tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43788801736095536692024-02-06T20:34:15.991-08:00Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce BlogThe Blowing Rock Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748293730671015395noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378880173609553669.post-28538884753706352322022-10-06T12:52:00.000-07:002022-10-06T12:52:22.780-07:00Weekly Village Update 10.06.22<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-478" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-214" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753593-333" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-896" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--heading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-109" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Upcoming Meetings & Events</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-974" style="background-color: white; color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-366" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-612" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Meet The Candidates Forum</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 6th @ 5:00 - 9:00pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last</span><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;"> Music on the Lawn</span><span style="color: black;"> - Inn at Ragged Garden - Oct 7th @ 5:30pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Fall Festival @ Blowing Rock School</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 8th @ 11am - 3pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Sugar Mountain Octoberfest</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 8 & 9 @ 10am - 5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Blessing of the Animals - Rumple Memorial</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 9th @ 2pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 11 @ 6pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;">Ribbon Cutting - Lantern Farm</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 12 @ 4:30pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">A Simple Gesture Food Bag Pick-Up</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 14th - Morning Pick-up</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours @ Blowing Rock Brewing Co.</span><span style="color: black;"> -</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #5e81ca; font-weight: bold;">October 20</span><span style="color: black;"> @ 5:30 - 7:00pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Watauga County Humane Society Christmas Sale</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 22 @ 10am - 2pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Town of Seven Devils Spooky Trunk or Treat</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 28th @ 4 - 6pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Town of Blowing Rock Halloween Festival </span><span style="color: black;">- October 29th @ 3pm - 8:30pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Trick or Treat Festival at Tanger Outlets</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 31st @ 5pm - 7pm</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661458239669-367" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661458239816-675" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661458239944-054" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-264" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-473" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-807" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">2023 Business After Hours</span><span style="font-size: 26px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Now is the time to submit an application to host a BAH event for 2023. These events are very popular so apply now to reserve a date that works best for you.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">The purpose of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is to provide networking opportunities for our members, giving business owners a chance to meet one another and to discuss issues relevant to their businesses and the community. The Chamber strongly encourages member-to-member business whenever possible, making these events a critical part of keeping in contact with other members.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Hosting a Business After Hours gives you the chance to showcase your business/organization to the business community. These events are typically scheduled for the 3rd Tuesday of each month, March through November (except July). Hours are 5:30pm – 7:00pm.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/a1893eb0-14bc-408a-aa7d-d08debe6f0c5.docx?rdr=true" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Frequently Asked Questions</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665063080388-538" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665063080530-946" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665063080667-351" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#cc9933" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cc9933; border-radius: 5px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/445a9cb3-6aa7-4fbc-bfb1-32d0a51fd3c5.docx?rdr=true" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Application</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665076210858-347" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665076211020-778" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665063057576-255" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e94c3a; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The application deadline is November 15, 2022.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">If you are interested in hosting a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours in</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">2023</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">, contact Cathy Barker at the Chamber at </span><a href="mailto:Cathy@BlowingRock.com" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cathy@BlowingRock.com</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;"> or call 828-295-7851.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The First Word is Business!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664473945170-483" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664473945320-199" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664473945460-117" style="table-layout: fixed; 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font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 42px;">Save the Date</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – 11:30am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">At Appalachian State University’s</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">Grandview Ballroom</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">(North End of the ASU Football Stadium)</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">Registration & Networking will</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">begin at 11:30am and the program</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 18px;">will begin at noon.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 17px;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 21px; font-weight: bold;">$35 per person *</span><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejdu1ahbe0bd2105" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">RSVP required (click here)</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663269064769-494" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663269064888-462" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663269064995-352" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">It's A Triple Chamber Ribbon Cutting Celebration</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Wilkes, Blowing Rock and Ashe County Chambers of Commerce</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665083718877-251" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665083719036-520" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665083684932-235" style="table-layout: fixed; 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border-radius: 4px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://wilkeschamber.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register?cid=30X83u24z852G74u0A334nN8Y80lB181526BPLpF9R4B90e1088958p64CJ28c5O" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">RSVP</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1665083684932-042" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665083684932-611" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665083684932-617" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665083684932-851" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline;">LOCATION</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">GoogleMaps </span><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/dir/36.1627648,-81.1532288/lantern+farms/@36.2292087,-81.6068471,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x8851016b48094041:0x88de1443813d31b6!2m2!1d-81.4354779!2d36.2653283" style="color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/dir/36.1627648,-81.1532288/lantern+farms/@36.2292087,-81.6068471,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x8851016b48094041:0x88de1443813d31b6!2m2!1d-81.4354779!2d36.2653283</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Doe Meadows Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">In Ashe County - Look for Corn Maze and Pumpkins </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Phone 1-(828)-278-9805</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665083690928-432" style="color: black; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="222" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--3 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665081905414-846" style="width: 209px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665081905559-312" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b0d84edc-6493-4fc1-93f2-d7481fa5e19e.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="128" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665081784641-257" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665081784797-286" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665081784946-708" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Thank you</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> to all of you who volunteered for the Blowing Rock Chamber Community Cleanup today. We had a great time and the weather was perfect!!!!</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">A big shout out to</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #c03e30; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Chick-fil-A</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> and</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #315fc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Food Lion</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> for sponsoring lunch and also to </span><span style="color: #258d23; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Peak Sanitation</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> for providing our trash container this week for our Town cleanup efforts.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1665082045397-387" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665082045555-639" style="width: 330px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665082045709-331" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/94252246-4b26-4811-b588-0215482b1411.jpg" style="display: block; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; 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The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664463181701-223" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8780efad-dce0-4984-9dcb-0c535f009254.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="234" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664463181701-774" style="width: 356.5px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664463181701-122" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="left" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">hello fall! my mountain home welcomes October with 1st Friday Fun!</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday - October 7th starting @ noon</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We're celebrating FALL with Apple themed Sangria & Savories by Sarah</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> 🍁</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Join us Saturday for our </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Artist on the Front Porch. Featuring our very own Cindy Willman </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">- come see the wonderful pieces originally created for Art in the Park ... as always, Cindy is available for commissions including landscapes and pet portraits! </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Also! Starting </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">now through Sunday, October 9th, please enjoy 20% off one in store item of choice! </span><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">**please tell us you received this email when checking out!** </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Lots of new arrivals and 'back in stocks'! </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665064224562-833" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665064224708-670" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1665064224850-078" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1665065066710-198" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1665065066709-776" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665065066709-974" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665065066709-740" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/045be087-32f7-4d26-af8c-0fa45d17dca1.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="296" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665065066709-823" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665065066709-937" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">Put on your Lederhosen or your dirndl and head to Sugar Mountain Resort</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 8 & 9 - 10am - 5pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Take in the beautiful fall foliage, cool, comfortable mountain temperatures, and a weekend full of festival activities from 10 am until 5 pm each day. Be sure to bring the kids because the event is for the whole family.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Live Music</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Bavarian Food & Drink</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Arts & Crafts</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Bavarian Costume Contest</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Avery County Cloggers</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Chairlift Rides</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://oktoberfest.skisugar.com/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664305863569-900" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664305863693-913" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664305863814-527" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-118" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-269" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-528" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-188" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b22af1a0-cd23-4af9-a758-8e986ae01f84.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="306" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-846" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664306930430-828" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Lantern Farm Maze and Pumpkin Picking Experience</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Join us from mid September to late October and enjoy autumn along the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Halloweentime fall event. This year we have a 4 acre corn maze and a pumpkin patch that has been approved by the Great Pumpkin himself.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-505" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661978134411-947" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978134551-263" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661978134691-175" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-118" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-247" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-015" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-264" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/ef0e7161-bba3-49d1-909b-6be628703074.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="311" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-886" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-168" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Festival of Trees Designer Recruitment</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Designer Recruitment for themed trees & wreaths is underway for the 2022 Festival of Trees, presented by Western Youth Network and the Leslie Eason Real Estate Team with Keller Williams! Large and small trees are hosted in public locations in Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U9pn2QNePi7MAH1ZklCOhVOpD3T3hz3Lxx0_mL6kVyQ/edit" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Designer Registration</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is quick & simple - sign up today! $ponsorships are also welcome. Contact </span><a href="mailto:fot.wyn@gmail.com" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">fot.wyn@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> for more information.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970093195-992" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970093327-331" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661964840216-972" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-548" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--2-column layout--divided" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-089" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-133" style="background-color: white; width: 300px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-624" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/00838304-bb35-492c-9245-f5ba14988814.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="171" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-816" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Buskers Fest 2022</span></p><h2 align="center" style="color: #606d78; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 14px;">A First Friday Art Crawl Like No Other</span></h2><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday, October 7 @ 5:00 - 8:00pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">"Live it up!" and join us in Downtown Boone to experience the arts in action as you walk the streets visiting the galleries, shops, and restaurants.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Buskers Fest is a celebration of our eclectic creative community, and a nod to our town’s rich history of busking.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Buskers Fest offers attendees a chance to experience the arts as they walk along the streets of Boone from the Turchin Center all the way to Mellow Mushroom.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.watauga-arts.org/buskers.html#/" style="color: #48a199; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-749" style="background-color: white; width: 300px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-518" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/5b70f08d-887c-4d7d-bc67-039108a0dc3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="215" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-428" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Tommy Emanuel, C.G.P. to Perform in Boone</span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday, October 7 @ 7:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country is welcoming Australian native and award-winning recording artist </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Tommy Emmanuel, C.G.P. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">to the mountains for a live appearance and debut performance at its historic venue in downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The highly-anticipated concert </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">is part of the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mast Store Americana Music Series</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> on the Doc Watson Stage of the Appalachian Theatre. This series is an ongoing, year-round program of artists and events celebrating the genre unique to our country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.apptheatre.org/new-events/2022/7/6/tommyemmanuelcgp" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Information & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664311390924-720" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664311391060-358" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664311391197-845" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-834" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-758" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-416" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1662657345517-841" style="height: 22px; line-height: 22px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-080" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f8198299-f480-41f5-b58a-af71559112b5.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="275" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-266" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-385" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Next Pick-Up Date October 14th</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chamber is a collection point. Please stop in and pick up an empty bag to fill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A Simple Gesture makes it easy, convenient, and inexpensive to give food, and thus supplies a steady flow of food to our food banks and food pantries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/a-simple-gesture-1" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665063898250-251" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665063898430-152" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1665063898583-288" style="table-layout: fixed; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-502" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--2-column layout--divided" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-876" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-177" style="background-color: white; width: 300px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-775" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d0dfa227-5b4d-4f7f-9777-0b09f4569c83.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="216" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-022" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Ghost Train Continues</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a191a;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a191a; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Tweetsie's Ghost Train continues every Friday and Saturday night through October 29! </span></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Gates open at 7:30 pm and the park will remain open until 11:00 pm</span></li><li style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Some Ghost Train attractions are suitable for younger children, while others are recommended only for kids aged 8 and older.</span></li><li style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Reservations are utilized for rides on the Ghost Train- ride time is selected at time of ticket purchase.</span></li><li style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Advance ticket purchase is highly recommended as tickets are limited.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://tweetsie.com/special-events/ghost-train" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Full Details & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-738" style="background-color: white; width: 300px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-527" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3c2cd3ab-9ce9-4167-aadb-1448f96ddd9b.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="243" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665069455788-668" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Aliens Have Landed at</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Mystery Hill</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;">Now through October 31,</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;">Mystery Hill</span><span style="color: #1a191a;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">will feature two special weekend events! Visitors can enjoy the Alien Expo and Celebration Carnival attractions during the day, and the Attack on the Hill horror event after hours. Ticket options include attractions like the Space Cube Experience (escape room) and Intergalactic Alien Target Practice. This series is a great addition to spooky offerings this season!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://mysteryhill.com/autumn-alien-adventures/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Information & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665069465711-678" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665069465879-212" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1665069466057-112" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-323" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-788" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-537" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1665078221510-406" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-353" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b61f9f78-3148-48b6-abca-93ab695ffa02.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="264" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-356" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665068839373-213" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #de7127; font-size: 16px;">Town of Seven Devils Spooky</span></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #de7127; font-size: 16px;"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Trunk or Treat</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">October 28 @ 4 - 6pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Seven Devils Community Center</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">1356 Seven Devils Road, Seven Devils, NC 28604</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Come enjoy some fun and safe Trunk or Treating. We will be giving out candy bags and CANDY! Bring children 16 and under for a spooky time!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.sevendevils.net/trunkortreat" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1665068847880-127" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665068848038-502" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1665068848208-211" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-427" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-609" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-721" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1665071641864-455" style="height: 51px; line-height: 51px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-834" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/0d12b2bd-8b1a-4454-b607-fdb5bfe2addc.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="280" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-415" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1665067597939-887" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #de7127; font-size: 16px;">Town of Blowing Rock Halloween Festival</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #141827;">Join Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation for tons of FREE fun with a full afternoon of spooky activities! This is among the best Halloween events for kids of ALL ages. Memorial Park, located right in the middle of downtown, is the center for all the fun!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">3:00-5:30pm: </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Games</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">4:00-8:00pm: </span><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Hayrides Downtown</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2c2c2c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; 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Held on Appalachian's campus in the new Grandview Ballroom at Kidd Brewer Stadium, attendees will network with industry specialists, business leaders and develop partnerships with the Department of Computer Information Systems and its rising star students. All Proceeds from the event fund student scholarships in the Department of Computer Information Systems. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_HtJyPSN1JlgK6f1r3FFXVLf7Z7FKoKt/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #898622; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click for a copy of the Attendee Brochure</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652295401-631" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652295541-537" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662652295689-155" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CC9933" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cc9933; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://cis.appstate.edu/cyber-summit-2022/registration" style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Registration Now Open</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276544499-762" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276544629-542" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663276544760-768" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276553149-382" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276553271-610" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-859" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Savored Moments Travel is partnering with Turn It Up Consulting</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">for a Powerful Planning Mastermind Retreat, </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">November 10-14 at the Bend of Ivy Retreat Center in Marshall, NC.</span><span style="color: black;"> This incredible mastermind opportunity is being facilitated by Certified Neuro Coach and Mastermind Guru, Maelea Galyon. Maelea called the High Country home for several years before moving back home to Maryville, TN to be near family. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/db43d86a-8163-42da-8817-e30309fd362b.docx?rdr=true" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Full Press Release</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://powerfulplanning.info/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information and to Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-295" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-079" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-811" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-515" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/932d89c0-449a-4081-82aa-3c7fc6581b6f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="426" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-187" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-585" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-051" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663273865175-018" style="background-color: white; color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663866111491-292" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-043" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">N.C. Department of Transportation Requests Public Feedback</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is asking for public feedback on the Draft 10-Year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The STIP identifies the construction funding and schedule for transportation projects over a 10-year period. We invite the public to learn more and submit their feedback September 1 through October 28. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We need your help getting the word out. Public feedback is very important to us. Putting people first is a commonsense way to plan and design public infrastructure. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Please assist us in maximizing public outreach by forwarding this email or the attached flyer to your constituents, members, and/or staff. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The public can comment in the following ways: </span></p><ol style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Take an online survey on NCDOT’s public engagement website by October 28 at </span><a href="https://metroquestsurvey.com/ew73x" style="color: #315fc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">https://metroquestsurvey.com/ew73x</a><span style="color: #315fc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></li><li style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Submit comments online, by phone, or mail using the contact information associated with each county (</span><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/Transportation/stip/development/Pages/public-involvement.aspx" style="color: #315fc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">view here</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">) </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Attend a drop-in meeting (view dates and locations </span><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/Transportation/stip/development/Pages/public-involvement.aspx" style="color: #315fc3; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">)</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></li></ol><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Next Steps:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> Once the public comment period ends, NCDOT will review and address comments. This will help in the next round of project prioritization for the 2024-2033 STIP. We will also share feedback with the Board of Transportation. The Board is expected to approve the Final 2024-2033 STIP in Summer 2023.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Note: </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to participate. Anyone requiring special services can contact Simone Robinson at </span><a href="mailto:strobinson1@ncdot.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">strobinson1@ncdot.gov</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> or 919-707-6085 so that arrangements can be made. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request by calling 1-800-481-6494. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Now open: 2022 Small Business Credit Survey</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Federal Reserve Banks invite you to take our annual 10-minute survey of </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">small business owners and the self-employed</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">. This survey is designed to track small business conditions and capital needs across the nation. Your confidential answers provide critical information to service providers, policymakers, and lenders to improve programs that help businesses like yours thrive.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><a href="https://frb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_emJrBt1qbghCA3Y?Q_DL=yfJXflFLdNiuRvT_emJrBt1qbghCA3Y_CGC_p1pfEZQkbAz4Nkv&Q_CHL=email" style="color: #284fa1; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Take the survey by November 4, 2022</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px;">For more information about the survey and to see past reports, visit </span><a href="https://www.fedsmallbusiness.org/" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">FedSmallBusiness.org</a><span style="color: #cc9933; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664309458624-938" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 580px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664309534161-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b4033206-8588-43d6-956c-97d1c59f2667.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="436" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664309452533-716" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h1 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px;">SBA North Carolina District Office Seeks Nominations for</span></h1><h1 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px;">National Small Business Week 2023</span><span style="color: black;"></span></h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Do you or someone you know have what it takes to become America’s “Small Business Person of the Year” for 2023? If so, the </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3Y_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.9B-tSvymetj9A5HrncMh_2VLYL478xcYguifWYGkQVs/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">U.S. Small Business Administration</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> (SBA) wants to hear from you!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The SBA is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for the 2023 SBA Small Business Person of the Year and other National Small Business Week Awards. Visit the SBA’s dedicated website at </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.CKxAWvbpm_auxXA6pdiaTjolVO8Wv-7g2KrZEIFGgOw/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> to download forms, criteria, and guidelines for submitting a nomination. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">For the North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year, Exporter of the Year, 8(a) Graduate of the Year, Women's Business Center of the Year, and Small Business Development Center of the Year, the North Carolina District Office must receive all nominations by </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">electronic submission</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> ONLY to the District’s BOX account found at </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ._0jt6FPTRC4ujOtD9yEBV1mTemPgYN6qAFM01B4-EY0/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 8, 2022.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Additional nominations are being sought for disaster recovery, federal procurement and small business investment company of the year; those nominations are to be submitted via separate box accounts as indicated in </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.Fbh9EjvRd9dccNfYl1bWMBUk1Lfe_ezj5fpKfsG4RXs/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> .</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">To obtain additional information, please contact </span><a href="mailto:Eileen.Joyce@sba.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Eileen.Joyce@sba.gov</a><span style="color: black; 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During this deferment:</span></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">You may make voluntary </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zYmEuZ292L2Z1bmRpbmctcHJvZ3JhbXMvbG9hbnMvbWFrZS1wYXltZW50LXNiYT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkjc2VjdGlvbi1oZWFkZXItMiJ9.kXvHeTZ0adgiuyROIIwXcjva_bIA0fa_MXfPX6vyiSE/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">payments</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> without prepayment penalties</span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Interest will continue to accrue on your loan during the deferment</span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">If you do not make voluntary payments during the deferment, a final balloon payment will be due on your loan at maturity</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Create an account in SBA’s </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2Nhd2ViLnNiYS5nb3YvY2xzL2RzcF9sb2dpbi5jZm0_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.dMzegXQKOv-y1e6zkQzK9F0nJ3yQfXsO65cKv7SWXbk/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Capital Access Financial System (CAFS)</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> to monitor your loan status, there will also be a link to pay.gov so that you can make a payment. You must have a funded loan to access the CAFS system. </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zYmEuZ292L2RvY3VtZW50L3N1cHBvcnQtY2Fmcy1hY2NvdW50LWVucm9sbG1lbnQtYWNjZXNzLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1ib3Jyb3dlcnM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.N5s01vCHMKPiA4RAy742uK9tcfh88cn660YWRDLc1Yk/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Get account enrollment instructions</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">If you are in need of a copy of your loan closing documents you can contact the servicing center. For North Carolina the servicing center is the Birmingham Loan Servicing Center.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Birmingham Service Office </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Telephone: 800-736-6048 TTY: 711 </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Email:</span><a href="mailto:Bham.servicing@sba.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Bham.servicing@sba.gov</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Hours: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#294B93" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-158" style="background-color: #294b93; 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MBA Roofing was founded in 2007 in Lincolnton, North Carolina. We serve residential and commercial customers in Lincolnton, Hickory, Boone, Blowing Rock, Mooresville, Statesville, Taylorsville, and surrounding areas. We provide roofing repair, replacement, and new roofs for customers. We also install gutters and gutter guards for homes and businesses. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">At MBA Roofing, we are dedicated to providing our clients with excellent materials and craftsmanship. Our roofers/tradesmen are trained to meet our high standards and provide superior craftsmanship. We have continued to grow quickly because our customers are satisfied. They gladly refer us to family and friends who are considering re-roofing their home or having gutter guards installed. We keep our clients informed throughout the entire process. We are trustworthy, honest, and straightforward. We live by high standards and strive to provide top quality services in a timely and professional manner. We promise to never cut corners or cheapen the product.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Josh Elliott - Phone: 704-735-3922</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mbaroofing.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">mbaroofing.com</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664978293013-845" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664978293171-871" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664978293332-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-744" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-535" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-602" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663873853835-563" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-418" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f0f8b538-52ea-47c9-86ff-68a850f00a72.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="164" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-502" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-996" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Two Hoots Home Staging</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Our passion at Two Hoots Home Staging is taking your vision from ideas to reality. Inspired spaces do so much to enhance your living, as well as attract home buyers. We concentrate on creating a beautiful space for yourself or your potential buyer while providing functional, comfortable and fabulous homes that will remain classic for generations to come. We are client focused whether providing staging, interior styling/redesign or beautifying short-term rentals. Two Hoots is bonded, insured and certified. Serving the High Country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We look forward to seeing you soon!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">Tammy Walker & Trudy Fletcher - Phone: 828-434-0500</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.twohootshomestaging.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Two Hoots Home Staging Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-386" style="background-color: white; color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#EBE6E6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-322" style="background-color: #ebe6e6; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-852" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-862" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-442" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f9ac0f76-c023-4c4e-9cc7-7f1f18e0768a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="144" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-384" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-628" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Lantern Farm</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-484" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Lantern Farm Features: Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, and Christmas Trees.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We have something for every season. Lantern Farm aspires to provide only the highest quality products and build memories that will last a lifetime. Our goal is not only to create distinctive experiences but also to provide decor and apparel that you can be proud to own. Located in West Jefferson, come to play or to stay.