lighting within city limits.  With the construction of Reynolds Village currently underway, this was a perfect opportunity for Woodfin to not only improve the quality of the night sky, but also to [...]

Fall foliage reports, fall colors around Asheville

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

starting to change
Taken 9/28/08
By Bill in Ash Vegas

The leaf turning has begun!  The color looks like it is coming strong and early even though its just begun.
Collection of leaf turning and fall foliage reports for Asheville and Western North Carolina:

Leaf reports on the Foliage Network

Changing colors from Explore Asheville, the official Asheville area tourism site.

Reports [...]

Collection of Asheville Real Estate Market Reports

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Our hunt for the perfect Asheville market report continues. If you have one to add to this list, leave mention of it in a comment.
Here is my list of ingredients for a perfect market report:

Compares like time periods a year apart
Is limited in geographic scope to our area
Includes price ranges, units sold, appreciation rate, time [...]

Video: Asheville Economic Outlook meeting from July 2008

Saturday, September 6th, 2008

Better late than never.  I found a video of the presentation about the Asheville economic outlook that was reported widely in local media last month. If you missed the meeting (like me) but wished you hadn’t, well, here’s your chance. It was recorded by Jeff Link, an Asheville realtor, and the video is [...]