Weekly Village Update 9.8.21

 

Chamber News Upcoming Activities & Meetings Blowing Rock Farmers Market - Today from 3:00pm - 6:00pm Art in the Park - September 11th from 10am - 5pm Concerts in the Park - September 12th from 4pm-6pm Business After Hours at Mystery Hill with Boone Area Chamber - September 16th Restaurant Hours With unpredictable staffing and abrupt changes in travel patterns due to covid-19, restaurant hours have been changing often. For example, Village Cafe was open for Labor Day, but will be closed this Wednesday as a result. 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!  Restaurant Hours List Business After Hours -RSVP Join us for a joint Business After Hours with Boone Area Chamber at Mystery Hill on Thursday, September 16th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm. Attendees will be offered passport booklets to enjoy all of the Mystery Hill offerings to be used during the After Hours event or at a later date. RSVP HERE Career Center Resources Is your businesses hiring? Try these local career center sites: Appalachian State Career Center CCC&TI Career Center Blowing Rock Job Opportunities Facebook Group Village Hardware - Closing After 24 years of taking care of the Town's hardware needs, Village Hardware is closing! Stephanie is ready for retirement and to work on her vineyard. Village Hardware's last day will be October 9th. Visit the hardware's close out sale and say goodbye! Community Calendar Dates & Photos We need public event and meeting dates for the 2022 Blowing Rock Community Calendar! Send event information by October 1. Photos are also being accepted for inclusion. This year's image theme is buildings: whether they are historical or simply unique to Blowing Rock. Final images are selected based on quality and aesthetic variety. All images must be horizontal, high resolution, and printable to at least 10.5" x 8". If you'd like to submit an image for consideration, send by September 15. All event dates and image submissions go to amanda@visitblowingrock.com. Watauga Covid-19 Update  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. 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.  Read the full Watauga County Covid-19 Update here. Blowing Rock School Playground Restroom The Blowing Rock Leadership Challenge Class of 2019 has finally completed their class project! The Restroom at the Blowing Rock School Playground is open from 9am-6pm seven days a week. The restroom will be maintained by Blowing Rock School and the Town of Blowing Rock. Please join the Chamber on Monday, September 20th at 5pm for the official ribbon cutting. Member News New Members HB House (Health and Beauty House) owned by Miya Zimmerman and Heather Rogers. This is a collective of individuals with an atmosphere of support and sharing with a social environment and community connections. Their main goal is to share space with the community and contribute to the growth of those in the health and beauty industry. They are located in Boone on Meadowview Drive. They offer salon services and facial aesthetics including brows, facials, lashes and waxing. Residential Member – Andee Baur Andee is from Sarasota, Florida and is a full-time resident of Blowing Rock. An avid baker and she is interested in opening a small business here featuring her bite-size desserts. She is married and is searching for a greater sense of community and resources in the area. Grandfather Mtn State Park Fiddlin’ through History, Part 1: Colonial America through the Civil War Do you ever listen to folk music and wonder about the history of the tunes? Come explore the history of the fiddle, from its voyage over the Atlantic Ocean with the first colonists, to its significance during and after the Civil War. The history will be interpreted by a Ranger, and the tunes will be provided by local fiddle player Rachiel Musumarra. Please bring a lawn chair and wear sturdy footwear, as there is a short walk from the parking area. No pets, please. Please RSVP for the program by phone at 828-963-9522 or at grandfather.mountain@ncparks.gov. Participation is limited to 25.   Date of Event: Sunday, 09/12/2021 - 1:30pm to 2:30pm   Location: The lawn adjacent to the rustic cabin at Bear Paw State Natural Area, located at the end of Dutch Creek Road (go to 3511 Dutch Creek Rd, Banner Elk, NC 28604; continue to the dead end to the small gravel parking area) Hunger & Health Coalition Hunger and Health Coalition and First Baptist Church of Boone Collaborate to Expand Food Assistance This fall, two pillars of the Watauga community are joining forces. First Baptist Church of Boone and Hunger and Health Coalition are partnering to expand the food assistance services available at the First Baptist Church on King Street, strengthening the local safety net and making food security more accessible for all residents. After meeting and planning throughout the summer, the two organizations are excited to announce the start of this new partnership in September 2021. This partnership will mark the unveiling of the “Hunger and Health Coalition at First Baptist Church” (HHC at FBC) hub of services located on the ground floor of the First Baptist Church, adjacent to ASU’s campus.  Read the full press release here. Alair Homes Good Neighbor Day The Alair Homes Good Neighbor Day event is right around the corner on Saturday, September 26th from 3-6pm! Come out for a fun afternoon with live music, a birdhouse craft station, lawn games, a bounce house, and much more! The proceeds from this event will go to support the Hunger and Health Coalition’s A Simple Gesture Program, Mountain Alliance, Middle Fork Greenway, and Lemonade For Change. Artist in Residence Artists in Residence continues, a daily event to recommend! This week's Artists in Residence is Fredrick Craig Franz, Landscapes in Oil and Soft Pastels. A forty-two year resident of the High Country, Frederick ‘Craig’ Franz’s home in Avery County is a landscape artist’s dream. Working in soft pastels and oils, his award-winning paintings are created both plein air and in the studio.    Artists in Residence at Edgewood Cottage continues through September 19 and is open every day.   All dates and artists here>> More events and updates can be found on our online calendar. To submit your news to our weekly newsletter, email Suzy@BlowingRock.com by Wednesday. Our newsletter reaches over 1,000 member contacts each Thursday! Thank you to our 2021 Chamber Partners!