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chad Belteau - Phone: 828-278-9805</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663257867446-540" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663257867560-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663257867681-703" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-348" style="color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-312" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-937" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-686" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aedda96f-a4ca-4504-bcbd-f27685aaab3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="191" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663266585836-698" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd713d15-162c-4d15-a1c3-4632a3c0ed5f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-463" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-318" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">The Victorian Inn Blowing Rock</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-932" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> offers quaint rooms and old-fashioned charm. Situated in the heart of lovely Blowing Rock, NC, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is your mountain home away from home. Stay for the night, or the week, and settle into the peaceful rhythms of southern mountain living.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Relax and escape the bustle of the city. We provide complimentary 100+ Mbps Wi-Fi, cable/premium TV, a mini-fridge, a coffee maker, microwave, spa bath products, a down comforter, and an electric fireplace in every room - you can stay as connected (or disconnected) as you please. Linger on the Rhododendron Deck or enjoy a glass of wine in the English Garden.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cameron Snyder</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-295-2172</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">242 Ransom Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://thevictorianinnblowingrock.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Victorian Inn Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-652" style="color: black; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-142" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-823" style="table-layout: fixed; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Artisan Market @ Tanger Outlets</span><span style="color: black;"> - Sept 30th - Oct 2nd</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Mining For A Purpose @ McCoy Minerals & Doc's Rocks</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 1st @9:30am-5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 1st @ 10am - 5pm </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">(Last one of the Season)</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Alair Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 2nd @ 3pm - 5pm</span></li><li style="color: #c03e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chamber Community Clean-Up - October 6 at 9:45am - Noon / Volunteers needed</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Meet The Candidates Forum</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 6th @ 5:00 - 9:00pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Fall Festival @ Blowing Rock School</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 8th @ 11am - 3pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">A Simple Gesture Food Bag Pick-Up</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 14th - Morning Pick-up</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours @ Blowing Rock Brewing Co.</span><span style="color: black;"> -</span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #5e81ca; font-weight: bold;">October 20</span><span style="color: black;"> @ 5:30 - 7:00pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Watauga County Humane Society Christmas Sale</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 22 @10am - 2pm</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661458239669-367" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661458239816-675" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661458239944-054" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664313224397-362" style="width: 616px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664313224397-479" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Change of Date - Business After Hours</span></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c3319a; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">Thursday, October 20th </span><span style="color: #284fa1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;">@ 5:30 - 7:00pm</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Brewing Company</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664313580946-516" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664313581087-655" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1664313521624-085" style="height: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664313573888-961" style="min-width: 100%; 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line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664473582224-741" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1c45d464-7c19-460f-9268-25cbba7beca2.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-737" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-264" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-473" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664473511945-807" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Business After Hours</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The purpose of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours is to provide networking opportunities for our members, giving business owners a chance to meet one another and to discuss issues relevant to their businesses and the community. The Chamber strongly encourages member-to-member business whenever possible, making these events a critical part of keeping in contact with other members.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">If you are interested in hosting a Business After Hours in </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">2023</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">, contact Cathy Barker at the Chamber at </span><a href="mailto:Cathy@BlowingRock.com" style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cathy@BlowingRock.com</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">or call 828-295-7851.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Frequently Asked Questions:</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> When are Business After Hours held? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">The Chamber has found that the best time to host a Business After Hours event is on a Tuesday evening, typically from 5:00pm -7:00pm.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Who is invited? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">All members of the Blowing Rock Chamber are invited. Invitations may also be extended to potential members, media, and community leaders.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Who sponsors a Business After Hours? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">A business may choose to hold a Business After Hours one of two ways: with additional sponsors or on their own. Some events have up to three sponsors.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">How will the Business After Hours benefit me? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">If you are hosting a Business After Hours, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase your business and distribute information about the products and services you offer. You will have the opportunity to address the attendees and share your business story. If you are sponsoring a Business After Hours that is held at another business, the event also allows you to gain exposure for your business by distributing informational literature, product samples, etc., without having to accommodate a large group for the evening.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Who handles the food/catering? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">You provide the food and beverages. Providing wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages for guests is common. Depending on the venue, we can connect you with a caterer to assist.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">How do I sign up for a Business After Hours? </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Business After Hours are scheduled one per month from March to November (excluding July). It is first come/first reserve basis so if you know you want to host an event, call the Chamber to book now. We will help promote and market the event by featuring on our social media channels, newsletter, Chamber website and master calendar.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664473945170-483" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664473945320-199" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664473945460-117" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f9ca4bd1-3382-404b-9649-5f8166398535.jpg" style="display: block; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 52px;">* Save the Date *</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – 11:30am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">At Appalachian State University’s Grandview Ballroom</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 19px;">(North End of the ASU Football Stadium)</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Registration & Networking will begin</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">at 11:30am and the program will begin at noon.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 17px;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">$35 per person * </span><a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejdu1ahbe0bd2105" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; 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display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">!! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED !!</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23; font-size: 17px;">Please call the Chamber office @ 828-295-7851 or email </span><a href="mailto:cathy@blowingrock.com" style="color: #258d23; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cathy@BlowingRock.com</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663878968301-447" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663878968423-715" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663878968536-392" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6e0681e7-aaff-455f-a130-0d609334f71c.png" style="display: block; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7601d447-aa75-4d35-9bc1-7b4f40504bf3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-495" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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padding: 0px;">Silent Auction Treasure Hunt</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gemstone Raffle Rubber Duck Race</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And More...</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">100% of the proceeds are donated to cancer patients via the 'Cancer Patient Emergency Fund'.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Docs-Rocks-Gem-Mine/100063770310871/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Doc's Rocks Facebook Page</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://docsrocks.org/online-store/ols/categories/mining-for-a-purpose" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Raffle Tickets & T-Shirts Online</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664477257009-521" style="min-width: 100%; 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Electric Vehicle Showcase</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday October 1st - 11am - 2pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Sponsored by Blue Ridge Energy, the event will showcase the latest electric cars and allow shoppers to learn more about which electric vehicle best suits their individual needs and preferences. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tangeroutlet.com/blowingrock/events/october" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663881785043-885" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663881785177-308" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663881785310-565" style="table-layout: fixed; 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padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Complexions Contemporary Ballet Prepares to Rock Boone in </span><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">STAR DUST: From Bach to David Bowie</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">The Schaefer Center Presents series welcomes the acclaimed rock ballet to the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">October 6 at 7pm.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://theschaefercenter.org/event/star-dust-from-bach-to-david-bowie/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Information & Tickets</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/00838304-bb35-492c-9245-f5ba14988814.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="171" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-816" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Buskers Fest 2022</span></p><h2 align="center" style="color: #606d78; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;"></span><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 14px;">A First Friday Art Crawl Like No Other</span></h2><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday, October 7 @ 5:00 - 8:00pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">"Live it up!" and join us in Downtown Boone to experience the arts in action as you walk the streets visiting the galleries, shops, and restaurants.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Buskers Fest is a celebration of our eclectic creative community, and a nod to our town’s rich history of busking.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Buskers Fest offers attendees a chance to experience the arts as they walk along the streets of Boone from the Turchin Center all the way to Mellow Mushroom.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.watauga-arts.org/buskers.html#/" style="color: #48a199; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-749" style="width: 300px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-518" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/5b70f08d-887c-4d7d-bc67-039108a0dc3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="215" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664311376374-428" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Tommy Emanuel, C.G.P. to Perform in Boone</span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Friday, October 7 @ 7:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country is welcoming Australian native and award-winning recording artist </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Tommy Emmanuel, C.G.P. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">to the mountains for a live appearance and debut performance at its historic venue in downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The highly-anticipated concert </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">is part of the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Mast Store Americana Music Series</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> on the Doc Watson Stage of the Appalachian Theatre. This series is an ongoing, year-round program of artists and events celebrating the genre unique to our country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.apptheatre.org/new-events/2022/7/6/tommyemmanuelcgp" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Information & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664311390924-720" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664311391060-358" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664311391197-845" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-327" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-264" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-182" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-613" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd3faa30-9a20-4535-8b59-18dd18a88d00.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="248" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-077" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-358" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Women’s Leadership Conference, presented by Catawba Valley Health System</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday - October 25th @ 8:30am-4:00pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hickory Metro Convention Center</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Our goal with this conference is to create a high-quality local professional development opportunity for women in leadership roles (and male allies) within our region. It also gives attendees an opportunity to connect and foster relationships.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Use the promo code:</span><span style="font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">PARTNER</span><span style="font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">to receive our Chamber Partner rate of $85.00 (a $14.00 discount) that can be applied at check-out.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">(Please note: The promo code is case sensitive!)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://members.catawbachamber.org/events/details/women-s-leadership-conference-10-25-2022-6957?calendarMonth=2022-10-01" style="color: #48a199; 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Held on Appalachian's campus in the new Grandview Ballroom at Kidd Brewer Stadium, attendees will network with industry specialists, business leaders and develop partnerships with the Department of Computer Information Systems and its rising star students. All Proceeds from the event fund student scholarships in the Department of Computer Information Systems. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_HtJyPSN1JlgK6f1r3FFXVLf7Z7FKoKt/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #898622; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click for a copy of the Attendee Brochure</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652295401-631" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652295541-537" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662652295689-155" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CC9933" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cc9933; 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Please stop in and pick up an empty bag to fill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A Simple Gesture makes it easy, convenient, and inexpensive to give food, and thus supplies a steady flow of food to our food banks and food pantries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/a-simple-gesture-1" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664477731435-151" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664477731592-063" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664477731756-392" style="table-layout: fixed; 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padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Festival of Trees Designer Recruitment</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Designer Recruitment for themed trees & wreaths is underway for the 2022 Festival of Trees, presented by Western Youth Network and the Leslie Eason Real Estate Team with Keller Williams! Large and small trees are hosted in public locations in Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U9pn2QNePi7MAH1ZklCOhVOpD3T3hz3Lxx0_mL6kVyQ/edit" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Designer Registration</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is quick & simple - sign up today! $ponsorships are also welcome. Contact </span><a href="mailto:fot.wyn@gmail.com" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">fot.wyn@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> for more information.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276544499-762" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276544629-542" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663276544760-768" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276553149-382" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276553271-610" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-859" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Savored Moments Travel is partnering with Turn It Up Consulting</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">for a Powerful Planning Mastermind Retreat, </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">November 10-14 at the Bend of Ivy Retreat Center in Marshall, NC.</span><span style="color: black;"> This incredible mastermind opportunity is being facilitated by Certified Neuro Coach and Mastermind Guru, Maelea Galyon. Maelea called the High Country home for several years before moving back home to Maryville, TN to be near family. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/db43d86a-8163-42da-8817-e30309fd362b.docx?rdr=true" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Full Press Release</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://powerfulplanning.info/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information and to Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-295" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-079" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-811" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-515" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/932d89c0-449a-4081-82aa-3c7fc6581b6f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="535" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-187" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-585" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-051" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663273865175-018" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663866111491-292" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-043" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">N.C. Department of Transportation Requests Public Feedback</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is asking for public feedback on the Draft 10-Year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The STIP identifies the construction funding and schedule for transportation projects over a 10-year period. We invite the public to learn more and submit their feedback September 1 through October 28. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We need your help getting the word out. Public feedback is very important to us. Putting people first is a commonsense way to plan and design public infrastructure. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">Please assist us in maximizing public outreach by forwarding this email or the attached flyer to your constituents, members, and/or staff. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The public can comment in the following ways: </span></p><ol style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: black; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Take an online survey on NCDOT’s public engagement website by October 28 at </span><a href="https://metroquestsurvey.com/ew73x" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">https://metroquestsurvey.com/ew73x</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></li><li style="color: black; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Submit comments online, by phone, or mail using the contact information associated with each county (</span><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/Transportation/stip/development/Pages/public-involvement.aspx" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">view here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">) </span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Attend a drop-in meeting (view dates and locations </span><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/Transportation/stip/development/Pages/public-involvement.aspx" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span></li></ol><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Next Steps:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> Once the public comment period ends, NCDOT will review and address comments. This will help in the next round of project prioritization for the 2024-2033 STIP. We will also share feedback with the Board of Transportation. The Board is expected to approve the Final 2024-2033 STIP in Summer 2023.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Note: </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to participate. Anyone requiring special services can contact Simone Robinson at </span><a href="mailto:strobinson1@ncdot.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">strobinson1@ncdot.gov</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> or 919-707-6085 so that arrangements can be made. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request by calling 1-800-481-6494. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; 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This survey is designed to track small business conditions and capital needs across the nation. Your confidential answers provide critical information to service providers, policymakers, and lenders to improve programs that help businesses like yours thrive.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"></span><a href="https://frb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_emJrBt1qbghCA3Y?Q_DL=yfJXflFLdNiuRvT_emJrBt1qbghCA3Y_CGC_p1pfEZQkbAz4Nkv&Q_CHL=email" style="color: #284fa1; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Take the survey by November 4, 2022</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px;">For more information about the survey and to see past reports, visit </span><a href="https://www.fedsmallbusiness.org/" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">FedSmallBusiness.org</a><span style="color: #cc9933; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664309458624-938" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 580px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1664309534161-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b4033206-8588-43d6-956c-97d1c59f2667.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="436" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664309452533-716" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h1 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px;">SBA North Carolina District Office Seeks Nominations for</span></h1><h1 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px;">National Small Business Week 2023</span><span style="color: black;"></span></h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Do you or someone you know have what it takes to become America’s “Small Business Person of the Year” for 2023? If so, the </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3Y_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.9B-tSvymetj9A5HrncMh_2VLYL478xcYguifWYGkQVs/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">U.S. Small Business Administration</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> (SBA) wants to hear from you!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The SBA is pleased to announce it is accepting nominations for the 2023 SBA Small Business Person of the Year and other National Small Business Week Awards. Visit the SBA’s dedicated website at </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.CKxAWvbpm_auxXA6pdiaTjolVO8Wv-7g2KrZEIFGgOw/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> to download forms, criteria, and guidelines for submitting a nomination. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">For the North Carolina Small Business Person of the Year, Exporter of the Year, 8(a) Graduate of the Year, Women's Business Center of the Year, and Small Business Development Center of the Year, the North Carolina District Office must receive all nominations by </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">electronic submission</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> ONLY to the District’s BOX account found at </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ._0jt6FPTRC4ujOtD9yEBV1mTemPgYN6qAFM01B4-EY0/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> no later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on December 8, 2022.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Additional nominations are being sought for disaster recovery, federal procurement and small business investment company of the year; those nominations are to be submitted via separate box accounts as indicated in </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnNiYS5nb3YvbnNidz91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkifQ.Fbh9EjvRd9dccNfYl1bWMBUk1Lfe_ezj5fpKfsG4RXs/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.sba.gov/nsbw</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> .</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">To obtain additional information, please contact </span><a href="mailto:Eileen.Joyce@sba.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Eileen.Joyce@sba.gov</a><span style="color: black; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d259ace5-3928-4b48-be49-36f4262aff73.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664477410982-485" style="width: 372px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664477410982-481" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">Changing Lives One Laptop At A Time!</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The mission of E2D is to ensure that all NC families have affordable access to essential at-home technology to support academic success, and prepare students for college, careers, and beyond, as well as to foster job creation and retention for adult members of the household.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.e-2-d.org/" style="color: #34b3d0; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information, visit our Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664477418981-764" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664477419132-517" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1664477419307-868" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664309812121-588" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664309812256-395" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1664309812396-654" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h1 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 26px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">How To Track and Make an EIDL Loan Payment</span></h1><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">You are responsible for your COVID-19 EIDL monthly payment obligation beginning 30 months from the disbursement date shown on the top of the front page of your Original Note. During this deferment:</span></p><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">You may make voluntary </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDYsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zYmEuZ292L2Z1bmRpbmctcHJvZ3JhbXMvbG9hbnMvbWFrZS1wYXltZW50LXNiYT91dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkjc2VjdGlvbi1oZWFkZXItMiJ9.kXvHeTZ0adgiuyROIIwXcjva_bIA0fa_MXfPX6vyiSE/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">payments</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> without prepayment penalties</span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Interest will continue to accrue on your loan during the deferment</span></li><li style="color: black; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">If you do not make voluntary payments during the deferment, a final balloon payment will be due on your loan at maturity</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Create an account in SBA’s </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDcsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL2Nhd2ViLnNiYS5nb3YvY2xzL2RzcF9sb2dpbi5jZm0_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.dMzegXQKOv-y1e6zkQzK9F0nJ3yQfXsO65cKv7SWXbk/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Capital Access Financial System (CAFS)</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> to monitor your loan status, there will also be a link to pay.gov so that you can make a payment. You must have a funded loan to access the CAFS system. </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMjA5MDkuNjM0NTY4MzEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5zYmEuZ292L2RvY3VtZW50L3N1cHBvcnQtY2Fmcy1hY2NvdW50LWVucm9sbG1lbnQtYWNjZXNzLWluc3RydWN0aW9ucy1ib3Jyb3dlcnM_dXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5In0.N5s01vCHMKPiA4RAy742uK9tcfh88cn660YWRDLc1Yk/s/228678542/br/143756605645-l" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Get account enrollment instructions</a><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">If you are in need of a copy of your loan closing documents you can contact the servicing center. For North Carolina the servicing center is the Birmingham Loan Servicing Center.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Birmingham Service Office </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Telephone: 800-736-6048 TTY: 711 </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Email:</span><a href="mailto:Bham.servicing@sba.gov" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Bham.servicing@sba.gov</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Hours: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#294B93" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-158" style="background-color: #294b93; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="164" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-502" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-996" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Two Hoots Home Staging</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Our passion at Two Hoots Home Staging is taking your vision from ideas to reality. Inspired spaces do so much to enhance your living, as well as attract home buyers. We concentrate on creating a beautiful space for yourself or your potential buyer while providing functional, comfortable and fabulous homes that will remain classic for generations to come. We are client focused whether providing staging, interior styling/redesign or beautifying short-term rentals. Two Hoots is bonded, insured and certified. Serving the High Country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We look forward to seeing you soon!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">Tammy Walker & Tudy Fletcher - Phone: 828-434-0500</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.twohootshomestaging.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Two Hoots Home Staging Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-386" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#EBE6E6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-322" style="background-color: #ebe6e6; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-852" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-862" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-442" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f9ac0f76-c023-4c4e-9cc7-7f1f18e0768a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="144" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-384" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-628" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Lantern Farm</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-484" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Lantern Farm Features: Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, and Christmas Trees.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We have something for every season. Lantern Farm aspires to provide only the highest quality products and build memories that will last a lifetime. Our goal is not only to create distinctive experiences but also to provide decor and apparel that you can be proud to own. Located in West Jefferson, come to play or to stay.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chad Belteau - Phone: 828-278-9805</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663257867446-540" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663257867560-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663257867681-703" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-348" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-312" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-937" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-686" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aedda96f-a4ca-4504-bcbd-f27685aaab3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="191" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663266585836-698" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd713d15-162c-4d15-a1c3-4632a3c0ed5f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-463" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-318" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">The Victorian Inn Blowing Rock</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-932" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> offers quaint rooms and old-fashioned charm. Situated in the heart of lovely Blowing Rock, NC, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is your mountain home away from home. Stay for the night, or the week, and settle into the peaceful rhythms of southern mountain living.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Relax and escape the bustle of the city. We provide complimentary 100+ Mbps Wi-Fi, cable/premium TV, a mini-fridge, a coffee maker, microwave, spa bath products, a down comforter, and an electric fireplace in every room - you can stay as connected (or disconnected) as you please. Linger on the Rhododendron Deck or enjoy a glass of wine in the English Garden.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cameron Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-295-2172</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">242 Ransom Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://thevictorianinnblowingrock.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Victorian Inn Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1664468933526-674" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1664468933665-022" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-843" style="table-layout: fixed; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="285" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-815" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-109" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #294b93; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">More events and updates can be found on our </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001ieVhSyUz5ALP0ykWl-8pHlhPFbaCRz26pR0mH_iwWVuwM-kKToJ0_vdKkG8VlzJX0-e3cs9kEhEpfbhcW6xq6278V-Grwz3cyoP1lXMFTM_Pe0obd0yGoniyXpMcHDD95D7OugalL-A8qelQZNloS9rlQf24HgBaFtM2Lh8c7xg=&c=txMf3GJ_z8VBa0oSgyWllCiHzNgzEXqK2lU-_Nuw4NfWnyOeE7Badw==&ch=BNz_3taPHkVohLTm1hW6h7wzYkPf7OLr3_kS4dr0kSLGSDQvrtK2zQ==" style="color: #294b93; 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color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #294b93;"></span><span style="color: #d3173a; font-size: 29px;">Thank you to our 2022 Chamber Partners!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-049" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-723" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-838" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; 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display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 36px;">Chamber News</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-412" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-605" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-307" style="height: 11px; line-height: 11px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-871" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-131" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-645" style="table-layout: fixed; 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color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Ghost Train Opening Weekend @ Tweetsie Railroad</span><span style="color: black;"> - Sept 23rd @7:30pm - 11pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Dr. Rozwell's Alien Expo Opening Weekend @ Mystery Hill</span><span style="color: black;"> - Sept 23rd</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">"It's Fall Y'all" Food Truck Night @ 1st Baptist Church</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> - Sept 25th from 5-8pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Partner Appreciation Reception at Gideon Ridge</span><span style="color: black;"> - Sept 27th @ 5:00-6:30pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Farmers Market</span><span style="color: black;"> - Final One of the Year - Sept 29th @ 3pm - 6pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Artisan Market @ Tanger Outlets</span><span style="color: black;"> - Sept 30th - Oct 2nd</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Mining For A Purpose @ McCoy Minerals & Doc's Rocks</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 1st @9:30am-5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 1st @ 10am - 5pm </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">(Last one of the Season)</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Alair Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 1st @ 3pm - 5pm</span></li><li style="color: #c03e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chamber Community Clean-Up - October 6 at 9:45am - noon / Volunteers needed</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Meet The Candidates Forum</span><span style="color: black;"> - October 6th @ 5:00 - 9:00pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Fall Festival @ Blowing Rock School</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 8th @ 11am-3pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">A Simple Gesture Food Bag Pick-Up</span><span style="color: black;"> - Oct 14th - Morning Pick-up</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661458239669-367" style="min-width: 100%; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663865517392-267" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663865517508-902" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATIONS BY</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26 @ 5PM</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663865784648-172" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663865784779-133" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663865784901-919" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#ef7061" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #ef7061; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/p5PVM3U/ChamberAwardNominations?mode=preview&source_id=de1aca04-0dc4-4488-ab20-70898e5a083d&source_type=em&c=${Contact.encryptedContactId}" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">- CLICK TO NOMINATE -</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663269145597-921" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663269145728-812" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663269056186-147" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/73763952-980d-4b49-a3cb-90104da61e6c.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="500" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663269056186-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663269056186-586" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663269056186-163" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663269056186-767" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 52px;">* Save the Date *</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – 11:30am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">At Appalachian State University’s Grandview Ballroom</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 19px;">(North End of the ASU Football Stadium)</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Registration & Networking will begin</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">at 11:30am and the program will begin at noon.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 17px;"> </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;">$35 per person * </span><a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejdu1ahbe0bd2105" style="color: #cc9933; font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">RSVP required (click here)</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663269064769-494" style="min-width: 100%; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--3-column" data-cpeid="w-1663866605284-493" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663866605284-919" style="width: 205.281px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663866605284-570" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 0px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/feb269cf-2c74-4d96-b69c-ad07a8ed616b.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="181" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663867584846-211" style="width: 228.078px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663866605284-721" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a1287f; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;">Business After Hours sponsored by SouthMarke</span><span style="background-color: #284fa1; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;"></span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;">Oh what a night!!! Thank you to Karyn Herterich and the Shoppes at SouthMarke who made the evening so special! A scavenger hunt was held with Pam Washer winning a $250 gift certificate to Gideon Ridge!!! There were so many new faces that we welcomed.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a1287f; font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif;">Networking at it's best!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--3 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663878496372-202" style="width: 186.641px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663878496486-569" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dbb28ad0-f807-4e7c-b5ce-bd6b3f7050f2.