Children First/Communities in Schools & The Junior League of Asheville host an annual educational field trip for adults around a relevant community issue. This year’s topic is the importance of High Quality Early Childhood Education in Buncombe County. MAY 11–FREE Breakfast: Economic Impact of Childcare in Buncombe County 8.15-9.15 a.m. at The Asheville Chamber of [...]
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Economic Impact of Childcare: May 11
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, Buncombe County, Child Watch Tour, early childcare, economic development, jobs on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Asheville Culture Draws Jobs + Support for (more) Greenways
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Connect Buncombe, greenways, New Belgium Brewery on April 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
New Belgium Brewery is moving to Beer City USA. This is wonderful for beer enthusiasts, our job market, as well as our greenway initiatives, like Connect Buncombe. Connect Buncombe is the advocacy group for connecting our county with trails and paths so that we can get to our destinations safely without getting in a vehicle, [...]
Ice Cream for Greenways! Ultimate Ice Cream!
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Asheville, Connect Buncombe, county-wide greenways, I Scream for Greenways, Ultimate Ice Cream on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I Scream, you scream, we all scream for….Greenways!! Ultimate Ice Cream is supporting county-wide greenways development with ice cream! “I Scream for Greenways!” Ice Cream campaign is in support for Connect Buncombe’s “Greenways, Please” initiative. Each month one ice cream at Ultimate Ice Cream will be tagged as “I Scream for Greenways!” to help [...]
Farm Girl Seed Selection Tips
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Farm Girl, local seeds, no GMO, Spring Seed Selection on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s supposed to be 70 degrees today and that has gotten a lot of people thinking about Spring plantings! Farm Girl is a great local landscape and garden design business that has offered this advice for seed purchases. Check them out for help! SEED SELECTION FARMGIRL STYLE I LOVE selecting seeds for the new growing [...]
Exhibit: Torqued & Twisted
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged art exhibit, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Torqued and Twisted on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design hosts Torqued & Twisted, an exhibition exploring the work of nine furniture makers and sculptors who use the technique of bending wood in innovative, unusual and eloquent ways. Feb. 10 – June 29, 2012 Wood bending is typically accomplished through one of three approaches—steaming, laminating or greenwood bending. Steaming [...]
Smile for Greenways: Show ‘em you want ‘em
Posted in Community Development, Education & Knowledge Sharing, Pollinate Collaborations Project, tagged Asheville, Buncombe County, Connect Buncombe, greenways, making greenways happen, photo campaign, Please on January 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Stephanie Morgan from Asheville-based band stephanies id wants to “Turn off her cell phone” on a greenway Imagine: bike from Asheville to Black Mountain, run from Woodfin to the River Arts District, okay? Awesome. You can make this happen. I can make this happen. Your business, your family, your friends can make this happen, simply [...]
LEAF: Call for Artists
Posted in Arts & Thoughts Artistic, Education & Knowledge Sharing, tagged Asheville, Leaf call for artists; Leaf Festival on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
LEAF: CALL FOR ARTISTS! The Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is calling all handcraft artists to apply for our 2012 Festivals! 55 exhibitors/festival will be chosen by jury, open to all media. Booth Fee: $360 Spring Festival Dates – May 10-13 Fall Festival Dates – Oct 18-21 LEAF is an award-winning non-profit Music [...]