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="176" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663866612438-546" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663866612560-887" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663866612677-922" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#cae6ca" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663879388871-524" style="background-color: #cae6ca; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663879388991-121" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663879389109-150" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">!! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED !!</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #258d23;">Please call the Chamber office @ 828-295-7851 or email Cathy@BlowingRock.com</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663878968301-447" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663878968423-715" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663878968536-392" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6e0681e7-aaff-455f-a130-0d609334f71c.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="474" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663878973759-133" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663878973888-673" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663878974009-295" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-227" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-675" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-825" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7601d447-aa75-4d35-9bc1-7b4f40504bf3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-363" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-660" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-455" style="width: 248px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-788" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b6426af3-6faf-447e-b86c-fc123dd48692.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="130" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-721" style="width: 372px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-355" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farmers Market Continues</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Our last Farmers Market of the season will be held</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"> Thursday September 29.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Come join us on Park Avenue from</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">3 - 6pm.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;">Thank you for supporting us this season!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661459486275-473" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661459486423-288" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661459486557-897" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-495" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: white; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 36px;">Member News</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652478425-669" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652478579-518" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662652478731-762" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://www.meadowbrook-inn.com/meetings" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/caefb207-9387-49c1-bc98-3c071c5d4804.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="620" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652524468-581" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652524611-367" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662652524754-946" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b1955098-8eeb-4edc-9264-74a957e57274.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="280" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880091948-296" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880091948-785" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture</span></h3><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">& High Country Food Hub</span></h3><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">- Fill Your Freezer Sale</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday Sept. 28th - 12pm - 8:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">This is a great opportunity to connect with local farmers, learn how to use different cuts of meat, and stock up your freezer, so make sure to bring a cooler!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Freezer Sale will feature a variety of local meat producers and will include cooking demonstrations and sampling for customers to try unique cuts of meat and meat products.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; 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line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-617" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/bf884e8f-dcfe-47ef-a542-7d733325a58d.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="144" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-773" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-516" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1b1b1b; font-size: 16px;">Lantern Farm Maze and Pumpkin Picking Experience</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-846" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #5e5e5e; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Join us from mid September to late October and enjoy autumn along the Blue Ridge Parkway at the Halloweentime fall event. This year we have a 4 acre corn maze and a pumpkin patch that has been approved by the Great Pumpkin himself.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663881002495-227" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663881002632-601" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663881002777-832" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Mining for a Purpose Returns</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 1st @ 9:30am - 5pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Join Doc's Rocks Gem Mine & Appalachian Fossil Museum and McCoy Minerals for a day of Fun & Charity. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Silent Auction Treasure Hunt</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gemstone Raffle Rubber Duck Race</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And More...</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">100% of the proceeds are donated to cancer patients via the 'Cancer Patient Emergency Fund'.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Docs-Rocks-Gem-Mine/100063770310871/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Doc's Rocks Facebook Page</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://docsrocks.org/online-store/ols/categories/mining-for-a-purpose" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Raffle Tickets & T-Shirts Online</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-256" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-568" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-165" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663881777600-820" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4041f5f4-0ca0-41f0-99da-5758efae7c63.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663881777600-122" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663881777600-646" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 16px;">Tanger Outlets Blowing Rock Hosts Annual Go Green! Electric Vehicle Showcase</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday October 1st - 11am - 2pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Sponsored by Blue Ridge Energy, the event will showcase the latest electric cars and allow shoppers to learn more about which electric vehicle best suits their individual needs and preferences. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.tangeroutlet.com/blowingrock/events/october" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663881785043-885" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663881785177-308" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663881785310-565" style="table-layout: fixed; 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Held on Appalachian's campus in the new Grandview Ballroom at Kidd Brewer Stadium, attendees will network with industry specialists, business leaders and develop partnerships with the Department of Computer Information Systems and its rising star students. 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Next Pick-Up Date October 14th</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chamber is a collection point. Please stop in and pick up an empty bag to fill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A Simple Gesture makes it easy, convenient, and inexpensive to give food, and thus supplies a steady flow of food to our food banks and food pantries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/a-simple-gesture-1" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663254784584-163" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254784710-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663254784829-659" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-118" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-247" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-015" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-264" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/ef0e7161-bba3-49d1-909b-6be628703074.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="311" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-886" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-168" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Festival of Trees Designer Recruitment</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Designer Recruitment for themed trees & wreaths is underway for the 2022 Festival of Trees, presented by Western Youth Network and the Leslie Eason Real Estate Team with Keller Williams! Large and small trees are hosted in public locations in Watauga, Ashe and Avery counties. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U9pn2QNePi7MAH1ZklCOhVOpD3T3hz3Lxx0_mL6kVyQ/edit" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Designer Registration</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is quick & simple - sign up today! $ponsorships are also welcome. Contact </span><a href="mailto:fot.wyn@gmail.com" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">fot.wyn@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> for more information.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276544499-762" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276544629-542" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663276544760-768" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276553149-382" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276553271-610" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-859" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16px;">Savored Moments Travel is partnering with Turn It Up Consulting</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">for a Powerful Planning Mastermind Retreat, </span><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">November 10-14 at the Bend of Ivy Retreat Center in Marshall, NC.</span><span style="color: black;"> This incredible mastermind opportunity is being facilitated by Certified Neuro Coach and Mastermind Guru, Maelea Galyon. Maelea called the High Country home for several years before moving back home to Maryville, TN to be near family. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/db43d86a-8163-42da-8817-e30309fd362b.docx?rdr=true" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Full Press Release</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://powerfulplanning.info/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information and to Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-295" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-079" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-811" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663276525199-515" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/932d89c0-449a-4081-82aa-3c7fc6581b6f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="535" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-187" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-585" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-051" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663273865175-018" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663866111491-292" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-043" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">AMOREM hosts Volunteer Training</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">AMOREM will host </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">volunteer training</span><span style="font-size: 13px;"> in March of 2023 for anyone interested in being a hospice volunteer. Attendance is mandatory at each session. To reserve a spot, please complete an application at </span><a href="http://www.amoremsupport.org/volunteer" style="color: #48a199; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.amoremsupport.org/volunteer</a><span style="font-size: 13px;">. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#294B93" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-158" style="background-color: #294b93; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-336" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-343" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#294B93" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--heading layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-765" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-491" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--heading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-324" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 30px;"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Welcome New Members!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-744" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-535" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-602" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663873853835-563" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-418" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f0f8b538-52ea-47c9-86ff-68a850f00a72.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="164" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-502" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663873505877-996" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Two Hoots Home Staging</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Our passion at Two Hoots Home Staging is taking your vision from ideas to reality. Inspired spaces do so much to enhance your living, as well as attract home buyers. We concentrate on creating a beautiful space for yourself or your potential buyer while providing functional, comfortable and fabulous homes that will remain classic for generations to come. We are client focused whether providing staging, interior styling/redesign or beautifying short-term rentals. Two Hoots is bonded, insured and certified. Serving the High Country. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We look forward to seeing you soon!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">Tammy Walker & Tudy Fletcher - Phone: 828-434-0500</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.twohootshomestaging.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Two Hoots Home Staging Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-386" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#EBE6E6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-322" style="background-color: #ebe6e6; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-852" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-862" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-442" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/bf884e8f-dcfe-47ef-a542-7d733325a58d.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="144" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-384" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-628" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Lantern Farm</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663880943898-484" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">The Lantern Farm Features: Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, and Christmas Trees.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">We have something for every season. Lantern Farm aspires to provide only the highest quality products and build memories that will last a lifetime. Our goal is not only to create distinctive experiences but also to provide decor and apparel that you can be proud to own. Located in West Jefferson, come to play or to stay.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chad Belteau - Phone: 828-278-9805</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663257867446-540" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663257867560-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663257867681-703" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-348" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-312" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-937" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-686" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aedda96f-a4ca-4504-bcbd-f27685aaab3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="191" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663266585836-698" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd713d15-162c-4d15-a1c3-4632a3c0ed5f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-463" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-318" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">The Victorian Inn Blowing Rock</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-932" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> offers quaint rooms and old-fashioned charm. Situated in the heart of lovely Blowing Rock, NC, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"> is your mountain home away from home. Stay for the night, or the week, and settle into the peaceful rhythms of southern mountain living.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Relax and escape the bustle of the city. We provide complimentary 100+ Mbps Wi-Fi, cable/premium TV, a mini-fridge, a coffee maker, microwave, spa bath products, a down comforter, and an electric fireplace in every room - you can stay as connected (or disconnected) as you please. Linger on the Rhododendron Deck or enjoy a glass of wine in the English Garden.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cameron Snyder</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-295-2172</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">242 Ransom Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://thevictorianinnblowingrock.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Victorian Inn Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-965" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-872" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-843" style="table-layout: fixed; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-723" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-838" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7d8de3fc-8202-436c-922f-124d168b81b2.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="670" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748293730671015395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378880173609553669.post-15469104306760111482022-09-16T12:25:00.003-07:002022-09-16T13:35:03.146-07:00Weekly Village Update 09.15.2022<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="shell_width-row scale" style="background-color: #ffc043; 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color: white; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 36px;">Chamber News</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-412" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-605" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-307" style="height: 11px; line-height: 11px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-871" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-131" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753594-645" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#2F4F94" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--heading layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-960" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-896" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--heading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-109" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Upcoming Meetings & Events</span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-974" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-366" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-612" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Farmers Market</span> - Every Thursday through Sept 29th @ 3pm - 6pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours @ SouthMarke</span> - September 20th @ 5:30pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">"It's Fall Y'all" Food Truck Night @ 1st Baptist Church</span> - Sept 25th from 5-8pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Partner Appreciation Reception at Gideon Ridge</span> - Sept 27th @ 5:00-6:30pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Mining For A Purpose @ McCoy Minerals & Doc's Rocks</span> - Oct 1st @9:30am-5pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span> - October 1st @ 10am - 5pm <span style="font-weight: bold;">(Last one of the Season)</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Alair Summer Concert Series</span> - October 1st @ 3pm - 5pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Meet The Candidates Forum</span> - October 6th @ 5:00 - 9:00pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">Fall Festival @ Blowing Rock School</span> - Oct 8th @ 11am-3pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">A Simple Gesture Food Bag Pick-Up</span> - Oct 14th - Morning Pick-up</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661458239669-367" style="min-width: 100%; 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padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Tuesday, November 1, 2022 – 11:30am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">At Appalachian State University’s Grandview Ballroom</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 19px;">(North End of the ASU Football Stadium)</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; font-size: 24px;">Registration & Networking will begin at 11:15am</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Lobster Two", cursive; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 20px;">Business After Hours</span></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 20px;">@ SouthMarke</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">September 20th @ 5:30 - 7pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Stop by and network with fellow members at the amazing shoppes off Main Street in SouthMarke.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Open bar, appetizers & sweets.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Prizes and Surprises too!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661965575895-437" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661965576021-446" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661457363430-424" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CF8F12" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cf8f12; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejcosmp884b9a93a" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Business After Hours RSVP</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661455242815-239" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661455242949-366" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661455243076-533" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-227" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-675" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-825" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7601d447-aa75-4d35-9bc1-7b4f40504bf3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-363" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-660" style="min-width: 100%; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farmers Market Continues</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">2 Farmers Markets to go.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Last Market is Thursday September 29.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Come join us on Park Avenue from</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">3 - 6pm.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661459486275-473" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661459486423-288" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661459486557-897" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-495" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">Photo: Jesse Pope (right) presents award to Harris Prevost,</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;">courtesy of Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation / Monty Combs</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663258544895-247" style="table-layout: fixed; 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font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">Harris Prevost of Grandfather Mountain Honored with</span></h3><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Order of the Long Leaf Pine</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Harris Prevost with Grandfather Mountain was </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001DH0l_gIsiO_c5CFdA7SQEGKjFMb8LawK5Q78kjcKQIJGMhF9gksFCY5r8L_MyWZe1jHcjcN1vD6WrdiAu3Pj8KFbOE73Ebo0sRGWm3ewudFazUIYue2jgbqATGiPq8S-NF-Pt82bnQIY6eo_T4NXTOvi5AoqgiH2InTObcMtwn55JmjYvJ7mp2XnrzOP8t_wH2-bmn_03VyNVACXXvURQm7HIR61AbubFWrdqpHt8rm1B1IqeIcZuQG231zQhjcMR9gjKPh72IgqnXwd6sMUsQ==&c=BaAdYLAPpXq7bIigAFPUSnErMX1O4hlA8FaLg_THO5AtYymFE9KtFQ==&ch=uxMxtr1V9mtq-K3Tigvt6MfltAkGrxiKGb77KiNpexpaTXwViffT9Q==" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">honored with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine</a><span style="color: black;"> during an event in Linville on Monday. This recognition is given to persons who have made significant contributions to the State of North Carolina and their communities through their exemplary service and exceptional accomplishments. Prevost is a former vice president of Grandfather Mountain, where he continues to serve after 50 years. He’s been a voice and leader for the state’s treasured landmarks and tourism industry, receiving the esteemed Winners Circle Award from Visit North Carolina for his contributions to tourism in 2018. Prevost has had a long career of working tirelessly for the benefit of the tourism and sports industries in North Carolina. He has also shaped the lives of countless individuals through his teaching and involvement in nonprofit organizations. Prevost has also been a strong voice for the benefits that the film industry brings to North Carolina. From working with the director of “Forrest Gump” to hosting dozens of car commercials and other film projects on Grandfather Mountain, he knows the value of the industry in terms of jobs, recognition and the financial support it can bring to an area.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663258551817-241" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663258551940-255" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663258552052-531" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-312" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-border layout-border--dashed" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-125" style="border: 2px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-border_cell" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--coupon layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-441" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-611" style="width: 261.797px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-025" style="height: 10px; line-height: 10px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--coupon text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663270001963-542" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: #2b94ab; font-size: 21px; font-style: italic;">BOGO Special! 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: #d0ecf2; color: #2b94ab; font-size: 27px; font-weight: bold;">Yola</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #34b3d0; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">2022 Four-Time Grammy Nominee: </span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #34b3d0; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;">Best New Artist, Best American Roots Song, Best American Roots Performance, Best Americana Album</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Details and Tickets</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663270013365-730" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663270013502-728" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663270013683-067" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Docs-Rocks-Gem-Mine/100063770310871/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Doc's Rocks Facebook Page</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://docsrocks.org/online-store/ols/categories/mining-for-a-purpose" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Raffle Tickets & T-Shirts Online</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661978134411-947" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978134551-263" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661978134691-175" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">AMOREM Welcomes</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator Lorie Fidler to High Country Team</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">AMOREM, formerly Burke Hospice and Palliative Care and Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, warmly welcomes Lorie Fidler, BA, as volunteer and outreach coordinator for the High Country service area.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">“I researched AMOREM and instantly saw the love, compassion and support that AMOREM has for those that they serve, and I knew that this role would be the best fit,” says Fidler. To learn more about Lorie, please the </span><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/58a70574-bb8b-40c2-926e-0c5d649c044d.docx?rdr=true" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Full Press Release.</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;">AMOREM will host </span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">volunteer training</span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"> in March of 2022 for anyone interested in being a hospice volunteer. Attendance is mandatory at each session. To reserve a spot, please complete an application at </span><a href="http://www.amoremsupport.org/volunteer" style="color: #48a199; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.amoremsupport.org/volunteer</a><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;">. </span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970093195-992" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970093327-331" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661964840216-972" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-327" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-264" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-182" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-613" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd3faa30-9a20-4535-8b59-18dd18a88d00.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="248" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-077" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-358" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Women’s Leadership Conference, presented by Catawba Valley Health System</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday - October 25th @ 8:30am-4:00pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hickory Metro Convention Center</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our goal with this conference is to create a high-quality local professional development opportunity for women in leadership roles (and male allies) within our region. It also gives attendees an opportunity to connect and foster relationships.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Use the promo code:<span face="Raleway, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-weight: bold;">PARTNER</span><span face="Raleway, sans-serif"> </span>to receive our Chamber Partner rate of $85.00 (a $14.00 discount) that can be applied at check-out.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Please note: The promo code is case sensitive!)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://members.catawbachamber.org/events/details/women-s-leadership-conference-10-25-2022-6957?calendarMonth=2022-10-01" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">To Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460410097-158" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460410233-325" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661460410371-734" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-770" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-734" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-621" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-364" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mfMP7Ue5zHDXg5y86X_30mDRH6S-ZAZg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d51bd4aa-8d49-422e-8c6d-d7e4a454dee1.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="168" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-244" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-646" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">J. McLaughlin</span></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Fall Sip, Shop & Celebrate</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Friday September 16th</span><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;">@ 1:00pm - 5:00pm</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Our hostess will be Jackie Christian.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; 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padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Proudly supporting small businesses.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662046185091-760" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;"><table bgcolor="#e94c3a" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #e94c3a; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6GhNVNgGPZr7AciaDUZOy6zye3Wt61E/view?usp=sharing" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click for Special Chamber Offer</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662046200872-215" style="min-width: 100%; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652231251-709" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662652231395-573" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Appalachian State University's <a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001OS12bogB3MIYlT1m8b0w3NF3t5XtgmHqFPmHc-35WD5oGuV7xDLFyBfu2QfHFCmxzEbNy9UnvbLsbdg5Uqtbo8hhQo8KpOd4_LbCT2TvMdGmzKjHhk_LqIssiCm7edpMk4Tsiv3FsfHa_IcQcFhDRaFbZ6lE7kU4SYFtRLeMP9c=&c=80xXv2m8lNmvUlZAyDvmO-Vt2s-ITr4dNmUHpyjIwXr4ys71bWKPOg==&ch=mndQTeKM2FAF3cbP6_92qu-YNp0n6v7hqyIgRMi06wY4xwOsFOibjg==" style="color: #444444; 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Held on Appalachian's campus in the new Grandview Ballroom at Kidd Brewer Stadium, attendees will network with industry specialists, business leaders and develop partnerships with the Department of Computer Information Systems and its rising star students. All Proceeds from the event fund student scholarships in the Department of Computer Information Systems. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_HtJyPSN1JlgK6f1r3FFXVLf7Z7FKoKt/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #898622; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click for a copy of the Attendee Brochure</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652295401-631" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652295541-537" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662652295689-155" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CC9933" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cc9933; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Next Pick-Up Date October 14th</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chamber is a collection point. Please stop in and pick up an empty bag to fill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A Simple Gesture makes it easy, convenient, and inexpensive to give food, and thus supplies a steady flow of food to our food banks and food pantries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/a-simple-gesture-1" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663254784584-163" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254784710-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1663254784829-659" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-118" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-247" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-015" style="width: 294.5px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-264" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4185181e-e732-4090-a437-32051a71315d.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-886" style="width: 325.5px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1663254777737-168" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #284fa1; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">High Country Jazz Festival Sets Dates for 2023</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Building upon this year’s success, the High Country Jazz Festival has set the dates for next year’s gathering of jazz aficionados as June 9-11. Plans are to again include venues in Boone and Blowing Rock with both free and ticketed events for festival goers to enjoy. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">There are many opportunities to be involved with next year’s festival as a sponsor, an event host, or even a volunteer. 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padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The Lantern Farm Features: Corn Maze, Pumpkin Patch, and Christmas Trees.</span></p><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">We have something for every season. </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">Lantern Farm aspires to provide only the highest quality products and build memories that will last a lifetime. Our goal is not only to create distinctive experiences but also to provide decor and apparel that you can be proud to own. Located in West Jefferson, come to play or to stay.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chad Belteau - Phone: 828-278-9805</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://lanternfarm.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Lantern Farm Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1663257867446-540" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1663257867560-727" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1663257867681-703" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-348" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-312" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-937" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-686" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aedda96f-a4ca-4504-bcbd-f27685aaab3a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="191" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1663266585836-698" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd713d15-162c-4d15-a1c3-4632a3c0ed5f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="187" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-463" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-318" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #284fa1;">The Victorian Inn Blowing Rock</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-932" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span> offers quaint rooms and old-fashioned charm. Situated in the heart of lovely Blowing Rock, NC, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Victorian Inn</span> is your mountain home away from home. Stay for the night, or the week, and settle into the peaceful rhythms of southern mountain living.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Relax and escape the bustle of the city. We provide complimentary 100+ Mbps Wi-Fi, cable/premium TV, a mini-fridge, a coffee maker, microwave, spa bath products, a down comforter, and an electric fireplace in every room - you can stay as connected (or disconnected) as you please. Linger on the Rhododendron Deck or enjoy a glass of wine in the English Garden.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cameron Snyder</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-295-2172</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">242 Ransom Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://thevictorianinnblowingrock.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Victorian Inn Website</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-965" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-872" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-843" style="table-layout: fixed; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#294B93" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--heading layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-875" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-892" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--heading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-905" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #294b93;"></span><span style="color: #d3173a; font-size: 29px;">Thank you to our 2022 Chamber Partners!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-049" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-723" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-838" style="table-layout: fixed; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Farmers Market</span> - Every Thursday through Sept 29th @ 3pm - 6pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> - September 10th @ 10am - 5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Alair Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> - September 11th @ 3pm - 5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Business Before Hours: My Mortgage @ Famous Toastery</span> - Sept 14th @ 8am</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Residential Members Social </span>- September 14th @ 5pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Business</span><span style="color: #1c3771; font-weight: bold;"> After </span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Hours @ SouthMarke</span> - September 20th @ 5:30pm</li><li style="color: #3d4c73; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It's Fall Y'all" Food Truck Night @ 1st Baptist Church</span> - Sept 25th from 5-8pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Partner Appreciation Reception at Gideon Ridge</span> - Sept 27th @ 5:00-6:30pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771; font-weight: bold;">Mining For A Purpose @ McCoy Minerals & Doc's Rocks</span> - Oct 1st @ 9:30am-5pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771; font-weight: bold;">Fall Festival @ Blowing Rock School</span> - Oct 8th @ 11am-3pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Residential Social Registration</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661458239669-367" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661458239816-675" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661458239944-054" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Business After Hours</span></h3><h3 align="justify" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@ SouthMarke</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">September 20th @ 5:30 - 7pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stop by and network with fellow members at the amazing shoppes off Main Street in SouthMarke.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Open bar, appetizers & sweets.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Prizes and Surprises too!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661965575895-437" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661965576021-446" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661457363430-424" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CF8F12" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cf8f12; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejcosmp884b9a93a" style="color: white; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/fe65368b-cfd7-46a5-b021-fab33e0a68b1.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="248" /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661976679580-257" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/034f79b1-92ed-4ab4-b420-ff7e982f1505.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="248" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-922" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-480" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--float-right scale image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-382" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="1" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="15"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="15" /></td><td align="right" class="image_container scale stack" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign=""><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aab72064-50bc-4fcb-8d9c-4b41c529af0f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="95" /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="5" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="5"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="5" /></td><td align="center" class="image_spacer_bottom hide" height="5" style="height: 5px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Invest in the future of Blowing Rock</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">and become a Star.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By supporting the Village Foundation, you help fund projects such as the History Walk and grants for many varied village projects.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://villagefoundationofbr.org/" style="color: #2dab2b; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information.</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Receive a 2022 Rock Star decal</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">with your donation!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-510" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;"><table bgcolor="#479B46" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #479b46; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-227" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-675" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-825" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7601d447-aa75-4d35-9bc1-7b4f40504bf3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662047477421-016" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662047477574-853" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662047477732-757" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#d0ecf2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-243" style="background-color: #d0ecf2; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-border layout-border--solid" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-247" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="layout-border_cell" style="background-color: #cccccc; padding: 2px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-153" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-220" style="width: 616px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-291" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">State of the Town Video</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you were not able to attend the annual State of the Town, it can be viewed on the Town of Blowing Rock's YouTube channel.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/W2Eo9lhhCc8" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Watch Here</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-455" style="width: 248px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-788" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b6426af3-6faf-447e-b86c-fc123dd48692.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="130" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-721" style="width: 372px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-355" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farmer's Market Continues</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reminder that the Blowing Rock Farmers Market continues every Thursday thru September 29.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Come join us on Park Avenue from 3 - 6pm.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661459486275-473" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="216" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662654367299-433" style="width: 369.609px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662655788738-375" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3771; font-family: "Arial Black", Gadget, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;">People You Should Know</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662654367299-617" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">James Pearson</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #2e2e2e;">James is the new Executive Director of the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. He comes to BRAHM from the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center at Stetson University where he served as Director and as a professor in Museum Studies. He previously served as the Director of the Southwest Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida. A native of Candler, NC, Pearson completed his undergraduate studies at the University of North Carolina, Asheville and holds an MA in Art History & Criticism from Stony Brook University. James, his wife Molly, and their two daughters are excited to make the High Country their home and look forward to becoming members of the Blowing Rock community.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#1c3771" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662656067198-813" style="background-color: #1c3771; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662656067349-846" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1662656067496-318" style="height: 30px; line-height: 30px;"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662650589544-689" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662650589681-048" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662656082459-337" style="table-layout: fixed; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Mast Store Celebrates Friends Day</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 10th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">On September 10, each Mast Store location will donate 10% of the day’s sales to benefit the efforts of the </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation</span><span style="color: black;">. Guests may also round up their purchases to provide additional support September 9-11.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhpco9Y5lLkFlAM-UxwXWlbvc1YrH4_c/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View Press Release</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-467" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-803" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-560" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Fall Into An Exciting New Season of Arts for All</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #111111;">Free Workshops Sept. 12-16</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #111111;">New Art Classes - Fall semester begins Sept. 19th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.watauga-arts.org/#/" style="color: #2b94ab; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information & to Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652761835-743" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652761990-745" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662652762143-538" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wb91RERP7MSrVqqPvdDKyPcrIkx4UpOh/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/651c29a2-294c-4683-85f6-974715e2b145.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662647580047-693" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662647580047-281" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Mining for a Purpose Returns</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 1st @ 9:30am - 5pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Join Doc's Rocks Gem Mine & Appalachian Fossil Museum and McCoy Minerals for a day of Fun & Charity. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Silent Auction Treasure Hunt</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gemstone Raffle Rubber Duck Race</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And More...</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">100% of the proceeds are donated to cancer patients via the 'Cancer Patient Emergency Fund'.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Docs-Rocks-Gem-Mine/100063770310871/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Doc's Rocks Facebook Page</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://docsrocks.org/online-store/ols/categories/mining-for-a-purpose" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Raffle Tickets & T-Shirts Online</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661978134411-947" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978134551-263" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661978134691-175" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sHzxL0SfAre0Sy8rBnkllKM4mKC0cdQ9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/c5e3e1b9-2a54-4e3c-900e-c96c846b8d29.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="186" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-132" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-043" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">AMOREM Offering Virtual Advance Care Planning Workshop</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 15th @ 12pm - 1pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The goal of advance care planning is for you to live well, in a way that is meaningful to you,</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">for as long as you live.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333;">There is no cost to the community, but registration is required to receive the Zoom link. For more information, or to register, call 828.754.0101 or 1.844.4AMOREM, or email bbonn@amoremsupport.org.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iwda6w64mdAbWkUH1XzbiAiiOT6Xj1zd/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Full Press Release</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970093195-992" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970093327-331" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661964840216-972" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-318" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-332" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-242" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-486" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/13MT7xUW8osqaxntWX8chsNtrNS7tQv-L/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6412e423-2593-49bf-b363-adfd2f77cf15.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-286" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662045258138-226" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Need help starting a business?</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesdays - Sept 13 - Oct 4 via Zoom</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #111111;">In this </span><span style="color: #111111; font-weight: bold;">FREE</span><span style="color: #111111;"> four week long cohort, participants will learn about different aspects of starting a business, including identifying potential markets, writing a business plan, running the finances of a business, and marketing a business. You'll work with mentors and peers in fun breakout activities designed to help strengthen your business ideas and prepare you for success!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.sbtdc.org/takingtheleap/september/" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For More Information & to Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662045264588-692" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662045264761-597" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662045264913-973" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-327" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-264" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-182" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-613" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/dd3faa30-9a20-4535-8b59-18dd18a88d00.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="248" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-077" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662649273404-358" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Women’s Leadership Conference, presented by Catawba Valley Health System</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tuesday - October 25th @ 8:30am-4:00pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hickory Metro Convention Center</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Our goal with this conference is to create a high-quality local professional development opportunity for women in leadership roles (and male allies) within our region. It also gives attendees an opportunity to connect and foster relationships.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Use the promo code:<span style="font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">PARTNER</span><span style="font-family: Raleway, sans-serif;"> </span>to receive our Chamber Partner rate of $85.00 (a $14.00 discount) that can be applied at check-out.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Please note: The promo code is case sensitive!)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://members.catawbachamber.org/events/details/women-s-leadership-conference-10-25-2022-6957?calendarMonth=2022-10-01" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">To Register</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662649297474-562" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662649297608-170" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662649297740-576" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-279" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-176" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-962" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-220" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/18504ea2-a4a6-4175-a6e6-b0630aecd794.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="200" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-694" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661964833084-985" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Yola Kicks Off The Schaefer Center Presents Fall Season</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, September 16th @7pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Country-Soul, Pop-Funk and R&B Rising Star Comes to Boone on Her "Stand for Myself Tour".</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://theschaefercenter.org/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Information & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460410097-158" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460410233-325" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661460410371-734" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-836" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-161" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-783" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-645" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/96fa6153-dd68-4991-b1a3-d181783e72bd.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="254" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-235" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#ffc043" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #ffc043; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://www.brpfoundation.org/events/denim-ball-2022" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For more information & to purchase Tickets / Tables</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661973149051-484" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Limited tickets are available.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Get yours today!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-885" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-064" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Don't Miss it!!!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">2022 Denim Ball Celebration</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Thursday, Sept. 15th @ 6:00pm</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-983" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Funds raised at this event will support the programs and continuing preservation efforts on the estate. Thanks to our friends at Rosemyr & Modern Automotive of Boone for supporting this event.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This event will recognize the tremendous community efforts to restore the exterior of Flat Top Manor, as well as a celebration of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's 25th anniversary. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please join us to celebrate all we have accomplished together!</span> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">You are so important to these efforts! I hope you will be able to join us so we can thank you for being a part of Flat Top's amazing transformation. Limited tickets are available, so get yours today! </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753603-282" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753603-187" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753603-830" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-770" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-734" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-621" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-364" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><a data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mfMP7Ue5zHDXg5y86X_30mDRH6S-ZAZg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d51bd4aa-8d49-422e-8c6d-d7e4a454dee1.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="168" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-244" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662651587832-646" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">J. McLaughlin</span></h3><h3 align="center" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Fall Sip, Shop & Celebrate</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Friday September 16th</span><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"></span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;">@ 1:00pm - 5:00pm</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Our hostess will be Jackie Christian.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 18px; 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padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Proudly supporting small businesses.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662046185091-760" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;"><table bgcolor="#e94c3a" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #e94c3a; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6GhNVNgGPZr7AciaDUZOy6zye3Wt61E/view?usp=sharing" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Click for Special Chamber Offer</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662046200872-215" style="min-width: 100%; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-647" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-515" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-116" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">The Career Development Center at Appalachian State University invites you to participate in the Internship & Job Fair. The Internship & Job Fair is Appalachian State University's largest and most comprehensive career event. Serving students and alumni of all majors and skills, the event is host to many organizations across all industry sectors that are ready to network with students and introduce them to valuable internship and job opportunities. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">Spaces in each career fair are limited to ensure that both students and employers have an opportunity to interact in a meaningful way. As a result, we strongly suggest that you register in Handshake now as spaces will fill up quickly!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">If you are seeking to only hire students from the Walker College of Business, </span><a href="https://email.mail.joinhandshake.com/c/eJw9kEFuxCAMRU-T7CYikABZsBipmgv0AJEBZ0InQAREvX5JOq1kefG-vv1tVD0fpRB0GMbWKimNlq1TlFBKBB17WTvpFhx7KhcxARgmCTYD8eC27iu6sEKweYUXdib6dlXLQPVCplEzsdCeT4vWfGBWAxOGc27aTa2l7Llh94Y-aukju4A5G0iIKXew77lAwQ7tUeVffFvApYY9tlj7R99QfhQ_53gkgxV4yHk-I2F6Sx6tO3yV8MRvaGIoGMo5oWd8GsQfB7-De4YqHMHNBdITC9r58uY2qRWSdcGch-stfrvwTNG8rouL4pLcPs0a49b-P2O-El3-2Vn1XvcD6_l4Rg" style="color: #3166f4; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">visit their website</a><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> to learn about Walker Business Connections.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-712" style="min-width: 100%; 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Held on Appalachian's campus in the new Grandview Ballroom at Kidd Brewer Stadium, attendees will network with industry specialists, business leaders and develop partnerships with the Department of Computer Information Systems and its rising star students. All Proceeds from the event fund student scholarships in the Department of Computer Information Systems. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_HtJyPSN1JlgK6f1r3FFXVLf7Z7FKoKt/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #898622; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click for a copy of the Attendee Brochure</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662652295401-631" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662652295541-537" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662652295689-155" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CC9933" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cc9933; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">NCDOT Fall Litter Sweep</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 10-24, 2022</span></div><div>The 2022 <a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/litter-management/Pages/litter-sweep.aspx" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Fall Litter Sweep</a> is just around the corner, and we need your help keeping North Carolina beautiful! The sweep will run from Sept. 10–24. Click below for information about how to get involved.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/adoptahighway/Pages/coordinators.aspx" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to Volunteer</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" class="column column-border column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-168" style="border: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 296px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-514" style="height: 12px; line-height: 12px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-703" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/29453233-860a-4248-bea4-cd0a194312fa.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="229" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-284" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Community Care Clinic</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-309" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Voting lasts until September 26th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42;">2nd Annual Community Care Clinic Pet Photo Contest: Pawfect Pets for Community Health!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">$1 Per Vote.</span><span style="color: #403f42;"> Funds raised will support the Community Care Clinic of Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gogophotocontest.com/cccpawfectpets" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">To Vote For Your Favorite</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662656740810-615" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662656740977-435" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662656741149-369" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f8198299-f480-41f5-b58a-af71559112b5.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="275" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-266" style="width: 310px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662656684670-385" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #1c3771;">Next Pick-Up Date October 14th</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Chamber is a collection point. Please stop in and pick up an empty bag to fill.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">A Simple Gesture makes it easy, convenient, and inexpensive to give food, and thus supplies a steady flow of food to our food banks and food pantries.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.hungerandhealthcoalition.com/a-simple-gesture-1" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#294B93" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-158" style="background-color: #294b93; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-336" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-343" style="table-layout: fixed; 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padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours @ SouthMarke</span> - September 20th @ 5:30pm</li><li style="color: #3d4c73; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"It's Fall Y'all" Food Truck Night @ 1st Baptist Church</span> - Sept 25th from 5-8pm</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Partner Appreciation Reception at Gideon Ridge</span> - Sept 27th @ 5:30pm</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-521" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-650" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753595-816" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" class="layout-border_cell" style="background-color: #cccccc; padding: 2px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-153" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-220" style="width: 616px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661973724678-291" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">State of the Town Video</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you were not able to attend the annual State of the Town, it can be viewed on the Town of Blowing Rock's YouTube channel.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/W2Eo9lhhCc8" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Watch Here</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661973738604-574" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661973738743-675" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661973738871-324" style="table-layout: fixed; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7775ab00-fa32-4e91-a9aa-d6ba1a791e15.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="227" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661965486997-173" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661455412483-487" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 align="justify" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Business After Hours</span></h3><h3 align="justify" style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@ SouthMarke</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;">September 20th @ 5:30 - 7pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Stop by and network with fellow members at the amazing shoppes off Main Street in SouthMarke.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Open bar, appetizers & sweets.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Prizes and Surprises too!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661965575895-437" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661965576021-446" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661457363430-424" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#CF8F12" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #cf8f12; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=6feamhuab&oeidk=a07ejcosmp884b9a93a" style="color: white; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--float-right scale image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-382" style="table-layout: fixed;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="1" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="15"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="15" /></td><td align="right" class="image_container scale stack" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign=""><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/aab72064-50bc-4fcb-8d9c-4b41c529af0f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="95" /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" class="image_spacer hide" height="5" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top" width="5"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="5" /></td><td align="center" class="image_spacer_bottom hide" height="5" style="height: 5px; line-height: 1px; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" vspace="0" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Invest in the future of Blowing Rock</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">and become a Star.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">By supporting the Village Foundation, you help fund projects such as the History Walk and grants for many varied village projects.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://villagefoundationofbr.org/" style="color: #2dab2b; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information.</a></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Receive a 2022 Rock Star decal</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">with your donation!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753596-510" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;"><table bgcolor="#479B46" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #479b46; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661976616368-097" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661976583526-140" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/858542ff-ba48-498e-beee-421112d334d2.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="231" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661976583526-548" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661976583526-530" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Granite Insurance Ribbon Cutting</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Congratulations to the team at Granite Insurance on the opening of their Boone location on State Farm Road. Cheers and here’s to much success!!!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661976672987-143" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661976673116-623" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661976673244-488" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-227" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-675" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-825" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/7601d447-aa75-4d35-9bc1-7b4f40504bf3.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-828" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661970223683-329" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Meet the Candidates Forum</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #010101;">The annual Watauga County Meet the Candidates Forum is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #010101; font-style: italic;">Thursday, October 6th, from 5:00-9:30pm.</span><span style="color: #010101;"> The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area & Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce. For those who cannot attend, this will be broadcast live from the Appalachian Theatre in Downtown Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/2022-watauga-county-meet-the-candidates-forum" style="color: #c03e30; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1662047477421-016" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662047477574-853" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1662047477732-757" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f787f96b-853a-4a0a-b822-ca453df16fb0.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="249" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662048240430-682" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#3D4C73" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://www.nccommerce.com/news/press-releases/2021-visitor-spending-increases-all-100-north-carolina-counties" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Full Report</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662048243929-228" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#3D4C73" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://partners.visitnc.com/contents/sdownload/72835/file/2021-County-Level-Visitor-Expenditures.pdf" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">County Level Visitor Expenditures</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1662047466669-581" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1662047466669-747" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h1 align="left" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">2021 Visitor Spending Increases in ALL 100 NC Counties</span></h1><p align="left" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Recovery in visitor spending was felt statewide in 2021 with all 100 counties seeing increases, according to data released today by the</span><a href="https://www.nccommerce.com/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"> North Carolina Department of Commerce</a><span style="color: black;">. The preliminary findings reflect the economic impact of tourism on local economies across the state, and come from an annual study commissioned by </span><a href="https://www.visitnc.com/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Visit North Carolina</a><span style="color: black;">, a unit of the </span><a href="https://edpnc.com/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina.</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-154" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-714" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table bgcolor="#d0ecf2" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-363" style="background-color: #d0ecf2; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-660" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-455" style="width: 248px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-788" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b6426af3-6faf-447e-b86c-fc123dd48692.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="130" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-721" style="width: 372px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-355" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farmer's Market Continues</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reminder that the Blowing Rock Farmers Market continues every Thursday thru September 29.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Come join us on Park Avenue from 3 - 6pm.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661459486275-473" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661459486423-288" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661459486557-897" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-495" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Mast General Store Adds Iconic Outdoor Brand</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mast General Store is entering into a historic partnership with the legendary L.L.Bean company. The iconic Bean Boot, along with other footwear, apparel, and outdoor gear, will be a part of the items now found at local Mast Stores and online.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B9wh38fIA10ewsEUWBWHzAsl1CdCrc5k/view?usp=sharing" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View Press Release</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-467" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-803" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-560" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-505" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-664" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-811" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-637" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-140" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/c06baeb5-1a1b-4114-b88c-bd08a5f70af6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="206" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-908" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-037" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Lee Harper - Artist in Residence at Edgewood Cottage</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-172" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 29th - September 4th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Blowing Rock summer resident Lee Harper will return to the town's Edgewood Cottage as Artist-In-Residence. She will bring existing works, create new paintings during her residency and discuss her work. This will be Harper's sixth year as Artist-in-Residence.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.artistsatedgewood.org/edgewood-cottage" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Artist in Residence Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-256" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-568" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-165" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#294B93" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-278" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-045" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-520" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-370" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/404c8c71-0725-42dd-a158-f17944883844.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="242" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-352" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-539" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Mile High Swinging Bridge Celebrates 70 Years</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #141827; font-weight: bold;">Sept 2, 2022 @10:00 am - 3:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Celebrate seven decades of mile-high wonder with a day of activities for the whole family, as Grandfather Mountain observes the 70th anniversary of its world-famous Mile High Swinging Bridge. Included with admission.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://grandfather.com/event/70th-anniversary-of-the-mile-high-swinging-bridge/" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Schedule of Events</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661978134411-947" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978134551-263" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661978134691-175" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-542" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-151" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-229" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-846" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/08d3dae5-6691-48da-89c5-753967d07192.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="245" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-132" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661978126024-043" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Congratulations AMOREM</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">AMOREM, formerly Burke Hospice and Palliative Care & Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care</span><span style="color: teal;">,</span><span style="color: black;"> was voted </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Best Hospice </span><span style="color: black;">in the </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Best of Avery County</span><span style="color: black;"> survey and AMOREM’s very own, Donna Tate was voted the </span><span style="color: black; font-style: italic;">Best Nurse Practitioner</span><span style="color: black;">. 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Yola Kicks Off The Schaefer Center Presents Fall Season</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, September 16th @7pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Country-Soul, Pop-Funk and R&B Rising Star Comes to Boone on Her "Stand for Myself Tour".</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://theschaefercenter.org/" style="color: #c3319a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Information & Tickets</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460410097-158" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460410233-325" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661460410371-734" style="table-layout: fixed; 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padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Limited tickets are available.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Get yours today!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-885" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-064" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Don't Miss it!!!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">2022 Denim Ball Celebration</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Thursday, Sept. 15th @ 6:00pm</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-983" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p align="justify" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;">Funds raised at this event will support the programs and continuing preservation efforts on the estate. Thanks to our friends at Rosemyr & Modern Automotive of Boone for supporting this event.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This event will recognize the tremendous community efforts to restore the exterior of Flat Top Manor, as well as a celebration of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation's 25th anniversary. </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please join us to celebrate all we have accomplished together!</span> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">You are so important to these efforts! I hope you will be able to join us so we can thank you for being a part of Flat Top's amazing transformation. 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The sweep will run from Sept. 10–24. Click below for information about how to get involved.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/adoptahighway/Pages/coordinators.aspx" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to Volunteer</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" class="column column-border column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-168" style="border: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 296px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-514" style="height: 12px; line-height: 12px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-703" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/29453233-860a-4248-bea4-cd0a194312fa.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="229" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-284" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Community Care Clinic</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-309" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Voting lasts until September 26th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42;">2nd Annual Community Care Clinic Pet Photo Contest: Pawfect Pets for Community Health!</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">$1 Per Vote.</span><span style="color: #403f42;"> Funds raised will support the Community Care Clinic of Boone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.gogophotocontest.com/cccpawfectpets" style="color: #cc9933; 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The Internship & Job Fair is Appalachian State University's largest and most comprehensive career event. Serving students and alumni of all majors and skills, the event is host to many organizations across all industry sectors that are ready to network with students and introduce them to valuable internship and job opportunities. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">Spaces in each career fair are limited to ensure that both students and employers have an opportunity to interact in a meaningful way. As a result, we strongly suggest that you register in Handshake now as spaces will fill up quickly!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">If you are seeking to only hire students from the Walker College of Business, </span><a href="https://email.mail.joinhandshake.com/c/eJw9kEFuxCAMRU-T7CYikABZsBipmgv0AJEBZ0InQAREvX5JOq1kefG-vv1tVD0fpRB0GMbWKimNlq1TlFBKBB17WTvpFhx7KhcxARgmCTYD8eC27iu6sEKweYUXdib6dlXLQPVCplEzsdCeT4vWfGBWAxOGc27aTa2l7Llh94Y-aukju4A5G0iIKXew77lAwQ7tUeVffFvApYY9tlj7R99QfhQ_53gkgxV4yHk-I2F6Sx6tO3yV8MRvaGIoGMo5oWd8GsQfB7-De4YqHMHNBdITC9r58uY2qRWSdcGch-stfrvwTNG8rouL4pLcPs0a49b-P2O-El3-2Vn1XvcD6_l4Rg" style="color: #3166f4; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">visit their website</a><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> to learn about Walker Business Connections.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-712" style="min-width: 100%; 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We help small businesses compete with much larger organizations, and large organizations compete on a much larger scale. Let's Get Reel.</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy Davis - Phone: 704</span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">-</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">451-5073</span></div><div><a href="https://episode11productions.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.episode11productions.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-348" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-312" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-937" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-686" style="table-layout: fixed; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Savored Moments Travel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661953725006-932" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic;">We believe that experiential travel is awe-inspiring, soul-stirring, heart-opening, and above all, life-changing. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">It’s our passion to design itineraries that allow you to touch the hearts of others, interact, learn, expand consciousness, and grow connections with other cultures and people. </span>Savored Moments Travel helps family, friends, and affinity groups deepen their connections through well-planned, savory travel experiences.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yolanda Robertson</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="color: #050505; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #294b93;"></span><span style="color: #d3173a; font-size: 29px;">Thank you to our 2022 Chamber Partners!</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-049" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-723" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-838" style="table-layout: fixed; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Farmers Market</span> - Every Thursday through Sept 29th @ 3pm </li><li style="color: #3d4c73; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Railroad Heritage Weekend</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">at Tweetsie Railroad</span> - Aug 27 - 28</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> - September 10th @ 10am</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Alair Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> - September 11th @ 3 - 5pm</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; 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padding: 0px;">Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this Leadership Class project! The project is complete and we are just <span style="font-weight: bold;">$1500</span> away from our fundraising goal.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Donations are being accepted through our <a href="https://gofund.me/e62c5500" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">gofundme!</a> campaign and we appreciate your help.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Thank You!</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-634" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-137" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-352" style="table-layout: fixed; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-736" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-416" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/81f925cf-b09f-4ca0-a6ae-a61f78477036.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="180" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-018" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-875" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Adventure Towns Contest</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Round 2</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753597-286" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a191a;">Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine has announced 100 finalists in four categories for its 12th annual Top Adventure Towns Contest, and </span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-style: italic;">Blowing Rock is still in the running in the Tiny Towns category!</span><span style="color: #1a191a;"> Help us get to round three by voting and sharing the contest.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a191a;">Round two continues through August 29.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/toptowns/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Vote Here</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753598-672" style="min-width: 100%; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-660" style="background-color: white; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-455" style="width: 248px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661451123520-788" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b6426af3-6faf-447e-b86c-fc123dd48692.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="130" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-721" style="width: 372px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661451123521-355" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farmer's Market Continues</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reminder that the Blowing Rock Farmers Market continues every Thursday thru September 29.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Come join us on Park Avenue from 3 - 6pm.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661459486275-473" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661459486423-288" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661459486557-897" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-495" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-514" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-452" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-742" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753599-260" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-693" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-363" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753600-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661453622824-545" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661453622824-682" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661453622824-543" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/88d1b630-2488-4cd7-a738-a30111f7f65f.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="244" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661453622824-270" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661453622824-381" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Tweetsie </span><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Railroad Heritage Days This Weekend</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1a191a;">Railroad enthusiasts are invited to celebrate the golden age of steam locomotives behind Tweetsie's historic narrow-gauge, steam locomotives this weekend with special attractions included with regular admission. Remember: Tweetsie Railroad is now open Saturdays and Sundays only, plus Labor Day. </span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://tweetsie.com/special-events/railroad-heritage-weekend" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Info & Schedule</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-418" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-155" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-684" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-505" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-216" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-368" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-755" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-137" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/726159a6-7c4a-4ac1-ac22-4bf481f42e92.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="228" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-576" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-518" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Children's Council of Watauga</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-169" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #050505;">A time worth celebrating, join us at Appalachian Ski Mountain on </span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 27, 2022</span><span style="color: #050505;">. </span> </div><div><span style="color: #050505;">This week </span><a href="https://www.thechildrenscouncil.org/celebrate45" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Children's Council of Watauga County </a><span style="color: #050505;">is celebrating our 45</span><sup style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px;">th</sup><span style="color: #050505;"> Anniversary. What started as one program in 1977 is now over 20 programs and initiatives. One thing remains the same: We build upon the strengths of children, families, and educators by investing resources, information, and training toward promoting the future health and success of our greatest community asset: Our Children.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-722" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-415" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-583" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-664" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-811" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-637" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-140" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3b6836ab-d0d0-40e0-a0d4-f60fbd31a607.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="206" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-908" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-037" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Lee Harper - Artist in Residence at Edgewood Cottage</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-172" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 29th - September 4th</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Blowing Rock summer resident Lee Harper will return to the town's Edgewood Cottage as Artist-In-Residence. She will bring existing works, create new paintings during her residency and discuss her work. This will be Harper's sixth year as Artist-in-Residence.</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.artistsatedgewood.org/edgewood-cottage" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Artist in Residence Information</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-256" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-568" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-165" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#294B93" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-278" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-045" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-520" style="width: 279px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-370" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/404c8c71-0725-42dd-a158-f17944883844.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="242" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-352" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661460402028-539" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #717a80; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Mile High Swinging Bridge Celebrates 70 Years</span></h3><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #141827; font-weight: bold;">Sept 2, 2022 @10:00 am - 3:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black;">Celebrate seven decades of mile-high wonder with a day of activities for the whole family, as Grandfather Mountain observes the 70th anniversary of its world-famous Mile High Swinging Bridge. Included with admission.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://grandfather.com/event/70th-anniversary-of-the-mile-high-swinging-bridge/" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Schedule of Events</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661460410097-158" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661460410233-325" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661460410371-734" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For more information and to purchase Tickets / Tables</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-885" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-064" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Denim Ball Tickets on Sale</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753602-983" style="table-layout: fixed; 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Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. </div><div><br /></div><div>The celebration will mark the completion of exterior repairs to the historical manor built by Moses and Bertha Cone in the early 1900s, and raise funds for additional rehabilitation projects at the 3,500-acre park. 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display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Community Care Clinic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753601-427" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Voting lasts until September 4th ($1)</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2nd Annual Community Care Clinic Pet Photo Contest: Pawfect Pest for Community Health!</p><p style="margin: 0px; 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width: 296px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661456412900-661" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d87b8c93-4f75-4d40-8459-95e234bdf5e1.gif" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="215" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661456412900-603" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Chef's Night</span></p><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Every Thursday from</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">4:30pm - 8:30pm</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42;">Join us in August for our Summer Americana menu.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42;">Proceeds in August will benefit the Village Foundation of Blowing Rock.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.storiestreetgrille.com/" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Menu</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" class="column column-border column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661456412900-781" style="border: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 296px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661456412900-581" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/9ff1f4b0-4714-4c5b-a37c-ed18478fbb1f.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="215" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661456412900-132" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><p align="center" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #387b37; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">New Dining Experience</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #387b37; font-size: 18px;"></span><span style="color: #403f42;">The Historic Green Park is now offering an exclusive dining experience in their new </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">“The Little Room”</span><span style="color: #403f42;">. Seating is limited and reservations are required. Hours are: Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 – 8:45pm, with a menu that changes every weekend.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #403f42;">Also, the Divide Tavern is serving every night from 5:00 - 8:30pm with reservations required.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-813" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-575" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-823" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Boone Info</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button button--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-241" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;"><table bgcolor="#3D4C73" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="button_content-row" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: inherit;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="button_content-cell" style="padding: 12px 20px;"><a class="button_link" data-trackable="true" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/5057628314335436?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D" style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">West Jefferson Info</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-709" style="width: 341px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-192" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Footsloggers hosts Hobnail Trekking Co. event</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753604-207" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">The presentation will begin at 6:30 sharp. Friday August 26th @ West Jefferson store Saturday August 27th @ Boone Store.</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">Hobnail Trekking Co. is proud to bring "The Everest Base Camp Trek Experience" to Footsloggers in West Jefferson and Boone! Owners Mark and Holly Johnson will cover all the particulars of this iconic, bucket-list adventure, including trail conditions, travel, food, lodging, training, gear, and more. Footsloggers will provide seating, refreshments, and in-store, one-night-only discounts. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience the Everest Base Camp trek through photos, videos, and first-person stories — and learn how you can do it yourself. (It's not as crazy as you think!) Mark will also sign copies of his 2018 memoir, "Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp." Hope we see you there!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-728" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-706" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-136" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="divider_content-row" style="height: 1px; table-layout: fixed; width: 620.391px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" class="divider_content-cell" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-width: 0px; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8569432b-696d-4455-b2d2-b66b2c8055f1.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="268" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-442" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">NCDOT Fall Litter Sweep</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 10-24, 2022</span></div><div>The 2022 <a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/litter-management/Pages/litter-sweep.aspx" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Fall Litter Sweep</a> is just around the corner, and we need your help keeping North Carolina beautiful! The sweep will run from Sept. 10–24. Click below for information about how to get involved.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/adoptahighway/Pages/coordinators.aspx" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to Volunteer</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" class="column-divider scale stack" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px;" valign="top" width="20"><img alt="" border="0" height="20" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" vspace="0" width="20" /></td><td align="center" class="column column-border column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-168" style="border: 2px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); width: 296px;" valign="top"><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-514" style="height: 12px; line-height: 12px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-703" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="right" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3d9b09c2-e314-4678-8989-e0c84bf8f376.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="267" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-284" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #292929; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">2022 - 2023 Season</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="spacer" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-781" style="height: 36px; line-height: 36px;"> </div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753605-309" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">September 16, 2022 - April 22, 2023</span></div><div>Tickets are now on sale for the 2022-2023 at Appalachian State University.</div><div><br /></div><div>Join Us for a series of diverse performances designed to entertain,</div><div>enrich and inspire!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://theschaefercenter.org/" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Information & Tickets</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-483" style="min-width: 100%; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-252" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-658" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="image_container" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b01e6015-ec36-4559-9904-e093cc990927.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="584" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-287" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-136" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-647" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-515" style="width: 620px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-116" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif">The Career Development Center at Appalachian State University invites you to participate in the Internship & Job Fair. The Internship & Job Fair is Appalachian State University's largest and most comprehensive career event. Serving students and alumni of all majors and skills, the event is host to many organizations across all industry sectors that are ready to network with students and introduce them to valuable internship and job opportunities. </span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif"> </span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif">Spaces in each career fair are limited to ensure that both students and employers have an opportunity to interact in a meaningful way. As a result, we strongly suggest that you register in Handshake now as spaces will fill up quickly!</span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif"> </span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif">If you are seeking to only hire students from the Walker College of Business, </span><a href="https://email.mail.joinhandshake.com/c/eJw9kEFuxCAMRU-T7CYikABZsBipmgv0AJEBZ0InQAREvX5JOq1kefG-vv1tVD0fpRB0GMbWKimNlq1TlFBKBB17WTvpFhx7KhcxARgmCTYD8eC27iu6sEKweYUXdib6dlXLQPVCplEzsdCeT4vWfGBWAxOGc27aTa2l7Llh94Y-aukju4A5G0iIKXew77lAwQ7tUeVffFvApYY9tlj7R99QfhQ_53gkgxV4yHk-I2F6Sx6tO3yV8MRvaGIoGMo5oWd8GsQfB7-De4YqHMHNBdITC9r58uY2qRWSdcGch-stfrvwTNG8rouL4pLcPs0a49b-P2O-El3-2Vn1XvcD6_l4Rg" style="color: #3166f4; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">visit their website</a><span face=""Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif"> to learn about Walker Business Connections.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-712" style="min-width: 100%; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-491" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--heading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753606-324" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; text-align: center;" valign="top">Welcome New Members!</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--1-column" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-965" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="column column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-872" style="width: 660px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--article text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661455945811-843" style="table-layout: fixed; 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We help small businesses compete with much larger organizations, and large organizations compete on a much larger scale. Let's Get Reel.</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Randy Davis - Phone: 704</span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">-</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">451-5073</span></div><div><a href="https://episode11productions.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.episode11productions.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-415" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-826" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-436" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-118" style="table-layout: fixed; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Savored Moments Travel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-477" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a; font-style: italic;">We believe that experiential travel is awe-inspiring, soul-stirring, heart-opening, and above all, life-changing. </span><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">It’s our passion to design itineraries that allow you to touch the hearts of others, interact, learn, expand consciousness, and grow connections with other cultures and people. </span>Savored Moments Travel helps family, friends, and affinity groups deepen their connections through well-planned, savory travel experiences.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yolanda Robertson</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: </span><span style="color: #050505; 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overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Stone Interiors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-236" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div>Our SC location has been in operation since 2001, however our family's experience in the stone industry dates back to the 1970's. At that time, our founder, GK Naquin, was a partner in a New Orleans based company whose primary focus was the fabrication and installation of stone facades on high rise commercial buildings across the United States. Out of our SC location, we service customers in the entire state of South Carolina and into Western North Carolina. GK moved to Blowing Rock in 2018 and recognized the need for quality and timely installation of countertops and began servicing the Western North Carolina area. This move to Western North Carolina is now one of the most active locations for Stone Interiors.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">GK Naquin - Phone/Text: 251-379-7044</span></div><div><a href="http://www.stoneinteriors.com/" style="color: #48a199; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.stoneinteriors.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-364" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-726" style="min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-651" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-622" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4253809f-1078-4ee7-833c-554713695576.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="191" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-138" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-846" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">Farm Bureau Insurance</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-482" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div>Welcome to your local NC Farm Bureau Insurance Agency. Watauga County and Blowing Rock are our home.</div><div>We take great pride in protecting the people who make up this community by offering a range of quality insurance products.</div><div>We are a team of local insurance professions dedicated to protecting what matters most to you and your family with quality products designed to meet all your insurance needs.</div><div>Local professionals serving you, right here in the</div><div>High Country. Auto, Home, Life and Health Insurance</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toby D. Oliver - Phone:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-264-5270</span></div><div><a href="http://www.ncfbins.com/" style="color: #dca10d; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.ncfbins.com</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout-margin" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-256" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout-margin_cell" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#EBE6E6" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="layout layout--feature layout--2-column" data-cpeid="w-1661368753608-602" style="background-color: #ebe6e6; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--1 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-737" style="width: 217px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="image image--padding-vertical image--mobile-scale image--mobile-center" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-015" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="image_container content-padding-horizontal" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="image_content" data-image-content="" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1a4e4501-9c35-48d2-bfbb-2a2448ae74f4.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" width="162" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td align="center" bgcolor="#EBE6E6" class="column column--feature column--2 scale stack" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-597" style="width: 403px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--featureHeading text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-556" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Walker and Associates, </span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="text text--feature text--padding-vertical" data-cpeid="w-1661368753607-425" style="table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="text_content-cell content-padding-horizontal" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div>Gary T. Moss of Walker and Associates enjoys using his knowledge to help members of the community reach their financial goals. "I will take the time to understand what’s truly important to you and deliver personalized advise to help you reach your financial goals, whatever they may be. With sound advice supported by research and online tools to track your progress, I can help you feel confident, connected and in control of your financial life."</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gary T. 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The Leadership project is complete and we are just <span style="font-weight: bold;">$1500</span> away from our goal.</div><div><br /></div><div>Donations are being accepted through our <a href="https://gofund.me/e62c5500" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">gofundme!</a> campaign and we appreciate your help.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank You!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/81f925cf-b09f-4ca0-a6ae-a61f78477036.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="180" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Adventure Towns Contest</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine has announced 100 finalists in four categories for its 12th annual Top Adventure Towns Contest, and Blowing Rock is in the running in the Tiny Towns category! 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font-style: italic;">(along with NC Chamber Federation member the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce) </span><span style="color: #292929;">in a letter opposing the Inflation Reduction Act last week. While there are parts of the bill that would advance progress on climate and energy security, the benefits of these provisions do not outweigh the negative impacts in the legislation. North Carolina did not become the top state for business by accident and has encouraged our Congressional delegation to oppose anything that threatens our ability to compete.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.uschamber.com/economy/coalition-letter-on-the-inflation-reduction-act#:~:text=The%20undersigned%20chambers%20of%20commerce,that%20would%20limit%20American%20innovation." rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Learn More</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 592.188px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/109p2hVW239psE2MImpSi9t1qtTiBfpoq/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/eb7f5f02-8175-4a43-9816-f52212898933.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="210" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">High Country Real Estate Report</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #595959;">High Country Realtors® saw a subtle slowdown in July, compared to previous years. </span><span style="color: #555555;">The High Country MLS reports that in July 224 homes were sold worth a combined total of over $119 million, 195 of those sold locally in Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties contributing to $107 million of that recorded sales volume. This is a 14 percent decrease in closed sales, and a 6 percent increase in sales volume compared to July of last year. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I4vbtnAnyMYvaDj5gK1d4wZl2GzDSKT_/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Full Report</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 592.188px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">As our local restaurants continue to face unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns, restaurant hours continue to change often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Its aim is to bring painters together from around the world to paint outside in the fresh air while getting to know each other and sharing their work.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.blowingrockmuseum.org/offerings/blowing-rock-plein-air-festival-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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She will bring existing works, create new paintings during her residency and discuss her work. 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Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. </div><div><br /></div><div>The celebration will mark the completion of exterior repairs to the historical manor built by Moses and Bertha Cone in the early 1900s, and raise funds for additional rehabilitation projects at the 3,500-acre park. 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Seating is limited and reservations are required. 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This event will officially open the MFG from Niley Cook Rd. to (almost) Tweetsie Railroad. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.middleforkgreenway.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Info on the Middle Fork Greenway</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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Kids can create their own back-to-class motivational sticker for their notebooks inside shopper services!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.tangeroutlet.com/blowingrock/events/august" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/726159a6-7c4a-4ac1-ac22-4bf481f42e92.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="228" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Children's Council of Watauga</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">A time worth celebrating, join us at Appalachian Ski Mountain on </span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 27, 2022</span><span style="color: #050505;">. </span> </div><div><span style="color: #050505;">This week </span><a href="https://www.thechildrenscouncil.org/celebrate45" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Children's Council of Watauga County </a><span style="color: #050505;">is celebrating our 45</span><sup style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="color: #050505;"> Anniversary. What started as one program in 1977 is now over 20 programs and initiatives. One thing remains the same: We build upon the strengths of children, families, and educators by investing resources, information, and training toward promoting the future health and success of our greatest community asset: Our Children.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">West Jefferson Info</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Footsloggers hosts Hobnail Trekking Co. event</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Friday August 26th @ West Jefferson store Saturday August 27th @ Boone Store.</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">Hobnail Trekking Co. is proud to bring "The Everest Base Camp Trek Experience" to Footsloggers in West Jefferson and Boone! Owners Mark and Holly Johnson will cover all the particulars of this iconic, bucket-list adventure, including trail conditions, travel, food, lodging, training, gear, and more. Footsloggers will provide seating, refreshments, and in-store, one-night-only discounts. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience the Everest Base Camp trek through photos, videos, and first-person stories — and learn how you can do it yourself. (It's not as crazy as you think!) Mark will also sign copies of his 2018 memoir, "Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp." Hope we see you there!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; 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At that time, our founder, GK Naquin, was a partner in a New Orleans based company whose primary focus was the fabrication and installation of stone facades on high rise commercial buildings across the United States. Out of our SC location, we service customers in the entire state of South Carolina and into Western North Carolina. GK moved to Blowing Rock in 2018 and recognized the need for quality and timely installation of countertops and began servicing the Western North Carolina area. This move to Western North Carolina is now one of the most active locations for Stone Interiors.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">GK Naquin - Phone/Text: 251-379-7044</span></div><div><a href="http://www.stoneinteriors.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.stoneinteriors.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="35%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4253809f-1078-4ee7-833c-554713695576.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="191" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="65%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Farm Bureau Insurance</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Welcome to your local NC Farm Bureau Insurance Agency. Watauga County and Blowing Rock are our home.</div><div>We take great pride in protecting the people who make up this community by offering a range of quality insurance products.</div><div>We are a team of local insurance professions dedicated to protecting what matters most to you and your family with quality products designed to meet all your insurance needs.</div><div>Local professionals serving you, right here in the</div><div>High Country. Auto, Home, Life and Health Insurance</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toby D. 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font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">Art in the Park</span> - August 13th @ 10am - 5pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Alair Homes Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: #1d3567;"> - August 14th @ 3pm</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours: Flat Top Manor</span> - August 16th @ 5pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival</span> - August 16th - 20th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d3567; 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It will be an evening of fun and discovery. Restored to its former glory, this estate of Moses & Bertha Cone is shining bright and full of wonder and history. See you on the 16<sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup>! 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce has supported the Middle Fork Greenway project since its inception. The Chamber believes that the completion of the Greenway will be a huge economic engine for both the village of Blowing Rock and the town of Boone. Consequently the Blowing Rock Chamber Board of Directors recently approved a $3,000 donation from the proceeds of the Snyder field parking at the Symphony by the Lake event to be combined with the businesses round-up contributions and leveraged with other funds to double the impact with a matching grant.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/e650d97a-8ad4-49d8-a3dd-01248185dfb6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="254" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Leadership Challenge Class Project</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 14px;">Is Making Progress</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle during the Symphony event. Progress is being made as the wood has been replaced and the landscaping of the area is complete.</div><div><br /></div><div>We need your continued support by donating to our <a href="https://gofund.me/e62c5500" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">gofundme!</a> campaign.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank You!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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This 14-room Boutel, with an expected completion date next Summer, will deliver a concierge-style service in a premium property.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 592.188px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #3d4c73;">The Chamber is Hiring!</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Seeking Applicants for Events & Communications Director</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">The Events & Communications Director will be tasked with planning and executing WinterFest, Symphony by the Lake, and Art in the Park. In addition, this person will be expected to craft all the Chamber's external communications, including but not limited to, Weekly Newsletter, Press Releases, and Social Media Platforms.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">Email Charles Hardin at </span><a href="mailto:Hardince@BlowingRock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Hardince@BlowingRock.com</a><span style="color: #050505;"> with a cover letter and resume to apply.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" border="0" height="5" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;">Member Tip of the Week</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Member Tip of the Week is brought to you by:</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Greg Berkin from </span><a href="https://techstrategyleaders.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Tech Strategy Leaders</a></div><div><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Cybersecurity Tip #2 – Use Multi Factor Authentication (MFA)</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Our last cybersecurity tip focused on using an encrypted password application to safely store all your passwords. This next tip takes your cybersecurity hygiene to another level. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) is the action of adding an additional layer of authentication to gain access to your accounts. Many of us already are familiar with this technology but were not certain what it was referred to as. An example of where you may already be utilizing MFA is when logging into a financial account. In the past, you would only need your username and password. Nowadays, you need to use an additional layer of security to access that same account (hence the term “Multi factor”). This layer could be a text message or phone call to confirm your identity. Next time you log into any website, see if they offer MFA and if so, enable it. It adds peace of mind and makes unauthorized access more difficul</span><span style="color: #585858;">t.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 16px;">If you have a “Tip” that you would like to share, please send to </span><a href="mailto:Cathy@BlowingRock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cathy@BlowingRock.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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McLaughlin</span></div><div><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Summer Sale Preview Party</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 13th</span></div><div>Join us for our Summer Sale Preview Party!</div><div>Visit in person or call us at 828-372-3003 to shop by phone.</div><div><br /></div><div>Complimentary shipping, curbside service and local delivery.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Seating is limited and reservations are required. Hours are: Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 – 8:45pm, with a menu that changes every weekend.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, the Divide Tavern is serving every night from 5:00 - 8:30pm with reservations required.</div><div><br /></div><div>Come and enjoy our new chef's updated menu offerings!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; 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Its aim is to bring painters together from around the world to paint outside in the fresh air while getting to know each other and sharing their work.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.blowingrockmuseum.org/offerings/blowing-rock-plein-air-festival-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b131b3c6-c674-4fad-9c10-d8f2e8df562b.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="213" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #bf3f2f;">Ribbon Cutting</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 18, 2022 - 4:00pm</span></div><div>The Ribbon Cutting for the Middle Fork Greenway Trail will be held at the new 321 Trailhead with the two bridges that cross the Middle Fork New River—located about 1/2 mile north of Tweetsie RR on Hwy 321 (we are waiting for an address to be allocated). This event will officially open the MFG from Niley Cook Rd. to (almost) Tweetsie Railroad. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.middleforkgreenway.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Info on the Middle Fork Greenway</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; 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display: block; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">For more information and to purchase Tickets / Tables</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Denim Ball Tickets on Sale</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. </div><div><br /></div><div>The celebration will mark the completion of exterior repairs to the historical manor built by Moses and Bertha Cone in the early 1900s, and raise funds for additional rehabilitation projects at the 3,500-acre park. A textile magnate who brought denim production to the Southeast, Moses was dubbed The Denim King.<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/9900a199-79de-492b-a6fd-5d51a8380cba.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="254" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Tanger Outlets Back to School Bash</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 20 @ 10am - 5pm</span></div><div>Families can celebrate their scholars with an array of fun-filled activities, including sidewalk sales and student discounts, wellness checks, outdoor activities with Grandfather Mountain and Doc's Rocks Gem Mine, and live music with DJ Taco on center stage from 12-3 PM. Kids can create their own back-to-class motivational sticker for their notebooks inside shopper services!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.tangeroutlet.com/blowingrock/events/august" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Information</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/726159a6-7c4a-4ac1-ac22-4bf481f42e92.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="228" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Children's Council of Watauga</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">A time worth celebrating, join us at Appalachian Ski Mountain on </span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 27, 2022</span><span style="color: #050505;">. </span> </div><div><span style="color: #050505;">This week </span><a href="https://www.thechildrenscouncil.org/celebrate45" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Children's Council of Watauga County </a><span style="color: #050505;">is celebrating our 45</span><sup style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="color: #050505;"> Anniversary. What started as one program in 1977 is now over 20 programs and initiatives. One thing remains the same: We build upon the strengths of children, families, and educators by investing resources, information, and training toward promoting the future health and success of our greatest community asset: Our Children.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Owners Mark and Holly Johnson will cover all the particulars of this iconic, bucket-list adventure, including trail conditions, travel, food, lodging, training, gear, and more. Footsloggers will provide seating, refreshments, and in-store, one-night-only discounts. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to experience the Everest Base Camp trek through photos, videos, and first-person stories — and learn how you can do it yourself. (It's not as crazy as you think!) Mark will also sign copies of his 2018 memoir, "Doofus Dad Does Everest Base Camp." The presentation will begin at 6:30 sharp, Friday August 26th in West Jefferson store and Saturday August 27th in the Boone Store. Hope we see you there!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; 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font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Fall Litter Sweep</a> is just around the corner, and we need your help keeping North Carolina beautiful! The sweep will run from Sept. 10–24. Click below for information about how to get involved.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/environmental/adoptahighway/Pages/coordinators.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to Volunteer</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #264586;">TDA Survey Results</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The TDA’s <span style="color: #1a191a;">most recent survey had just over 75 responding</span> Blowing Rock<span style="color: #1a191a;"> businesses</span>. <span style="color: #1a191a;">Because the pandemic created abrupt changes in travel patterns and excessive demand in 2020 and 2021, many view 2019 as the most recent "normal" year in tourism. For this reason, </span>they<span style="color: #1a191a;"> used 2019 as a benchmark in some of survey questions.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;"> </span></div><div>H<span style="color: #1a191a;">ere are a few highlights:</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px;">·</span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 9px;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a;">Comparing 2022 sales/bookings to 2019 sales/bookings, 53% respondents reported that they were higher this year, 18.6% reported that they were about the same, and 2.6% reported that they were lower this year.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px;">·</span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 9px;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a;">57% of respondents reported that they currently have adequate staffing, with over half of those being retailers. 34% reported that they are slightly understaffed, while 9% are severely understaffed.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px;">·</span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 9px;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a;">While about 30% of respondents have seen more families and younger groups compared to 2019, almost a third haven't noted any changes to traveler types or group sizes.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 13px;">·</span><span style="color: #1a191a; font-size: 9px;"> </span><span style="color: #1a191a;">Charlotte and the Triangle area are the top two hometown areas for customers of respondents, and various Florida locations make the third most reported area. Other notable areas include the Triad, Hickory/Lenoir, our local area, and nearby states like SC and GA.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">Several respondents noted a slow start to 2022 and rising costs of doing business (inflation, labor costs, supply issues). Some others pointed out continuing issues with parking, though a couple expressed concerns over paid parking solutions.</span></div><div><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tSr-00447myTErPdQsTxOdEgiHGJKDaC/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View Survey Results</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Residential Members</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Melissa & Ed Tausche of Blowing Rock</div><div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Welcome to your local NC Farm Bureau Insurance Agency. Watauga County and Blowing Rock are our home.</div><div>We take great pride in protecting the people who make up this community by offering a range of quality insurance products.</div><div>We are a team of local insurance professions dedicated to protecting what matters most to you and your family with quality products designed to meet all your insurance needs.</div><div>Local professionals serving you, right here in the</div><div>High Country.</div><div>Auto, Home, Life and Health Insurance</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Toby D. Oliver - Phone:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">828-264-5270</span></div><div><a href="http://www.ncfbins.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #dca10d; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.ncfbins.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="35%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1a4e4501-9c35-48d2-bfbb-2a2448ae74f4.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="162" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="65%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Walker and Associates, </span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">A private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Gary T. Moss of Walker and Associates enjoys using his knowledge to help members of the community reach their financial goals. "I will take the time to understand what’s truly important to you and deliver personalized advise to help you reach your financial goals, whatever they may be. With sound advice supported by research and online tools to track your progress, I can help you feel confident, connected and in control of your financial life."</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gary T. Moss Jr.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> - Phone: 828-264-8990</span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.ameripriseadvisors.com/gary.t.moss" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.ameripriseadvisors.com/gary.t.moss</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b01e6015-ec36-4559-9904-e093cc990927.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="584" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">The Career Development Center at Appalachian State University invites you to participate in the Internship & Job Fair. The Internship & Job Fair is Appalachian State University's largest and most comprehensive career event. Serving students and alumni of all majors and skills, the event is host to many organizations across all industry sectors that are ready to network with students and introduce them to valuable internship and job opportunities. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">Spaces in each career fair are limited to ensure that both students and employers have an opportunity to interact in a meaningful way. As a result, we strongly suggest that you register in Handshake now as spaces will fill up quickly!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;">If you are seeking to only hire students from the Walker College of Business, </span><a href="https://email.mail.joinhandshake.com/c/eJw9kEFuxCAMRU-T7CYikABZsBipmgv0AJEBZ0InQAREvX5JOq1kefG-vv1tVD0fpRB0GMbWKimNlq1TlFBKBB17WTvpFhx7KhcxARgmCTYD8eC27iu6sEKweYUXdib6dlXLQPVCplEzsdCeT4vWfGBWAxOGc27aTa2l7Llh94Y-aukju4A5G0iIKXew77lAwQ7tUeVffFvApYY9tlj7R99QfhQ_53gkgxV4yHk-I2F6Sx6tO3yV8MRvaGIoGMo5oWd8GsQfB7-De4YqHMHNBdITC9r58uY2qRWSdcGch-stfrvwTNG8rouL4pLcPs0a49b-P2O-El3-2Vn1XvcD6_l4Rg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3166f4; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">visit their website</a><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Lucida Grande", Tahoma, sans-serif;"> to learn about Walker Business Connections.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d3567; font-weight: bold;">Alair Homes Summer Concert Series</span><span style="color: #1d3567;"> - Aug 14th @ 3pm</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Business After Hours: Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation</span> - August 16th @ 5pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d3567; font-weight: bold;">Ribbon Cutting</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;"> - Middle Fork Greenway</span> - August 18th @ 4pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;">State of the Town</span> - August 18th @ 5pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #1d3567; font-weight: bold;">First Citizens Bank Shred Day</span> - August 22nd @ 10am - 1pm</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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It will be an evening of fun and discovery. Restored to its former glory, this estate of Moses & Bertha Cone is shining bright and full of wonder and history. See you on the 16<sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup>! 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Progress is being made as the wood has been replaced and the landscaping of the area will begin this week.</div><div><br /></div><div>We need your continued support by donating to our <a href="https://gofund.me/e62c5500" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">gofundme!</a> campaign.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank You!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Monday, August 22 from 10am - 1pm.</span></div><div>Shred Day is a great opportunity to securely dispose of documents containing sensitive information.</div><div><br /></div><div>This event is open to the public and free of charge.</div><div><br /></div><div>Bring your documents to the parking lot behind the Blowing Rock branch at 1021 Main Street.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">The Events & Communications Director will be tasked with planning and executing WinterFest, Symphony by the Lake, and Art in the Park. In addition, this person will be expected to craft all the Chamber's external communications, including but not limited to, Weekly Newsletter, Press Releases, and Social Media Platforms.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">Email Charles Hardin at </span><a href="mailto:Hardince@BlowingRock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Hardince@BlowingRock.com</a><span style="color: #050505;"> with a cover letter and resume to apply.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Then later in the evening there will be a presentation and signing at Blowing Rock Antiques at 379 Sunset Drive. Libations will be available.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d37612cc-12c0-43ac-a8b8-75b6b75d82b6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="227" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #1b305e;">Back to School Needs Volunteers</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #050505;">The Back 2 School cannot happen without a large, dedicated group of volunteers to help us set up, clean up, hand out supplies, help kids try on shoes, select backpacks, or hand out snacks. If you would like to come out and help us make sure every Watauga County student has the tools they need to succeed this year - sign up below! </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-spacer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-spacer" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="spacer-base" style="height: 1px; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">August 18, 2022 - 4:00pm</span></div><div>The Ribbon Cutting will be held at the new 321 Trailhead with the two bridges that cross the Middle Fork New River—located about 1/2 mile north of Tweetsie RR on Hwy 321 (we are waiting for an address to be allocated). This event will officially open the MFG from Niley Cook Rd. to (almost) Tweetsie Railroad. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.middleforkgreenway.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For More Info on the Middle Fork Greenway</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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display: block; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none;">For more information and to purchase Tickets / Tables</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Denim Ball Tickets on Sale</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Cone Memorial Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock. </div><div><br /></div><div>The celebration will mark the completion of exterior repairs to the historical manor built by Moses and Bertha Cone in the early 1900s, and raise funds for additional rehabilitation projects at the 3,500-acre park. A textile magnate who brought denim production to the Southeast, Moses was dubbed The Denim King.<span face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div><span face="Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#3D4C73" height="1" style="background-color: #3d4c73; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/726159a6-7c4a-4ac1-ac22-4bf481f42e92.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="228" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Children's Council of Watauga</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">A time worth celebrating, join us at Appalachian Ski Mountain on </span><span style="color: #050505; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, August 27, 2022</span><span style="color: #050505;">. </span> </div><div><span style="color: #050505;">This week </span><a href="https://www.thechildrenscouncil.org/celebrate45" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Children's Council of Watauga County </a><span style="color: #050505;">is celebrating our 45</span><sup style="color: #050505; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="color: #050505;"> Anniversary. What started as one program in 1977 is now over 20 programs and initiatives. One thing remains the same: We build upon the strengths of children, families, and educators by investing resources, information, and training toward promoting the future health and success of our greatest community asset: Our Children.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b7f8cb4b-4bcd-4ece-8805-b10683c4e09f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="244" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #264586;">Congratulations Granite Insurance!</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #24282f;">We are thrilled to have been recognized by Business North Carolina magazine. Thank you to our great employees that make Granite Insurance such a great place to work! We’ve worked intentionally to create a culture and work environment that enables our team to be successful. Empowering others to be successful is why Granite Insurance exists!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://graniteinsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Best-Employers-2022-press-release.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">For Full Press Release</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class="editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; 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I will take the time to understand what’s truly important to you and deliver personalized advise to help you reach your financial goals, whatever they may be. With sound advice supported by research and online tools to track your progress, I can help you feel confident, connected and in control of your financial life</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gary T. 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Product Tasting at Blowing Rock ABC Store</span> - March 18th, 4:00pm - 7:00pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Talen Jam at Ransom Pub</span> - March 31st, 5:00pm - 7:00pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Trout Derby </span>- April 2nd</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Talent Jam</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Talent Jam is Thursday, March 31st at Ransom Pub in Boone from 5:00pm-7:00pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>Are you hiring? Or looking for a job? This event is for you!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #212529;">An event that authentically connects our local talent and the organizations that need them in ways that traditional networking events or job fairs simply don't. This is a high-energy, hyperlocal event that features dueling, open-mic pitches where companies looking for talent, and people that have talent, each deliver alternating 60-second pitches. The event is followed by a casual but impactful networking reception.</span></div><div><a href="https://careers.appstate.edu/talent-jam-work-it-watauga" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Register online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><a href="https://careers.appstate.edu/talent-jam-work-it-watauga" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9bd2d7a-8227-4a3e-b78e-56d12303b28e.png" style="display: block; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Vision NW North Carolina: Creating Tomorrow's Workforce</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">In an effort to lead important regional conversations, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce announces the 2022 Vision Northwest North Carolina one-day summit, focused on Creating Tomorrow's Workforce. </span></div><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">The event, presented by </span><a href="https://www.skybest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SkyLine/SkyBest</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"> and </span><a href="https://www.carolinawest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Carolina West Wireless</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, will take place on Thursday, May 19th, 2022 at the </span><a href="https://www.appstate.edu/appalachians-future/building-physical-infrastructure/levine-hall/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Leon Levine Hall</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;"> of Appalachian State University.</span></div><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Additional event support comes from </span><a href="https://appalachiancre.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Appalachian Commercial Real Estate</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, </span><a href="https://www.golifestore.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lifestore Bank</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, </span><a href="https://www.blueridgeenergy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Blue Ridge Energy</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, </span><a href="https://www.peakgroup.insure/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Peak Group Insurance</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, </span><a href="https://www.beechmountainresort.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Beech Mountain Resort</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">, and </span><a href="https://www.mastgeneralstore.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #3a3a3a; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mast General Store</a><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0d0c0c; font-weight: bold;">Registration Options</span></div><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">In-Person Ticket ($115) - Includes networking opportunities, breakfast, lunch, post-event reception, recordings of all sessions.</span></div><div><span style="color: #3a3a3a;">Virtual Ticket ($115) - Includes live access to keynote and breakout sessions, recordings of all sessions, and unlimited access to the virtual event program. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/vision-nwnc-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View program and register here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Small Business Credit Survey Results</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Last fall, you replied to the Federal Reserve’s Small Business Credit Survey. We greatly appreciate the time that you, and other small businesses like yours, took to tell us about your experiences. The </span><a href="https://c-kqq04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/W2+113/c-kQq04/VWYrhZ3WJk9zW1jd2WM2RzvLPW46ZLVZ4GpFsvN9k7MbN3q90_V1-WJV7CgRjnVMs4F27yvLN4W94c0my8nbP_QW7bb3L-1DGGMQW6rtxDs96zyQJW3jVZFP10X4NQN94dHQdlKhW-W1_chdf1_5nXcW5g_-lM1F6XPtW6580wh1Z9W65W6q3L9X5XKbPfW5JzRzD5CxcfmW5y7fhK6DJbw_N77hjfbJ-Q1rW7hkvRg68KSnjW4FL9JS16-SgNN8474wH2mMjRW7WNqS13sQ85HW6P5FCM7fZQBXW6c3Y9W1TMkhtW84GKKT7RdKQ2W8sZRB-3TBmzXW7G1TtL4RkGlVN9drnQMpZPJmN3dMzHts4dx5W6XPQxj2NTh8-W3lZW192zTm3vW2F7gy77jVmjmVZK_-r3HcDdbW1g9C4f3QCB_WW8pzZt56LCQ5R3m541" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">first report</a><span style="font-size: 15px;"> from the survey was just released and can be found at </span><a href="https://c-kqq04.na1.hubspotlinks.com/Ctc/W2+113/c-kQq04/VWYrhZ3WJk9zW1jd2WM2RzvLPW46ZLVZ4GpFsvN9k7Mb93q90pV1-WJV7Cg_6qW3VzPvL7fjZw3W1hBcbq4rLb8kW4B4tyy7KwkzKW8K8Xnn7jqJWnW609LTB2r1BxGW31y-RK542TxGW1_SFV48hp5xJW5ZnDpv26T3WsW1RPrtJ1blwHNW28nGgL39pwvZN7ym1jKtBHYpW7sS13Z28SPQ2W8YRgVK1QyQk-W3jMZfk5Ngw2jW89k2Kv41fw0sVx1_RD74hCL0W6xPNZj6FtB41W4MxYpk92GbrqVJjWyV7nzFcFW6yrm9X5P6L2SW83z6V06WQ9m8W2jMJXP1TXJw8W13HqZb7zgkyzW6bHDbP10sx2zW6Kgbrd8Ddpl2W5vJnlQ1T0cNh3dXF1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">fedsmallbusiness.org</a><span style="font-size: 15px;">. In this report, we summarize the survey results for businesses with employees. </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/17887040-5092-4379-a54d-f2faaebe1e04.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="214" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blowing Rock Trout Derby</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">The 42nd Blowing Rock Trout Derby will be held on the first Saturday in April from sunrise till 4pm! This long-running tradition is a great family event, inviting everyone to enjoy some springtime recreation.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more about the <a href="https://blowingrock.com/troutderby/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Trout Derby here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/ebfaffa9-065f-4f5c-91ba-856948beac84.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="154" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Town of Blowing Rock Communication</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">If you are not yet following the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tuoqrSadyThl3pZZSJ-lq20D-nVXdu9sqa5DRSUBLBWqmepdUbpk0aCwc5kufgWulbZ6rE8ORkMVo7Vw-JDNe6mTegAxHFvAJCT7MEBv2o2L4DyUHeCyLHMs8XmV5tyGV1bfsC5nylX_npSwPCw2sdfRnKGG5V7u&c=avcBKVzzy_9nIJSTXJg8AAdBN-5tymD4dzx0v-9LQ1l0GUmcYmgxyQ==&ch=AL4jiz7b332gQb3EgZ6B8iax7y5tWJk0rKZsd1OxRgTTT8EO5yVoaw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Town of Blowing Rock on Facebook</a><span style="color: #1a191a;">, make sure to like their page! Timely updates on road work, programming, and Town facilities are posted there frequently.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">The Town's e-newsletter is also a great way to stay informed. It is sent bi-weekly on Fridays at 6pm. Sign up for the e-newsletter by emailing </span><a href="mailto:admin@tobr.us" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">admin@tobr.us</a><span style="color: #1a191a;"> with "newsletter" in the subject line. </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Member Tip of the Week</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">This week’s tip comes from member, </span><a href="https://footsloggersnc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Footsloggers Outdoor and Travel Outfitters</a>.</div><div>Brought to you by Jessie Kotzmoyer , Store Manager in West Jefferson. Watch Jessie go over <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Every Day Carry on a Day</span> in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2czIdpk6Ddc" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">short video here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blowing Rock Women's Club Seeking Donations</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">Blowing Rock Women's Club is filling boxes to mail to soldiers who are being deployed to East Europe. If you know of any names and APO addresses of any of these soldiers, please contact the organization by mail or contact Susan Sweet at <a href="mailto:sssweet@bellsouth.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">sssweet@bellsouth.net</a>. Each of these boxes costs around $50 to fill and mail. Donations for this project can be dropped off at the Village Thrift on HYW 321 on Thurs. through Sat. from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm or mailed to The Blowing Rock Women's Club, Box 1572, Blowing Rock, NC 28605. Checks should be made out to BRWC. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/c61677ba-ee82-44d0-8a91-a101fd9955c9.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="180" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation to host webinar exploring Bertha Cone’s legacy on March 15</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">In honor of Women’s History Month, the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation will discuss the legacy of Bertha Cone, who left an indelible mark on the North Carolina High Country and Cone estate, during a webinar at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 15. Although the beautiful country estate in Blowing Rock at milepost 294 on the Blue Ridge Parkway is now named Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, the textile magnate’s wife, Bertha, lived at and managed the estate for far longer than her husband. Bertha oversaw the running of Flat Top Manor and 3,500 acres featuring a working dairy and plentiful apple orchards for nearly 40 years after her husband’s death in 1908.</span></div><div> <span style="color: #444444;">In addition to her work on the estate, Bertha also served as a trustee for the Appalachian Training School, later known as Appalachian State University, and as a committee member for the Watauga County school system. Her appreciation for education was such that she operated a school on the estate grounds for her tenants’ children and those in the community, paying for books and supplies.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4d4d4d;">The free, 30-minute webinar is the latest installment of the Insider’s Report series, which highlights the nonprofit’s projects and programs, ways to enjoy the national park, Parkway history, and more. To register, visit</span><a href="https://www.brpfoundation.org/events" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #4d4d4d; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.brpfoundation.org/events" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BRPFoundation.org/events</a><span style="color: #4d4d4d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b6574307-931f-49ea-b3c4-ae3fc327db15.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">High Country Care Givers Golf Tournament</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">High Country Caregivers presents this inaugural team golf event on </span><span style="color: #0d0c0c; font-weight: bold;">May 24, 2022</span><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">. During this four person scramble tournament, players will have an opportunity to meet and play golf with Hall of Fame coaches including our very own board member, Jerry Moore, while also competing for several awards and prizes. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.highcountrycaregivers.com/donate/fundraisers/#coaches-tournament" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a><span style="color: #0d0c0c;"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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We specialize in providing the highest value window treatments, outdoor shading, closets, and home organization systems to enhance your space through a fantastic client experience. Located at 8599 NC 105, Boone.</span><span style="color: #cc9933;"> </span><a href="https://www.appblinds.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">https://www.appblinds.com/</a><span style="color: #cc9933;"> </span><span style="color: #500050;">828-264-1395</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="40%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/296af516-cc14-4c21-9bf3-c25cfbb1fa15.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="222" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="60%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">The Boutique Collection</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The Boutique Collection features casually elegant styles in a full-service boutique. You’ll find designer-inspired lines at fantastic values! We have great scarves, handbags, and jewelry as well, all at great prices. We keep up with the most current trends and palettes in all of our stores! (828) 295-3110 </div><div>Located at 1077 Main Street Blowing Rock, NC 28605 * <a href="http://www.boutiquecollectioncarriagetrade.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.boutiquecollectioncarriagetrade.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="40%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">Please join us for Food, Friendship, and a Boost of Caffeine </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">before you start your day! </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, March 9 – 7:30am – 9:00am </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">Door Prizes </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">Located next to the Food Lion in Blowing Rock at </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847);">7535 Valley Blvd </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-button"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-button" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Or looking for a job? This event is for you!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #212529;">An event that authentically connects our local talent and the organizations that need them in ways that traditional networking events or job fairs simply don't. This is a high-energy, hyperlocal event that features dueling, open-mic pitches where companies looking for talent, and people that have talent, each deliver alternating 60-second pitches. The event is followed by a casual but impactful networking reception.</span></div><div><a href="https://careers.appstate.edu/talent-jam-work-it-watauga" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Register online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><a href="https://careers.appstate.edu/talent-jam-work-it-watauga" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9bd2d7a-8227-4a3e-b78e-56d12303b28e.png" style="display: block; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">If you are not yet following the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001tuoqrSadyThl3pZZSJ-lq20D-nVXdu9sqa5DRSUBLBWqmepdUbpk0aCwc5kufgWulbZ6rE8ORkMVo7Vw-JDNe6mTegAxHFvAJCT7MEBv2o2L4DyUHeCyLHMs8XmV5tyGV1bfsC5nylX_npSwPCw2sdfRnKGG5V7u&c=avcBKVzzy_9nIJSTXJg8AAdBN-5tymD4dzx0v-9LQ1l0GUmcYmgxyQ==&ch=AL4jiz7b332gQb3EgZ6B8iax7y5tWJk0rKZsd1OxRgTTT8EO5yVoaw==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Town of Blowing Rock on Facebook</a><span style="color: #1a191a;">, make sure to like their page! Timely updates on road work, programming, and Town facilities are posted there frequently.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">The Town's e-newsletter is also a great way to stay informed. It is sent bi-weekly on Fridays at 6pm. Sign up for the e-newsletter by emailing </span><a href="mailto:admin@tobr.us" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">admin@tobr.us</a><span style="color: #1a191a;"> with "newsletter" in the subject line. </span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">US Chamber: Special Briefing on Russia-Ukraine Crisis</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #333333;">Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine has created a global crisis. The current situation is not only a humanitarian crisis, but also one that will have impacts on the U.S. economy and the global business community. Please join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for a special briefing on the Russia-Ukraine crisis on </span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Friday, March 4 at 2:00 pm ET</span><span style="color: #333333;">. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">We also invite you to extend this invitation to your members and feature this briefing as a special benefit to your member organizations.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">Speakers include:</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• John Murphy, Senior Vice President, International Affairs</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• Chris Roberti, Senior Vice President, Cyber Intelligence and Security</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• Marty Durbin, President, Global Energy Institute</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• Marc DeCourcey, Senior Vice President, Corporate Citizenship Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">During this special briefing, the topics covered will include:</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• An overview of the current situation in Ukraine and measures being taken by the United States and our allies. </span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• An overview of Russian cyber capability, current activity and how businesses should prepare for potential disruption.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• An overview of the impact to our energy resources and domestic energy policy.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">• An overview of the humanitarian crisis and what businesses can do to assist.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://events.uschamber.com/Russia-Ukraine-Crisis-Briefing?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=SFMC&utm_campaign=&utm_content=" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; 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The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Not all art is created equal, and if you have something in mind for a certain space, you may not find what you want. Keep your mind open to different sizes, colors, mediums, and subjects. Do some research. Check out the gallery website to make sure they have things by artists that you like. Some galleries, like ours, keep the website completely up to date with online inventory and will even sell and ship paintings to you wherever you are! Do not hesitate to ask questions about the paintings or sculptures, the gallery attendants love to chat about their passion. Check gallery hours before visiting. Sometimes museums and galleries run on different schedules than other retail stores. Give them a call or check their website. Do sign up for their emails and follow them on social media. This way you will always see what’s new and fresh. Lastly, enjoy it and take your time. 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During this four person scramble tournament, players will have an opportunity to meet and play golf with Hall of Fame coaches including our very own board member, Jerry Moore, while also competing for several awards and prizes. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.highcountrycaregivers.com/donate/fundraisers/#coaches-tournament" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a><span style="color: #0d0c0c;"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/b0365b57-5a5a-4829-bdf5-b10690942ebf.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Tweetsie Job Fair</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #323130;">Are you looking for a fun rewarding job that can help develop your career skills? Tweetsie Railroad is the answer. We are hiring 250 brand ambassadors to fill a variety of customer service roles for the theme park’s 2022 season. </span></div><div><span style="color: #323130;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #323130;">You can choose from a variety of options, from audit to deer park, ride operator to food service, ticketing to grounds. There is something for everyone, regardless of your experience. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #323130;">We invite you to join us on </span><span style="color: #323130; font-weight: bold;">Saturday, March 5</span><sup style="color: #323130; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="color: #323130;"> in the Tweetsie Palace from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm to meet our management team and learn more about becoming a part of the Tweetsie team. 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You’ll find designer-inspired lines at fantastic values! We have great scarves, handbags, and jewelry as well, all at great prices. We keep up with the most current trends and palettes in all of our stores! 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">Opening in April, Say Cheese is an outdoor café located in downtown Blowing Rock in the SouthMarke shopping center. Each of our gourmet sandwiches has a melted cheese component and are toasted to perfection. It’s our version of comfort food. Open daily from 11 AM to 4 PM. Dogs are welcome. 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They'll be responsible for managing social media and online calendars. Please spread the word, and share the job info with anyone who may be interested in applying!</span></div><div><a href="https://blowingrock.com/new-digital-community-mgr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View Job Description here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/a8b9e23a-c94b-4718-a01d-ce8827bd419f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Hometown Harvet</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The Blowing Rock Hometown Harvest covered dish dinner will return Sunday, <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 13, at the Blowing Rock Conference Center from 5:30pm-7:30pm.</span> The event, which has not been held since 2019, is typically held in the Fall. Organizers delayed the 2021 event to the spring of 2022 hoping to be able to safely bring the community together. This year’s event will coincide with the Town of Blowing Rock’s 133<sup style="font-size: 9.8px; line-height: 0;">rd</sup> Birthday. The Blowing Rock Historical Society will present this year’s historical markers during the dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hometown Harvest is organized by: Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, Blowing Rock Historical Society, Blowing Rock Rotary Club and Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation. Please call 828-295-7851 with any questions.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/covid-19-information/covid-19-data-dashboard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/covid-19-information/covid-19-data-dashboard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Member Tip of the Week</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">This week’s tip comes from member, Greg Berkin, President & CEO of Tech Strategy Leaders and his tip is as follows:</span></div><div><span style="color: #0d0c0c; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0d0c0c; font-weight: bold;">Cybersecurity Tip– Use An Encrypted Password Application</span></div><div><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">Setting strong passwords for all your devices is essential. Utilizing an encrypted password application is recommended by us at Tech Strategy Leaders. We refer our clients to use LastPass for business and personal use (</span><a href="https://www.lastpass.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0d0c0c; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">https://www.lastpass.com/</a><span style="color: #0d0c0c;">) although there are other applications out there that may suit your needs better. LastPass is easy to use, and they offer free or paid versions. Whether you are at home, work, or on the road, your passwords will be at your side which is convenient for those who can’t remember the many passwords they have created over the years. 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Tweetsie Railroad is the answer. We are hiring 250 brand ambassadors to fill a variety of customer service roles for the theme park’s 2022 season. </span></div><div><span style="color: #323130;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #323130;">You can choose from a variety of options, from audit to deer park, ride operator to food service, ticketing to grounds. There is something for everyone, regardless of your experience. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #323130;">We invite you to join us on Saturday, March 5</span><sup style="color: #323130; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="color: #323130;"> in the Tweetsie Palace from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm to meet our management team and learn more about becoming a part of the Tweetsie team. 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Effective January 1, 2022, Sam Garrett will serve as the publisher for all operations, while Founder Ken Ketchie will continue as the editor. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hcpress.com/front-page/high-country-press-publications-announces-ownership-change.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full press release here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Chamber Board Retreat</span> - February 17th & 18th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council </span>- March 8th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Hometown Harvest </span>- March 13th</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="headline editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text headline-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #bf3f2f; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;">Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full article about the Chamber's Annual Awards luncheon here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Appalachian Regional Healthcare System Initiates Process to Explore Options for the Future</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>As part of its ongoing commitment to securing a healthy future for the region, the Appalachian Regional Healthcare System (ARHS) Board of Trustees announced today it is exploring a potential relationship with a like-minded, not-for-profit organization that would accelerate access to new technology and expand local healthcare services for the High Country.</div><div> </div><div>“Our goal is to always do what’s best for the community and we know that meaningful relationships and a willingness to embrace innovative collaboration are often required to succeed,” says ARHS Board Chair Thomas Dale. “This decision comes on the heels of a robust strategic planning process and reflects the Board’s vision to deepen our primary care base, ensure accessibility, especially for our more vulnerable populations, and sustain and enhance the level of services we currently provide today.” <a href="https://apprhs.org/arhs-explores-options-for-the-future/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full press release here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">It is important to note:</span> This announcement comes after a 9-month strategic planning process and represents ARHS willingness to embrace innovative collaboration and align with others yet again, when it can improve their care and service for the community.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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They'll be responsible for managing social media and online calendars. Please spread the word, and share the job info with anyone who may be interested in applying!</span></div><div><a href="https://blowingrock.com/new-digital-community-mgr/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View Job Description here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/937e871c-1229-4453-8c7d-c5a69bb76da7.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="244" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">January Real Estate Report</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">JANUARY 2022 MLS REPORT: </span>Realtors® in the High Country are opening the year with properties “selling as fast as they come on the market”, according to local Realtor® Leslie Eason, and reports generated from the Multiple Listing Service. Inventory levels are lower than this time last year, but median selling prices are hanging steady, climbing to record highs for our area.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/c9bcb9a2-be68-41d3-8226-dd0e586ff343.docx?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full report here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/a8b9e23a-c94b-4718-a01d-ce8827bd419f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Hometown Harvet</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The Blowing Rock Hometown Harvest covered dish dinner will return Sunday, <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 13, at the Blowing Rock Conference Center from 5:30pm-7:30pm.</span> The event, which has not been held since 2019, is typically held in the Fall. Organizers delayed the 2021 event to the spring of 2022 hoping to be able to safely bring the community together. This year’s event will coincide with the Town of Blowing Rock’s 133<sup style="font-size: 9.8px; line-height: 0;">rd</sup> Birthday. The Blowing Rock Historical Society will present this year’s historical markers during the dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hometown Harvest is organized by: Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, Blowing Rock Historical Society, Blowing Rock Rotary Club and Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation. Please call 828-295-7851 with any questions.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. 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Each of our gourmet sandwiches has a melted cheese component and are toasted to perfection. It’s our version of comfort food. Open daily from 11 AM to 4 PM. Dogs are welcome. SouthMarke Shops, Pavilion 6, 1179 Main Street, Blowing Rock. 828-999-9630 <a href="http://www.saycheesebr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.saycheesebr.com</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/9a5e8a2c-1e9c-4ac1-b597-2d43706e7aae.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Our State Feature</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">Blowing Rock's most recent "advertorial" with Our State Magazine was just published to the magazine's website! </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0010ZIAGaCA5Wqs3q6vo4J2-DqVmZn3585DJWzAPtfPidj5iZLVlodxwOdHXCg9S9YLskY3i7yjycVjETYmKxNhSC8Q9dai7_ixMXWKZc2U5SRnX8HnX0UfeBGGYAYcR3ibrX1BtPHyK2Um3bIKoQvUJZNQMjviWxG60c5UCDN7YTlHidaJ_L4bfr1NoLDskzvlv8PT0cFQihfpGLH1ZvwnMAAxW28wtvcH&c=q_DUw7egS700Qzv9Fhf5EvWXs_lJA2-yLuJGjtji6kHDmwmAbkaXyg==&ch=YFHXgfhT2PQZsMKtmB5sYuWltrsBLWYAk4cSD0ohjqHMx8Oj1NEOQQ==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1a191a; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Artistic Appalachia: 5 Shops to Explore in Blowing Rock </a><span style="color: #1a191a;">highlights Mountain Thread Company, McCoy Minerals, Bolick & Traditions Pottery, High Country Candles, and Unwound.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">This feature is a purchased advertisement for Blowing Rock, but the content was written by a professional writer who reached out to local businesses for the story. One of the best things about this kind of ad is that it functions like an article on the website, showing up in "You Might Also Like" recommendations for readers browsing a related topic.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">Many thanks to the businesses that worked with the writer to bring this piece to life!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f73746b1-b3bd-4d86-8d60-04d63ff8bb5c.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Spring into Art at the Turchin Center</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The community is invited to celebrate four new contemporary art exhibitions in the galleries of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University during the Spring Exhibition Celebration on March 4 from 5-9 pm. This event is held in conjunction with the downtown Boone Art Crawl. Numerous exhibiting artists will be on-hand to meet visitors and provide insight into their intriguing work. The musical group Belleville Rendezvous will perform. Refreshments and a cash bar will be available. 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padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/11467491-79ce-48c6-a302-2b7d7277bd7d.png" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="176" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Last Chance!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Come join us for the Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon presented by SkyLine SkyBest, and see who the big winners are. The luncheon will be held at the Green Park Inn on Tuesday, February 15</span><sup style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 16px;"> at 11:30 am. Enjoy a wine and beer tasting prior to lunch. </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">Tickets are $35 each and will be available for purchase</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;">by calling 828-295-7851.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Seats will be limited due to Covid restrictions so don’t wait to reserve your seats. Masks required.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="headline editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text headline-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #bf3f2f; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">Counterfeit Money</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text editor-text " style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">It has come to our attention that there are counterfeit $100 bills floating around Blowing Rock and the surrounding area. The bank has alerted us that these bills are not detectable with the counterfeit pen. According to the bank, the only way to detect them is that the back side is darker than a normal bill.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/a8b9e23a-c94b-4718-a01d-ce8827bd419f.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Hometown Harvet</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The Blowing Rock Hometown Harvest covered dish dinner will return Sunday, <span style="font-weight: bold;">March 13, at the Blowing Rock Conference Center from 5:30pm-7:30pm.</span> The event, which has not been held since 2019, is typically held in the Fall. Organizers delayed the 2021 event to the spring of 2022 hoping to be able to safely bring the community together. This year’s event will coincide with the Town of Blowing Rock’s 133<sup style="font-size: 9.8px; line-height: 0;">rd</sup> Birthday. The Blowing Rock Historical Society will present this year’s historical markers during the dinner.</div><div><br /></div><div>Guests are asked to bring their favorite covered dish or dessert to share. Blowing Rock Conference Center will provide the main protein for the meal. Traditionally, community members bring a donation for Casting Bread Ministries, a local food bank, to the event. Non-perishable food items like cereal, canned goods, oatmeal, sugar, and flour or financial donations are appreciated, checks can be made out to “Casting Bread”.</div><div>New this year, Table Décor Contest! Prizes will be awarded for the centerpiece that represents the “Best of Blowing Rock” and “Most Creative” for the most unique and fun centerpiece. Contact the Chamber of Commerce to participate in the Table Décor Contest by March 4<sup style="font-size: 9.8px; line-height: 0;">th</sup>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hometown Harvest is organized by: Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce, Blowing Rock Historical Society, Blowing Rock Rotary Club and Blowing Rock Parks & Recreation. Please call 828-295-7851 with any questions.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4ef6c48a-98e4-46d3-a9f5-75e0e91cbaf1.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4ef6c48a-98e4-46d3-a9f5-75e0e91cbaf1.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text editor-text " style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beginning Friday, January 28th, we will be partnering with StarMed Healthcare to expand COVID-19 testing at our Watauga location ONLY and prior registration for testing will be required.</span> The registration process applies to our Watauga location only. Instructions to register can be found on our <a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/covid-19-information/covid-19-testing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #954f72; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">COVID-19 testing page</a>. If someone is unable to register prior to testing, staff will be on-site to assist in completing the needed information. For any issues registering, call StarMed Customer Service at 704-941-6000.</div><div> </div><div>As a reminder, for all our locations, testing hours are 8:30-10:00 am Monday through Friday. We offer both PCR and rapid tests in a drive-thru format. Testing is free for everyone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">No appointment is needed for testing at any of our locations, however, prior registration is required for testing in Watauga.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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An amazing deal for a couple with over $175 value for only $79.95 per couple. The package includes:</span></div><div><span style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3 Rounds of Axe Throwing at Tomahawk Hill</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 Rides on Rodeo Rampage Bull Riding Challenge</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1/2 lb of gem mining at Prospector Hill</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1 8X10 photo from Professor Finnegan’s Old Time Photos</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2 “Jar Full of Love” Over the Top Mason Jar Milkshakes</li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 13px;">For only $19 more per person, you can upgrade to the PLUS package adding the following and saving you an additional $58</span></div><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Gravitational Anomaly Tour</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Hall Of Mystery</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bubblerama</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The 1903 Dougherty House Museum</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Mullins Native American Artifacts Collection</li><li style="color: #141827; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A Moonshiner Old Time Photo Package with an 8×10 and two 5×7 prints</li></ul><div><span style="font-size: 13px;">Tickets can be redeemed any day in February 2022. Visit </span><a href="https://mysteryhill.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Mysteryhill.com</a><span style="font-size: 13px;"> for more.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/ab9fdfb4-3d75-4b26-b3ce-4fe6ba553af5.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="195" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">High Country Dinning Pass</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Who needs chocolate when you have BOGO passes? For a limited time only, get the High Country package for only $50!</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">The first 10 people to buy 2 or more packages will receive a $15 dollar gift card to Stickboy Bread and Kitchen!</span></div><div><a href="https://www.highcountry365.com/shop" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click Here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f73746b1-b3bd-4d86-8d60-04d63ff8bb5c.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Spring into Art at the Turchin Center</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The community is invited to celebrate four new contemporary art exhibitions in the galleries of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University during the Spring Exhibition Celebration on March 4 from 5-9 pm. This event is held in conjunction with the downtown Boone Art Crawl. Numerous exhibiting artists will be on-hand to meet visitors and provide insight into their intriguing work. The musical group Belleville Rendezvous will perform. Refreshments and a cash bar will be available. 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padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/11467491-79ce-48c6-a302-2b7d7277bd7d.png" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="176" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Save the Date!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Come join us for the Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon presented by SkyLine SkyBest, and see who the big winners are. The luncheon will be held at the Green Park Inn on Tuesday, February 15</span><sup style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 0;">th</sup><span style="font-size: 16px;"> at 11:30 am. Enjoy a wine and beer tasting prior to lunch. Tickets are $35 each and will be available for purchase</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">by calling 828-295-7851.</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Seats will be limited due to Covid restrictions so don’t wait to reserve your seats. Masks required.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4ef6c48a-98e4-46d3-a9f5-75e0e91cbaf1.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4ef6c48a-98e4-46d3-a9f5-75e0e91cbaf1.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text editor-text " style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beginning Friday, January 28th, we will be partnering with StarMed Healthcare to expand COVID-19 testing at our Watauga location ONLY and prior registration for testing will be required.</span> The registration process applies to our Watauga location only. Instructions to register can be found on our <a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/covid-19-information/covid-19-testing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #954f72; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">COVID-19 testing page</a>. If someone is unable to register prior to testing, staff will be on-site to assist in completing the needed information. For any issues registering, call StarMed Customer Service at 704-941-6000.</div><div> </div><div>As a reminder, for all our locations, testing hours are 8:30-10:00 am Monday through Friday. We offer both PCR and rapid tests in a drive-thru format. Testing is free for everyone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">No appointment is needed for testing at any of our locations, however, prior registration is required for testing in Watauga.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Each session will feature community members sharing their personal housing experiences, will review key local housing data among participants, and will involve the community in brainstorming, discussing, and planning action steps. In order to provide adequate time to explore and discuss each specific housing issue, forum sessions will be held every two weeks, beginning at 5:30 p.m., to allow for anyone in the community to participate. The Watauga Housing Forum will take place on the second and fourth Mondays in March and April with a different focus during each session. 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-style: italic;">Blowing Rock WinterFest - January 27-30, 2022</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="headline editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Blowing Rock WinterFest</a> - Jan. 27th - 30th</li><li style="color: #3d4c73; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council Retreat</span> - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Postponed to Feb 14-16</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Chamber Awards Luncheon</span> - February 15th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; padding: 0px;">Call the Chamber at 828-295-7851 to purchase tickets!</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="sidebar sidebar-right-margin" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="sidebar sidebar-right editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #45b3ca; font-weight: bold;">WinterFest is this weekend, January 27th - 30th. </span>We have a weekend of events, restaurant specials, and more! Visit our <a href="http://www.blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockwinterfest.com</a> for a full schedule.The Chamber will be hosting the following events: Ice Sculpture Stroll, Winter Wine Tastings, Winter Beer Garden, Chili Challenge, Curling Demonstrations and more!</div><div><br /></div><div>A huge thank you to our WinterFest Sponsors: Hendrick Luxury Group, Granite Insurance, The Spice & Tea Exchange and The Speckled Trout Restaurant.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">*</span><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">Unfortunately, Chetola Resort has canceled the 2022 Polar Bear Plunge</span><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"> due to blizzard like conditions in the forecast. All other WinterFest activities are happening as scheduled. </span><a href="https://blowingrockwinterfest.com/chetola-resort-cancels-2022-polar-bear-plunge-other-winterfest-events-still-on/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Click here to read the full announcement.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-button"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-button" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="editor-button-container editor-button-container " style="color: white; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">View Printable Schedule Here</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8325d022-874c-4c89-853d-532ae883ebec.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Chamber Awards Luncheon</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The votes are in! Come join us for the Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon Sponsored by <a href="https://www.skybest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">SkyLine SkyBest</a> and see who the big winners are. The luncheon will be held at the Green Park Inn on Tuesday, February 15<sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup> at 11:30am. Tickets are $35 each and will be available for purchase tomorrow, January 21, by call 828-295-7851. Seats will be limited due to Covid restrictions so don’t wait to reserve your seats. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" bgcolor="3D4C73" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" style="background-color: #3d4c73;" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/Watauga-Dashboard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/Watauga-Dashboard/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text editor-text " style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beginning Friday, January 28th, we will be partnering with StarMed Healthcare to expand COVID-19 testing at our Watauga location ONLY and prior registration for testing will be required.</span> The registration process applies to our Watauga location only. Instructions to register can be found on our <a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/covid-19-information/covid-19-testing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #954f72; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">COVID-19 testing page</a>. If someone is unable to register prior to testing, staff will be on-site to assist in completing the needed information. For any issues registering, call StarMed Customer Service at 704-941-6000.</div><div> </div><div>As a reminder, for all our locations, testing hours are 8:30-10:00 am Monday through Friday. We offer both PCR and rapid tests in a drive-thru format. Testing is free for everyone. <span style="font-weight: bold;">No appointment is needed for testing at any of our locations, however, prior registration is required for testing in Watauga.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Children who enter Kid Cove will develop and learn through fun and creativity. We play, we learn, and we grow at Kid Cove. Convenience of hourly drop off child care or daily half day preschool allow families the flexibility and availability of childcare in the High Country. We are dedicated to ensuring all children are loved, nurtured and taught in developmentally appropriate ways. Enriching a child's mind through teachings that include cognitive, emotional/social, physical and language concepts ensures that each child has a foundation for learning to his/her highest potential. Strengthening children, families and the community is a priority of Kid Cove. We believe well rounded education starts with a well rounded preschool experience. We can't wait for you to join us at Kid Cove!</div><div><br /></div><div>The preschool location is located in Oak Grove Baptist Church. This location houses 90 children for half day preschool from 8-1 each day. Our second location will be opening early February on Meadowview Drive right in the heart of Boone. This location will welcome children for drop off childcare. Parents can drop off for 4 hours/day at this location. </div><div>Contact us at - <a href="http://www.kidcoveboonenc.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #0563c1; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.kidcoveboonenc.com</a> 828-964-8924</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/c83df2ee-c606-45b5-9226-d89cbbab6100.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Volunteer at WinterFest</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Blowing Rock WinterFest is January 27 - 30 and we need volunteers! We could not pull off WinterFest without all our business partners and volunteers.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C45A4AA2CA7FB6-winterfest1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to volunteer here!</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/29af5ae4-3dbb-4b97-b724-2e5fcab4f4e2.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="395" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="sidebar sidebar-right-margin" style="padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="sidebar sidebar-right editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #45b3ca; font-weight: bold;">WinterFest weekend next weekend, January 27th - 30th. </span>We have a weekend of events, restaurant specials, and more! Visit our <a href="http://www.blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockwinterfest.com</a> for a full schedule.</div><div>The Chamber will be hosting the following events: Ice Sculpture Stroll, Winter Wine Tastings, Polar Bear Plunge, Winter Beer Garden, Chili Challenge, Curling Demonstrations and more!</div><div><br /></div><div>A huge thank you to our WinterFest Sponsors: Hendrick Luxury Group, Granite Insurance, The Spice & Tea Exchange and The Speckled Trout Restaurant.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Business Before Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The purpose of Business Before Hours is to provide members of the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce the opportunity to enjoy networking in an informal setting. We realize that the Business After Hours<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span>schedule and/or environment doesn’t always work for all members. Therefore, we have Business Before Hours as an alternate networking event. </div><div> </div><div>Hosting a Business Before Hours gives the host business a chance to showcase their organization to the business community. Business Before Hours are scheduled quarterly in March, June, September and December. Hours are from 8:00 am – 9:30 am unless otherwise specified. We have 2 open dates available for hosting if you are interested. Please call Cathy Barker at 828-295-7851 for more information.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8325d022-874c-4c89-853d-532ae883ebec.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Chamber Awards Luncheon</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The votes are in! Come join us for the Blowing Rock Chamber Annual Awards Luncheon Sponsored by <a href="https://www.skybest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">SkyLine SkyBest</a> and see who the big winners are. The luncheon will be held at the Green Park Inn on Tuesday, February 15<sup style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">th</sup> at 11:30am. Tickets are $35 each and will be available for purchase tomorrow, January 21, by call 828-295-7851. Seats will be limited due to Covid restrictions so don’t wait to reserve your seats. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Oliver’s On Main Street Toby & Hailey Oliver</div><div> </div><div>Opening in April and located at the Southmarke shopping area in Blowing Rock, Oliver’s on Main is a brand new unique shoppe born in 2022 in the heart of Blowing Rock with an outfitter/boutiquish feel. Thriving on a selection of local specific Blowing Rock & High Country merchandise, fashionable everyday wear, AFTCO outerwear, gifts, & accessories. Stop in and experience a fun and personal shopping experience. We would love to see you!</div><div>1179 Main Street, Blowing Rock, SouthMarke #103 * 828-372-9100 *</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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color: white; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 36px;">Chamber News</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-spacer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-spacer" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-style: italic;">Blowing Rock WinterFest - January 27-30, 2022</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Rotary Blood Drive </span>- January 18th at the American Legion</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast </a>- January 20th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council Retreat</span> - Jan. 24th-26th at BRAHM</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; 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We could not pull off WinterFest without all our business partners and volunteers.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040C45A4AA2CA7FB6-winterfest1" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Sign up to volunteer here!</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; 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We realize that the Business After Hours<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;"> </span>schedule and/or environment doesn’t always work for all members. Therefore, we have Business Before Hours as an alternate networking event. </div><div> </div><div>Hosting a Business Before Hours gives the host business a chance to showcase their organization to the business community. Business Before Hours are scheduled quarterly in March, June, September and December. Hours are from 8:00 am – 9:30 am unless otherwise specified. We have 2 open dates available for hosting if you are interested. Please call Cathy Barker at 828-295-7851 for more information.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/95ed3886-9f69-48dc-9da1-a4dd67666e8d.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Economic Kickoff Breakfast</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>The 6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast is Thursday, January 20th at 7:30am.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE:</span> Tickets are now available to attend either unperson or virtually. You can switch your ticket to virtual if you've already purchased an in person ticket.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/register?id=24406" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase tickets online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/e9787c1c-b1d8-481b-b6aa-2aa66534bbb6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Free SBC Webinars</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-family: Cambria, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;">Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute’s Small Business Center offers free workshops, one-on-one assistance and many more services to help local small businesses. To reserve a seat at one of the free workshops, call 828-726-3065 or visit www.cccti.edu/smallbusiness to register.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.ncsbc.net/Events.aspx?mode=4%C2%A2er=75070&topicnum=0&days=360&sort=T" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View schedule here</a>!</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COVID-19-Situation-Update-Watauga-County-01.07.2022.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://www.apphealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/COVID-19-Situation-Update-Watauga-County-01.07.2022.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Home sales volume totaled $1.18 billion the previous year. The High Country MLS records for 2020 reported 3,269 total residential properties sold. The number of High Country homes sold was down a mere 1.4 percent this year from 2020, however the sales value was up 20 percent, a pattern noted across the US according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. 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Advance Tickets are perfect for treating yourself or gifting a ticket to a friend or loved one. </div><div> </div><div>Only a limited number of tickets are available, so reserve <a href="https://www.highgravityadventures.com/preseason-sale/?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022%20Preseason%20Sale" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">online today!</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9a10818-c6a7-480b-a3ea-df0ce894382a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="271" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">Watauga County Parks and Recreation hosts second annual “</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Food for Friends”</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;"> drive</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>For the second year, Watauga County Parks and Recreation will host its <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1000b32f-a649-464a-84a5-0fb823e9a5f3.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">“Food for Friends”</a> drive. Watauga County residents are invited to make donations of non-perishable food items at the Watauga Community Recreation Center between December 13 and February 11 to benefit Hospitality House, Hunger and Health Coalition and Casting Bread.</div><div>According to Stephen Poulos, director of Watauga County Parks and Recreation, “Last year the community gave around $1,250 and over 1,875 pounds of food. We are excited to see how the community responds this year.”</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-style: italic;">Blowing Rock WinterFest - January 27-30, 2022</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Ribbon Cutting: Sidewalk to Bass Lake</span> - January 11th at 4:30pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.townofblowingrocknc.gov/residents/meetings" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Blowing Rock Town Council Meeting</a><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;"> </span>- January 11th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast </a>- January 20th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council Retreat</span> - Jan. 24th-26th at BRAHM</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Blowing Rock WinterFest</a> - Jan. 27th - 30th</li></ul><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">The Memorial Celebration for Carlos Hernandez, originally scheduled for January 8th, has been postponed. A memorial will likely be held in the Summer when family from Mexico can attend.</span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic;">Read the obituary for Carlos Hernandez </span><a href="https://www.wataugademocrat.com/blowingrocket/obituaries/carlos-hernandez/article_acfe8d44-d2bc-5927-9f7a-69684372cf09.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: black; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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We want to hear from you who is the best of the best!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #403f42; font-size: 15px;">A ballot of finalists in each category will be sent to all Chamber members for popular vote to determine the final winners, which will be announced on </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">February 15th.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-button"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-button" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="editor-button-container " style="color: white; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 10px 20px;"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 630px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="MainTextFullWidthTD" style="color: white; display: block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table bgcolor="BF3F2F" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #bf3f2f; border-collapse: collapse; border-radius: 0px; border-spacing: 0px; border: none; min-width: initial; padding: 0px; table-layout: fixed; width: initial;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="MainTextFullWidthTD" style="color: white; display: block; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; padding: 14px 22px;" valign="top"><div class="MainTextFullWidth" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sv/BzpwYUU/ChamberAwardNominations?mode=preview&source_id=5f6edb2e-574c-46bb-9d22-ad90912954fc&source_type=em&c=" style="color: white; display: block; font-size: 18px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Submit Nominations Here!</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text editor-text " style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;">Nomination period closes Monday, January 10th at 9am. 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3bfc8373-7c34-4b61-8a9e-db48882dc1f0.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="611" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The 6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Thursday, January 20th, from 7:30am-9:45am </span><span style="color: #403f42;">in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsPYRX2chjQCvphoJFCu6-8ruJkX1DEPF6TSstVIcHhyFO9rV-LowXuAE7ypy0avcwENzEpSrRb_Y7bLzC43SkGqR0sE6Ozg3o&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Grandview Ballroom</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #403f42;">of Appalachian State University.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area Chamber and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce and is presented by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntGPZoOlLTRJBiqa2Uk2PZhaObgsFhElzfrQjbBRYaPvF_PDfJCj8n_BFkVhzwcoPe2Wi1wg1S7eWbc85BvkcZ778QTgsn7A9EA==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Peak Insurance Group.</a></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Additional event support comes from </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKzT9cXE1eKDZv07SM3J6MYk84UGtKnywca90VFg81w0BpkucyJoBj8HCfgcAxZmDuPOhiMovxNW69bSZGVcjmg4ekhtVKCQmxDPTg_MygrZ&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Skyline National Bank</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntFU_mP4jzVCEBDBJoE6ONmj99FtVsPreUaLvNMe_o-HK4bSAFCdAVpXcxkP9BOmWzSyX73QW3xBs-iM23ee0VPT4_Zy_wkn5sCkRKyI4vJ66&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Allen Wealth Management</a><span style="color: #403f42;">, and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntMNmG8OiWnu3SW6Lb_ivGHKFhoPPiBU_0JGand27U_FY1AN_No1BAwtHvu5GTskgDGJUBjuZmC1I4vNmNLanmTYUW-jmbI17Cg==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Appalachian Commercial Real Estate</a><span style="color: #403f42;">.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Dr. Harry Davis, longtime Appalachian State </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxgu_ANOjWXc5Wyuf__5ZaHZFcU6AOopXHYn4GECfAG_pDzh4Nu864fjdGDAB48CorHS2uMuwol_jQj5512mz0hw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Walker College of Business</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> faculty member and member of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, will deliver his 2022 High Country Economic Forecast. Dr. Davis is a regionally renowned economist and serves as both Dean and Instructor for the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">North Carolina School of Banking.</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #403f42;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Christopher Chung, President/CEO of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsaiuGFnTWMQ00ApymDDEPUOdcTFE03aYXgiEzK66AxdHereRPG-zhgYqgogYUs8fuNZ0V0Y-ZWLcQQYlF14SS3N9TtBw9ErwgqKpVF1KzLzN5HfShg0irS6-L0y-UF3qi&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina,</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> will provide remarks that detail 2022 for EDPNC, while also outlining current economic development trends in rural areas of North Carolina. </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">During the presentation, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will reveal the recipients for the </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">2021 Watauga County Business of the Year Awards</span><span style="color: #403f42;">, presented by the Watauga County EDC. Business of the Year winners will be recognized in three categories: Large Business, Small Business, and Startup Business.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Doors open at 7:30am for an excellent opportunity to network with event attendees from across the High Country. A buffet-style breakfast will be served prior to the presentation. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Tickets Here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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We're doing this to help you continue to enjoy eating out while still bringing much needed business to our wonderful local restaurants.</div><div>During these unprecedented times, it is so important for us as a community to come together and help each other when everything around us is so unsure. By purchasing in bulk you will help the restaurants, help your food budget, give as a gift, all while helping local schools with the cards that give back!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.highcountry365.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/99c778f6-5b98-4a0b-ad3d-14c08a861d39.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">AMOREM Advanced Care</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #050505;">Deciding the kind of health care you want at the end of your life is called ADVANCE CARE PLANNING...and it's the greatest gift you can give your loved ones.</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">Every day, we make dozens of choices for ourselves. Our friends and family learn these choices over time, remembering everything from our favorite colors to what drink to order for us at dinner. Yet when it comes to some of the most important choices we make—choices about what we would want for our health care if we could not speak for ourselves—few of our friends and family can say for sure what our wishes are.</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">The goal of advance care planning is for you to live well, in a way that is meaningful to you, for as long as you live.</span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #050505;">If you become unable to make your own decisions, and your wishes are not formally recorded, your physician will consult someone close to you about your care. They will rely on this person to try to guess your wishes. Don't let a guess guide your health care! These questions are best considered, decided and communicated to others in advance, long before there is a health crisis or illness.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9a10818-c6a7-480b-a3ea-df0ce894382a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="271" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">Watauga County Parks and Recreation hosts second annual “</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Food for Friends”</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;"> drive</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>For the second year, Watauga County Parks and Recreation will host its <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1000b32f-a649-464a-84a5-0fb823e9a5f3.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">“Food for Friends”</a> drive. Watauga County residents are invited to make donations of non-perishable food items at the Watauga Community Recreation Center between December 13 and February 11 to benefit Hospitality House, Hunger and Health Coalition and Casting Bread.</div><div>According to Stephen Poulos, director of Watauga County Parks and Recreation, “Last year the community gave around $1,250 and over 1,875 pounds of food. We are excited to see how the community responds this year.”</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast </span>- January 20th</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock WinterFest is January 27-30th, 2022!</span> If you're business is interested in participating, please reach out to Suzy Barker at <a href="mailto:suzy@blowingrock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Suzy@BlowingRock.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>For a list of events visit <a href="http://www.blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockwinterfest.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Contact Cathy Barker at 828-295-7851 or email </span><a href="mailto:Cathy@BlowingRock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #201f1e; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Cathy@BlowingRock.com</a><span style="color: #201f1e; font-weight: bold;"> for assistance.</span></div><div><span style="color: #201f1e;"> </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-weight: bold;">Directory Ad Deadline: </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #201f1e; font-weight: bold;">January 7, 2022</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001EkPauN5huDD7lwOuPx-iwddSMOYpajzStT1Qol3fLJ3TkIXKahsiCikq3yibhaotgG3H6lnWMiu11qDw93iBgAiOukAsdMQr4P2gjZBiAh02TgkQDjPhaWrqmR1-6BxNmrRMCJFJysaRwvAI2qGzqx_l-O_lLbLhrahAdqdoYJaOkVyTCJmFS_i8x0UYztxDBO2wGXeY7CDDM0_optxwmvtaaONFI9saSKtqdn38hcY=&c=aptqAskIaEasxMvBqloVx42_AvYhZtqgfmmPt-JvJQOiFJTL_x8cGw==&ch=cZXNGuaR61C3OiWqLln4jlDQlMrbUjEB0qBpZ7g0nFlB9u6Uft5PmA==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #bf3f2f; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The 6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Thursday, January 20th, from 7:30am-9:45am </span><span style="color: #403f42;">in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsPYRX2chjQCvphoJFCu6-8ruJkX1DEPF6TSstVIcHhyFO9rV-LowXuAE7ypy0avcwENzEpSrRb_Y7bLzC43SkGqR0sE6Ozg3o&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Grandview Ballroom</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #403f42;">of Appalachian State University.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area Chamber and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce and is presented by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntGPZoOlLTRJBiqa2Uk2PZhaObgsFhElzfrQjbBRYaPvF_PDfJCj8n_BFkVhzwcoPe2Wi1wg1S7eWbc85BvkcZ778QTgsn7A9EA==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Peak Insurance Group.</a></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Additional event support comes from </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKzT9cXE1eKDZv07SM3J6MYk84UGtKnywca90VFg81w0BpkucyJoBj8HCfgcAxZmDuPOhiMovxNW69bSZGVcjmg4ekhtVKCQmxDPTg_MygrZ&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Skyline National Bank</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntFU_mP4jzVCEBDBJoE6ONmj99FtVsPreUaLvNMe_o-HK4bSAFCdAVpXcxkP9BOmWzSyX73QW3xBs-iM23ee0VPT4_Zy_wkn5sCkRKyI4vJ66&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Allen Wealth Management</a><span style="color: #403f42;">, and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntMNmG8OiWnu3SW6Lb_ivGHKFhoPPiBU_0JGand27U_FY1AN_No1BAwtHvu5GTskgDGJUBjuZmC1I4vNmNLanmTYUW-jmbI17Cg==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Appalachian Commercial Real Estate</a><span style="color: #403f42;">.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Dr. Harry Davis, longtime Appalachian State </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxgu_ANOjWXc5Wyuf__5ZaHZFcU6AOopXHYn4GECfAG_pDzh4Nu864fjdGDAB48CorHS2uMuwol_jQj5512mz0hw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Walker College of Business</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> faculty member and member of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, will deliver his 2022 High Country Economic Forecast. Dr. Davis is a regionally renowned economist and serves as both Dean and Instructor for the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">North Carolina School of Banking.</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #403f42;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Christopher Chung, President/CEO of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsaiuGFnTWMQ00ApymDDEPUOdcTFE03aYXgiEzK66AxdHereRPG-zhgYqgogYUs8fuNZ0V0Y-ZWLcQQYlF14SS3N9TtBw9ErwgqKpVF1KzLzN5HfShg0irS6-L0y-UF3qi&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina,</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> will provide remarks that detail 2022 for EDPNC, while also outlining current economic development trends in rural areas of North Carolina. </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">During the presentation, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will reveal the recipients for the </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">2021 Watauga County Business of the Year Awards</span><span style="color: #403f42;">, presented by the Watauga County EDC. Business of the Year winners will be recognized in three categories: Large Business, Small Business, and Startup Business.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Doors open at 7:30am for an excellent opportunity to network with event attendees from across the High Country. A buffet-style breakfast will be served prior to the presentation. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Tickets Here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/75829ad6-4875-4a24-9a9d-dcce7c774b6e.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="205" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Town of Blowing Rock Board Applications</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #404040;">Are you interested in the future of your community and have extra time to volunteer? Would you like to serve on one of Blowing Rock’s municipal boards?</span></div><div><span style="color: #404040;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #404040;">The Blowing Rock Town Council will soon consider appointments to the Planning Board, the Board of Adjustment, the Tourism Development Authority, the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the Blowing Rock Appearance Advisory Commission. Each of these boards has an essential role in preserving and protecting the quality and character of our community.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.townofblowingrocknc.gov/Home/Components/News/News/266/16?backlist=%2f" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>This "After Christmas" flash sale is different than we've ever done before, enabling you to get special bulk purchase discounts! We're doing this to help you continue to enjoy eating out while still bringing much needed business to our wonderful local restaurants.</div><div>During these unprecedented times, it is so important for us as a community to come together and help each other when everything around us is so unsure. By purchasing in bulk you will help the restaurants, help your food budget, give as a gift, all while helping local schools with the cards that give back!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.highcountry365.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9a10818-c6a7-480b-a3ea-df0ce894382a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="271" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">Watauga County Parks and Recreation hosts second annual “</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Food for Friends”</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;"> drive</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>For the second year, Watauga County Parks and Recreation will host its <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1000b32f-a649-464a-84a5-0fb823e9a5f3.pdf?rdr=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">“Food for Friends”</a> drive. Watauga County residents are invited to make donations of non-perishable food items at the Watauga Community Recreation Center between December 13 and February 11 to benefit Hospitality House, Hunger and Health Coalition and Casting Bread.</div><div>According to Stephen Poulos, director of Watauga County Parks and Recreation, “Last year the community gave around $1,250 and over 1,875 pounds of food. We are excited to see how the community responds this year.”</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="headline editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text headline-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #bf3f2f; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #294b93;"></span><span style="color: #294b93; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thank you to our 2021 Chamber Partners!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/bd5dec55-5f48-4205-8702-12787b46f514.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="668" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748293730671015395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378880173609553669.post-70722668483298164952021-12-21T13:09:00.002-08:002021-12-21T13:09:34.349-08:00NC Business Grant Program<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="main-width" style="background-color: #e6e6e6; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; table-layout: fixed; width: 610px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="layout" style="padding: 15px 5px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#869198" class="layout-container-border" style="background-color: #869198; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="center" bgcolor="#869198" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="layout-container" style="background-color: white; padding: 0px;" valign="top"><div class=""><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-logo editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-spacer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-spacer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="407" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-spacer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-spacer" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="spacer-container" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="spacer-base" style="height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 10px;" valign="top" width="100%"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="divider-container editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-container" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 93%; table-layout: fixed; width: 558px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="#869198" height="1" style="background-color: #869198; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/sys/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="content editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text content-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #403f42; display: block; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">The Business Recovery Grant Program will issue a one-time payment to an eligible North Carolina business that experienced a significant economic loss due to COVID-19. The application period closes January 31, 2022. </span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">Two types of grants will be available to an eligible business that suffered an economic loss of at least 20 percent during the pandemic:</span></div><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">A hospitality grant will be available to an eligible arts, entertainment, and recreation business, as well as eligible accommodation and food service business such as a hotel, restaurant, and bar (NAICS codes 71 and 72).</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px;">A reimbursement grant will be available to an eligible business not classified in NAICS Code 71 and 72 that did not receive funding from other relief programs including Paycheck Protection Program, COVID-19 Job Retention Grant, and EIDL Advance.</span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: initial;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="MainTextFullWidthTD" style="color: white; font-size: 14px; padding: 9px 15px 10px;" valign="top"><div class="MainTextFullWidth" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><a href="https://www.ncdor.gov/business-recovery-grant#application" style="color: white; font-size: 26px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">APPLY HERE</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="spacer editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-spacer"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-spacer" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="spacer-container" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Chamber Office /Visitors Center</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> </span>will be closed December 24th & 25th</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://blowingrock.com/event/new-years-eve-extravaganza/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">App Ski NYE Extravaganza</a> - December 31st</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="205" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blowing Rock WinterFest</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock WinterFest is January 27-30th, 2022!</span> If you're business is interested in participating, please reach out to Suzy Barker at <a href="mailto:suzy@blowingrock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Suzy@BlowingRock.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>For a list of events visit <a href="http://www.blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockwinterfest.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The 6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Thursday, January 20th, from 7:30am-9:45am </span><span style="color: #403f42;">in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsPYRX2chjQCvphoJFCu6-8ruJkX1DEPF6TSstVIcHhyFO9rV-LowXuAE7ypy0avcwENzEpSrRb_Y7bLzC43SkGqR0sE6Ozg3o&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Grandview Ballroom</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #403f42;">of Appalachian State University.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area Chamber and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce and is presented by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntGPZoOlLTRJBiqa2Uk2PZhaObgsFhElzfrQjbBRYaPvF_PDfJCj8n_BFkVhzwcoPe2Wi1wg1S7eWbc85BvkcZ778QTgsn7A9EA==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Peak Insurance Group.</a></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Additional event support comes from </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKzT9cXE1eKDZv07SM3J6MYk84UGtKnywca90VFg81w0BpkucyJoBj8HCfgcAxZmDuPOhiMovxNW69bSZGVcjmg4ekhtVKCQmxDPTg_MygrZ&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Skyline National Bank</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntFU_mP4jzVCEBDBJoE6ONmj99FtVsPreUaLvNMe_o-HK4bSAFCdAVpXcxkP9BOmWzSyX73QW3xBs-iM23ee0VPT4_Zy_wkn5sCkRKyI4vJ66&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Allen Wealth Management</a><span style="color: #403f42;">, and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntMNmG8OiWnu3SW6Lb_ivGHKFhoPPiBU_0JGand27U_FY1AN_No1BAwtHvu5GTskgDGJUBjuZmC1I4vNmNLanmTYUW-jmbI17Cg==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Appalachian Commercial Real Estate</a><span style="color: #403f42;">.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Dr. Harry Davis, longtime Appalachian State </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxgu_ANOjWXc5Wyuf__5ZaHZFcU6AOopXHYn4GECfAG_pDzh4Nu864fjdGDAB48CorHS2uMuwol_jQj5512mz0hw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Walker College of Business</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> faculty member and member of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, will deliver his 2022 High Country Economic Forecast. Dr. Davis is a regionally renowned economist and serves as both Dean and Instructor for the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">North Carolina School of Banking.</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #403f42;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Christopher Chung, President/CEO of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsaiuGFnTWMQ00ApymDDEPUOdcTFE03aYXgiEzK66AxdHereRPG-zhgYqgogYUs8fuNZ0V0Y-ZWLcQQYlF14SS3N9TtBw9ErwgqKpVF1KzLzN5HfShg0irS6-L0y-UF3qi&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina,</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> will provide remarks that detail 2022 for EDPNC, while also outlining current economic development trends in rural areas of North Carolina. </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">During the presentation, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will reveal the recipients for the </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">2021 Watauga County Business of the Year Awards</span><span style="color: #403f42;">, presented by the Watauga County EDC. Business of the Year winners will be recognized in three categories: Large Business, Small Business, and Startup Business.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Doors open at 7:30am for an excellent opportunity to network with event attendees from across the High Country. A buffet-style breakfast will be served prior to the presentation. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Tickets Here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3bfc8373-7c34-4b61-8a9e-db48882dc1f0.png" style="display: block; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The NC Chamber is pleased to share with you, our valued members, the 2021 edition of our <a href="https://ncchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/NC-Chamber-How-They-Voted-2021.pdf?_zs=M3Mhl&_zl=IeM52" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">How They Voted</a> report. This annual voting record identifies the key legislation we supported or opposed during the 2021 session of the North Carolina General Assembly and grades the performance of state legislators when given the chance to stand up for job creators on these priorities.<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/75829ad6-4875-4a24-9a9d-dcce7c774b6e.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="205" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Town of Blowing Rock Board Applications</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #404040;">Are you interested in the future of your community and have extra time to volunteer? Would you like to serve on one of Blowing Rock’s municipal boards?</span></div><div><span style="color: #404040;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #404040;">The Blowing Rock Town Council will soon consider appointments to the Planning Board, the Board of Adjustment, the Tourism Development Authority, the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the Blowing Rock Appearance Advisory Commission. Each of these boards has an essential role in preserving and protecting the quality and character of our community.</span></div><div><a href="https://www.townofblowingrocknc.gov/Home/Components/News/News/266/16?backlist=%2f" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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Retired lifelong Banker, Frank is currently employed by the Office of Disaster Assistance/U.S. Small Business Administration.</div><div><a href="mailto:irazmia@bellsouth.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">irazmia@bellsouth.net</a></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Residential Members – Welcome Paul & Candice Horton</span></div><div>The Horton’s are residents of Yonahlossee and are very active in the Blowing Rock Community through the Rotary Club and various recreational activities.</div><div>paulwhorton@gmail.com</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Caitlyn Brooke Aesthetics – Welcome Caitlyn Johnston</span></div><div>Located in the HB House in Boone, Caitlyn Brooke Aesthetics’ mission is to bring out confidence in all by promoting a local, VIP spa experience. With skin, lash, brow, and wax specialists, manifest your beauty goals into reality with their qualified team. To ensure they can provide the best experience and results, all services are by appointment only.</div><div><a href="mailto:Caitlyn@caitlynbrookeaesthetics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Caitlyn@caitlynbrookeaesthetics.com</a> 828-244-9720</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hill House Blowing Rock – Kris & Doug Testori</span></div><div>Previously Residential Members, Kris & Doug have opened an amazing VRBO in Blowing Rock and are now open for business. Hill House is located less than a block from Main Street and has been completely remodeled in 2021.</div><div><a href="http://www.blowingrockhillhouse.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockhillhouse.com</a> 910-520-3300</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Tech Strategy Leaders – Greg Berkin</span></div><div>Finding the right technology vendor for your business can be a daunting experience. Our 50+ years of combined experience successfully managing IT departments and technologies has exposed them to every type of situation imaginable. They are cybersecurity experts. Tech Strategy Leaders has a proven cybersecurity strategy to protect your business. Their team helps organizations with their technologies and processes ranging from strategic to operational for small, medium, and large corporations spanning the globe.</div><div><a href="http://www.techstrategyleaders.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.techstrategyleaders.com</a> 704-269-8125</div><div><br /></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1035ff8b-08f2-4f50-9e30-0484fa55e7b6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Give the Gift of Westglow</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Give the gift of Westglow spa! Purchase a gift certificate for a loved one for a quick and easy present.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://westglow.boomtime.com/lgift?fbclid=IwAR35TWDLD7ng8jm0Qo1TtB2AWME_1SujHGchVrK7Fhh2hv0LIal-1GMDchI" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View offer online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/d9a10818-c6a7-480b-a3ea-df0ce894382a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="271" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;">Watauga County Parks and Recreation hosts second annual “</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic;">Food for Friends”</span><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-size: 16px;"> drive</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>For the second year, Watauga County Parks and Recreation will host its <a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/1000b32f-a649-464a-84a5-0fb823e9a5f3.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">“Food for Friends”</a> drive. Watauga County residents are invited to make donations of non-perishable food items at the Watauga Community Recreation Center between December 13 and February 11 to benefit Hospitality House, Hunger and Health Coalition and Casting Bread.</div><div>According to Stephen Poulos, director of Watauga County Parks and Recreation, “Last year the community gave around $1,250 and over 1,875 pounds of food. We are excited to see how the community responds this year.”</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6791f8dd-d319-4b81-b5ab-bc9c12804e7c.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="198" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Wanderlust Picnics</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><a href="https://www.wanderlustpicnics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Wanderlust Picnics</a><span style="color: #2b2b2b;"> is for the travelers, the wanderers and the originals. Whether you are close by or looking for an escape, we want to help you enjoy the place we call home. We are locally owned and operated out of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. We would love to show you the majestic experience of the high country whether you are looking to relax, enjoy the company of others or celebrating a special moment.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/05d5108a-df64-453b-b2bc-29c376c4772d.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="267" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Annual Run for Haiti</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;">It is that time of year again! Please join me in our Annual Virtual Run for Lory, Milot Haiti. You can sign up or make a donation anytime in the next month. To learn more about our work in Haiti follow us on Facebook and Instagram </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/immeasurablymorehaiti/?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZU23wLy_p8Fk_sW_4-oCdmysrLdLuBXd4KJVmow5muN-3qzJy--PvKy_s0LugrRBk-6FHHfNkvPXnX_omkXDrdtpHfmVTXCaBMeziQJQ_EVpj9iUM9NZfpv0r5_2CV5keg&__tn__=kK-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Immeasurably More Haiti</a><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;"> or visit our </span><a href="http://immeasurablymorehaiti.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">website</a></div><div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;">Proceeds from this virtual run go directly to The Village Farmstand Project in Lory, Milot Haiti. Last year's race helped us secure a parcel of land and install a temporary fence around the property. Our goal for this year will be to begin construction on the project. The Village Farmstand is a sustainable farming project in the Haitian village of Lory, Milot. The project is a collaboration between Immeasurably More Haiti Founder, Whitney Brown, and the Mompoint Family of Lory, Milot. This project will provide a village farmstand, clean water house, and greenhouses for education on soilless agriculture for the Haitian village of Lory, Milot.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;">Immeasurably More Haiti is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing sustainable futures for families in Haiti.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;">Race registrations and donations are 100% tax deductible.</span></div><div><span style="color: #1c1e21; font-size: 12px;">Immeasurably More Haiti EIN 84-454600</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Stop in to pick up a few items for yourself or gifts for your warm-weather friends.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">The Little Red Schoolhouse is open Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. If you happen to stop in on another day, just ask and we'll be happy to open the doors for you.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thank you to our 2021 Chamber Partners!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/bd5dec55-5f48-4205-8702-12787b46f514.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="668" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748293730671015395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378880173609553669.post-32934785685010503722021-12-21T13:07:00.001-08:002021-12-21T13:07:16.359-08:00Weekly Village Update 12.9.21<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="main-width" style="background-color: #bf3f2f; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Town Council Meeting</span> - MONDAY, December 13th at 6:00pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">EBD Committee Meeting</span> - Thursday, December 16th at 8:15am</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Chamber Office /Visitors Center</span><span style="color: #3d4c73;"> </span>will be closed December 24th & 2th</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/f58b053b-56f9-4794-94d9-03eac48411e5.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="205" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blowing Rock WinterFest</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock WinterFest is January 27-30th, 2022!</span> If you're business is interested in participating, please reach out to Suzy Barker at <a href="mailto:suzy@blowingrock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Suzy@BlowingRock.com</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>For a list of events visit <a href="http://www.blowingrockwinterfest.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">www.blowingrockwinterfest.com</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/923b3295-8703-42ec-892b-b38d813c39da.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Tourism Management Plan Presentation</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>On Wednesday, December 8th Roger Brooks returned to Blowing Rock to present a draft of Blowing Rock's Sustainable Tourism Management Plan to the public.</div><div><br /></div><div>This past summer, the Blowing Rock Tourism Development Authority (TDA) commissioned an in-depth study of Blowing Rock as a preliminary step toward a Sustainable Tourism Management Plan. <span style="color: #1a191a;">Professional researcher and facilitator Roger Brooks of the Destination Development Association was hired to help the TDA and the Town of Blowing Rock coordinate the effort required to create this plan. </span>The plan is intended to address challenges with parking and traffic flow, infrastructure, pedestrian movement, and strain on local and natural resources. Brooks made some preliminary suggestions before his departure this summer, but the completed plan will offer action lists, budgets, and funding sources for all recommendations. <span style="color: #1a191a;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.townofblowingrocknc.gov/residents/meetings" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">The presentation can be view online here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The 6th Annual High Country Economic Kickoff Breakfast is scheduled for </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">Thursday, January 20th, from 7:30am-9:45am </span><span style="color: #403f42;">in the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsPYRX2chjQCvphoJFCu6-8ruJkX1DEPF6TSstVIcHhyFO9rV-LowXuAE7ypy0avcwENzEpSrRb_Y7bLzC43SkGqR0sE6Ozg3o&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Grandview Ballroom</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #403f42;">of Appalachian State University.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">The event is co-hosted by the Boone Area Chamber and Blowing Rock Chambers of Commerce and is presented by </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntGPZoOlLTRJBiqa2Uk2PZhaObgsFhElzfrQjbBRYaPvF_PDfJCj8n_BFkVhzwcoPe2Wi1wg1S7eWbc85BvkcZ778QTgsn7A9EA==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Peak Insurance Group.</a></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Additional event support comes from </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKzT9cXE1eKDZv07SM3J6MYk84UGtKnywca90VFg81w0BpkucyJoBj8HCfgcAxZmDuPOhiMovxNW69bSZGVcjmg4ekhtVKCQmxDPTg_MygrZ&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Skyline National Bank</a><span style="color: #284fa1; font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntFU_mP4jzVCEBDBJoE6ONmj99FtVsPreUaLvNMe_o-HK4bSAFCdAVpXcxkP9BOmWzSyX73QW3xBs-iM23ee0VPT4_Zy_wkn5sCkRKyI4vJ66&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Allen Wealth Management</a><span style="color: #403f42;">, and </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntMNmG8OiWnu3SW6Lb_ivGHKFhoPPiBU_0JGand27U_FY1AN_No1BAwtHvu5GTskgDGJUBjuZmC1I4vNmNLanmTYUW-jmbI17Cg==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Appalachian Commercial Real Estate</a><span style="color: #403f42;">.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Dr. Harry Davis, longtime Appalachian State </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxgu_ANOjWXc5Wyuf__5ZaHZFcU6AOopXHYn4GECfAG_pDzh4Nu864fjdGDAB48CorHS2uMuwol_jQj5512mz0hw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Walker College of Business</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> faculty member and member of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, will deliver his 2022 High Country Economic Forecast. Dr. Davis is a regionally renowned economist and serves as both Dean and Instructor for the </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">North Carolina School of Banking.</a><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntKA2p4V3WBCxH83Sund63U4dqHTzMzIKIFGlfZcipwpgHy2Kr6aPhXvJxmywpN7o1ACw4YLQ-201mAGiRF4lAKbuwylPV9Zduw==&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><span style="color: #403f42;"></span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Christopher Chung, President/CEO of </span><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jZP2-Yjqubr01jJdGUyU6JRMt5ryde7KDMVaMkfoWE37oBYI2lKntJL8WGhK2oMsaiuGFnTWMQ00ApymDDEPUOdcTFE03aYXgiEzK66AxdHereRPG-zhgYqgogYUs8fuNZ0V0Y-ZWLcQQYlF14SS3N9TtBw9ErwgqKpVF1KzLzN5HfShg0irS6-L0y-UF3qi&c=nP85OVezK6naJg11vAFcerbCJCOLKi359ZaUY3-XLhdSc7QzlrRRMg==&ch=qQCUaNP3-iCadveodO4Iios80gb3Od9gM4vGwYUZQRFN_xKKWZDZ8Q==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina,</a><span style="color: #403f42;"> will provide remarks that detail 2022 for EDPNC, while also outlining current economic development trends in rural areas of North Carolina. </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">During the presentation, the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce will reveal the recipients for the </span><span style="color: #403f42; font-weight: bold;">2021 Watauga County Business of the Year Awards</span><span style="color: #403f42;">, presented by the Watauga County EDC. Business of the Year winners will be recognized in three categories: Large Business, Small Business, and Startup Business.</span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: #403f42;">Doors open at 7:30am for an excellent opportunity to network with event attendees from across the High Country. A buffet-style breakfast will be served prior to the presentation. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.boonechamber.com/events/6th-annual-high-country-economic-kickoff-breakfast" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Purchase Tickets Here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/3bfc8373-7c34-4b61-8a9e-db48882dc1f0.png" style="display: block; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/98342447-af0a-4975-b4c9-92a0cbd06396.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="198" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Wanderlust Picnics</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; 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Whether you are close by or looking for an escape, we want to help you enjoy the place we call home. We are locally owned and operated out of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. We would love to show you the majestic experience of the high country whether you are looking to relax, enjoy the company of others or celebrating a special moment.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/5ddf40a5-10de-401d-ad32-b15213660c09.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Mast General Store Sale</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-weight: bold;">December 8th - 22nd</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">The weather outside may not be too frightful, but looking ahead to spring is still very delightful - especially when you can save an extra 50% OFF already marked-down prices on spring and summer goods!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">The Little Red Schoolhouse behind the Original Mast Store in Valle Crucis is filled with short-sleeved shirts, shorts, dresses, outdoor goods, and some footwear at bargain prices that will make even Scrooge smile. Stop in to pick up a few items for yourself or gifts for your warm-weather friends.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">The Little Red Schoolhouse is open Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. If you happen to stop in on another day, just ask and we'll be happy to open the doors for you.</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Thank you to our 2021 Chamber Partners!</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image editor-image editor-image-vspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/bd5dec55-5f48-4205-8702-12787b46f514.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="668" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>The Blowing Rock Chamber of Commercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02748293730671015395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378880173609553669.post-29684875349428003482021-12-21T13:06:00.001-08:002021-12-21T13:06:11.368-08:00Weekly Village Update 12.2.21<p> </p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="main-width" style="background-color: #cfa774; 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display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/592372948553866?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #bf3f2f; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Blowing Rock Holiday Stroll</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/592372948553866?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"> </a>- Friday, December 3rd from 5:00pm - 8:00pm</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Chamber Holiday Party </span>- Tuesday, December 7th - <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">RSVP's full!</span></li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">TDA Sustainable Management Plan Public Presentation</span> - Wednesday, December 8th at 5:30pm, Town Hall</li><li style="line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4c73; font-weight: bold;">Blowing Rock Town Council Meeting</span> - Tuesday, December 14th at 6:00pm</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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Enjoy special discounts, treats and more! Enjoy the holiday cheer!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/592372948553866?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View event details here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="45%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/9450781b-4cad-4262-81e0-2a5d896f4f05.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="254" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="55%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Member to Member Card</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Last Chance!</span></div><div>For those Chamber members wishing to participate in the Member to Member Loyalty Discount Card for <span style="color: red;">2022</span>, please commit by end of day, <span style="color: red;">December 3</span><sup style="color: red; font-size: 14px; line-height: 0;">rd</sup>. Keep in mind that this card is intended for members to support other member businesses and services throughout the year, especially during the off season. Typical discounts are 10% – 20%. There is no charge to include your business, so if you are interested, please contact Cathy at the Chamber at <a href="mailto:cathy@BlowingRock.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">cathy@BlowingRock.com</a> or call 828-295-7851. The new cards will be distributed in January.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Presentation of Sustainable Tourism Plan</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>On <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wednesday, December 8, </span>Roger Brooks will return to present Blowing Rock’s Sustainable Tourism Management Plan to the public. The presentation will begin at <span style="font-weight: bold;">5:30pm at Town Hal</span>l. A live stream of the event will be available on the Town of Blowing Rock’s YouTube channel (where Council Meetings are streamed). </div><div>This past summer, the Blowing Rock Tourism Development Authority (TDA) commissioned an in-depth study of Blowing Rock as a preliminary step toward a Sustainable Tourism Management Plan. <span style="color: #1a191a;">Professional researcher and facilitator Roger Brooks of the Destination Development Association was hired to help the TDA and the Town of Blowing Rock coordinate the effort required to create this plan. </span>The plan is intended to address challenges with parking and traffic flow, infrastructure, pedestrian movement, and strain on local and natural resources. Brooks made some preliminary suggestions before his departure this summer, but the completed plan will offer action lists, budgets, and funding sources for all recommendations. <span style="color: #1a191a; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/4ea5cc34-22cc-4c7c-803d-345e782baba6.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Blowing Rock Webcams</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #1a191a;">Three new webcams are now being hosted by the Town of Blowing Rock! Live feeds offer views of Main Street, Memorial Park, and Broyhill Park. These cams will allow folks to get on-demand looks at travel conditions for Main Street, weather, and even special events. Share on social media or link on your website! </span><a href="https://blowingrock.com/webcams/?fbclid=IwAR1ncADfIBxQnK-pdQ2PtjVX9aAVoU8DR1VGX352LBTu23lyzAuT2IPq2r0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cc9933; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">View webcams here.</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="Open" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/6ed571e3-d821-41ce-9871-1950ab255407.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="246" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Restaurant Hours</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div><span style="color: #1a191a;">With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. The Chamber of Commerce is currently maintaining a listing of Blowing Rock restaurant hours. The hours are updated weekly. Bookmark this page for reference so you can help your guests and customers when they are looking for dining! </span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nkAD3pLTt6euqHss3MpbgjXVccDZBRLrDsqOwKEiqWc/edit#gid=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Restaurant Hours List</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="2F4F94" height="1" style="background-color: #2f4f94; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/2724429d-0352-4ded-8815-15f10fa73593.png" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Watauga Covid-19 Update</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div> In areas with substantial and high transmission, the CDC recommends that everyone (including fully vaccinated individuals) wear a mask in public indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the Delta variant, and to protect others. Watauga County is considered an area of High transmission.</div><div><br /></div><div>AppHealthCare offers COVID-19 testing by drive-thru Monday through Friday 8:30-10:00am at each of our clinic locations. No appointment is needed.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8f181ae8-5c34-4c6f-a5b3-27301333b74c.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Read the full weekly Watauga County</a></div><div><a href="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8f181ae8-5c34-4c6f-a5b3-27301333b74c.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Covid-19 Update here.</a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; 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Mountain Times carries over 200 varieties of Amish made foods, jams, preserves, apple butters, cheese, sausage, pickled goods, salad dressings and BBQ sauces.</div><div>We also produce top of the line outdoor polyresin furniture, Amish made indoor hickory and oak furniture and Buck Stove gas and wood firepits and fireplaces. Over 40 local artisans display their work in our shops. This Blowing Rock location joins other Mountain Time locations including Burnsville and Newland.</div><div>(828) 385-3243 / <a href="mailto:choneycutt@buckstove.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">choneycutt@buckstove.com</a></div><div>1179 Main Street, Unit #106, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.copperbarreloutpost.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">COPPER BARREL OUTPOST</a></div><div><span style="color: #333333;">Located at the Tanger Outlets in Blowing Rock, Copper Barrel is an award-winning distillery founded on the belief that everyone deserves a taste of genuine American craft spirits. In addition to offering the area's most highly rated guided tours, we will be open in January 2022 with extended hours to quench your thirst with craft beer, wine and cocktails. So, grab your friends and come shine with us while you cheer on your favorite teams or watch a movie on our massive TV's. Look no further for a fun place to host your next private event. Whether it be a birthday party, business meeting or rehearsal dinner; we offer a variety of options at very reasonable rates. It's time you got a taste of genuine!</span></div><div> (828) 677-4463 / <a href="mailto:Kathleen.Smith@LegacyLibations.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Kathleen.Smith@LegacyLibations.com</a></div><div>Shoppes on the Parkway, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.wanderlustpicnics.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">WANDERLUST PICNICS</a></div><div>Wanderlust Picnics is for the travelers, the wanderers and the originals. Whether you are close by or looking for an escape, we want to help you enjoy the place we call home. We are locally owned and operated out of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. We create and setup luxury picnic experiences for your enjoyment. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, bridal parties, girl's weekend, proposals, romantic dates and more!</div><div> (850) 428-6400 / <a href="mailto:info@wanderlustpicnics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">info@wanderlustpicnics.com</a></div><div>870 Main Street, Blowing Rock, NC 28605</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://highcountryunitedway.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HIGH COUNTRY UNITED WAY</a></div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="color: #414141;">The High Country United Way was established in 1978 as Watauga United Appeal. In 1997, the agency transitioned to High Country United Way and expanded to serving the citizens of Avery and Watauga Counties. High Country United Way added Mitchell County to its service area in 2016, and the agency is also the fiscal agent for donations in Ashe and Yancey Counties. </span></div><div><span style="color: #414141;">High Country United Way's mission extends beyond local funding opportunities. The agency has been instrumental in establishing multiple non-profits that continue to serve the community today. Currently, High Country United Way funds 27 programs in 5 counties in the High Country of North Carolina. In addition to funding their partner agencies, High Country United Way has embarked on creating Community Impact projects along with community partners that align with their fundamental values of Education, Health, Financial Stability, and Basic Needs. </span></div><div>(828) 265-2111 / <a href="mailto:director@highcountryunitedway.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">director@highcountryunitedway.org</a></div><div>1675 Blowing Rock Blvd., Suite 400, Boone, NC 28607</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.bargainbarndiscountmattress.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">BARGAIN BARN DISCOUNT MATTRESS</a></div><div>The High Country's longest operating mattress store, Bargain Barn is a local family- owned business serving the area for over 25 years. We offer high quality, in-stock mattresses, bedding and more for retail customers and hospitality & commercial clients.</div><div>(828) 297-7991 / <a href="mailto:bargainbarndiscountmattress@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">bargainbarndiscountmattress@gmail.com</a></div><div>368-4 HWY 105 Bypass, Boone, NC 28607</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/8387b4cf-a6bc-499a-8372-7cdb8ebe435a.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="285" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Turchin Center Winter Exhibition Celebration</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University invites the community to a Winter Exhibition Celebration<span style="color: #333333;"> on Friday, December 3, </span><span style="color: #141414;">5-9 p.m. Downton Boone will be twinkling for the holidays as this event is being h</span><span style="color: #333333;">eld in conjunction with the annual Festive First Friday with special events happening throughout downtown. The public is invited to engage, discover and connect through the arts at the Turchin Center where the festivities will include live music from </span><span style="color: #222222;">Lauren Hayworth and Kim France</span><span style="color: #333333;">, holiday cookies and hot chocolate. </span><span style="color: #141414;">During this celebration, </span>the Turchin Center will celebrate two<span style="color: #333333;"> new exhibitions and four additional exhibitions. This event is free and open to the public.</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; height: 1px; min-width: 94%; table-layout: fixed; width: 629.797px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" bgcolor="294B93" height="1" style="background-color: #294b93; border-bottom-style: none; height: 1px; line-height: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" hspace="0" src="https://imgssl.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101116784221/S.gif" style="display: block; height: 1px; width: 5px;" vspace="0" width="5" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature-margin" style="padding: 0px 20px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div><div class="column-resize-bar"><span class="line"></span><span class="grabber"></span></div></div><div class="gl-contains-image"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-image content-image editor-image-vspace-on editor-image-hspace-on" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" style="padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;" valign="top"><div class="publish-container"><img alt="" border="0" class="" hspace="0" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/db010ce0501/518032cb-170d-408b-b4da-bcfee827ae77.jpg" style="display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%;" vspace="0" width="258" /></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td><td align="left" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class="feature editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="50%"><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-heading-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: #717a80; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><span style="color: #3d4c73;">Hospitality House Honor Card</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="gl-contains-text"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor">The 2021 Holiday Honor Cards are available through December, online at <a href="http://www.hosphouse.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: #cf8f12; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HospHouse.org</a> for a minimum donation of $5 per card. Hospitality House will ship your cards free of charge. Additionally, they will even mail your entire Christmas card list for you. Simply provide each Tribute recipient address in the online donation form.<span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="" valign="top"><table class="galileo-ap-content-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; cursor: default; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" class="divider-base divider-solid" style="padding: 9px 0px;" valign="top" width="100%"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="left" class="editor-text feature-text" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; display: block; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.2; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px 10px 10px;" valign="top"><div></div><div class="text-container galileo-ap-content-editor"><div>Join The Mustard Seed Market for their second annual Handmade Holiday Market on December 3rd & 4th from 10am-6pm.</div><div><br /></div><div>Handmade goods from local artisans, live music, food truck, and The Mustard Seed Christmas shop.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="" class=" editor-col OneColumnMobile" valign="top" width="100%"><div class="gl-contains-divider"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="editor-divider" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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