Weekly Village Update 9.2.21

 

Chamber News Upcoming Activities & Meetings Blowing Rock Farmers Market - Today from 3:00pm - 6:00pm Tanger Labor Day Block Party - September 3-6th from 11:00am - 4:00pm Art in the Park - September 11th from 10am - 5pm Concerts in the Park - September 12th from 4pm-6pm Business After Hours at Mystery Hill with Boone Area Chamber - September 16th Click Here for Printable Signage Town of Blowing Rock Mask Mandate On Tuesday, August 24th the Blowing Rock Town Council held an emergency meeting to discuss COVID-19. In this meeting Council voted 5-0 to make face masks mandatory within town limits while indoors in an public facility (retail, restaurants, office, etc.). The State of Emergency Declaration requiring Face Masks to be worn indoors in public buildings will begin Friday, August 27th at 5:00pm and will remain effect until further notice. Read the full Town of Blowing Rock Executive Order here. App Regional Healthcare System Update According to the CDC (August 6), the best way to reduce the chances of severe illness, hospitalization, or death from COVID-19, including the Delta variant, is to be vaccinated. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are available through ARHS for adults age 18 and older at the following locations. On August 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a COVID vaccine 3rd dose to provide additional protection for certain immunocompromised individuals.  If you are interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, please call AppFamily Medicine in Boone at 828-386-2222 or Baker Center for Primary Care in Linville at 828-737-7711. Career Center Resources Is your businesses hiring? Try these local career center sites: Appalachian State Career Center CCC&TI Career Center Blowing Rock Job Opportunities Facebook Group Community Calendar Dates & Photos We need public event and meeting dates for the 2022 Blowing Rock Community Calendar! Send event information by October 1. Photos are also being accepted for inclusion. This year's image theme is buildings: whether they are historical or simply unique to Blowing Rock. Final images are selected based on quality and aesthetic variety. All images must be horizontal, high resolution, and printable to at least 10.5" x 8". If you'd like to submit an image for consideration, send by September 15. All event dates and image submissions go to amanda@visitblowingrock.com. Blowing Rock School Playground Restroom The Blowing Rock Leadership Challenge Class of 2019 has finally completed their class project! The Restroom at the Blowing Rock School Playground is open from 9am-6pm seven days a week. The restroom will be maintained by Blowing Rock School and the Town of Blowing Rock. Please join the Chamber on Monday, September 20th at 5pm for the official ribbon cutting. Member News New Members Lemonade for Change The mission of Atlas Brown, 8-year entrepreneur, is to use 100% of the profits of her lemonade sales to go toward creating brighter futures for Watauga County’s homeless. Atlas is featured in this week’s The Blowing Rocket Speckled Trout Outfitters The Speckled Trout Restaurant & Bottle Shop of Blowing Rock has been bringing the joy of friendship and food to the High Country for many years. They have recently coupled that joy with their love for adventure in the great outdoors through the launch of The Speckled Trout Outfitters. Guided by native Joel Brown and local chef and guide Michael Foreman, fishermen will find themselves not only catching trophy fish from local waters, but enjoying a world class guided adventure Appalachian Outfitters As the newest store at Tanger Outlets, Appalachian Outfitters offers all of the brands you love including Kavu, Life is Good, Simply Southern, Local Boy, Legacy, and many more. In addition to a large selection of Boone and Blowing Rock area hats and apparel, they also feature a wide variety of collegiate & professional sports team licensed merchandise HB House Located in Boone, the Health & Beauty House offers highly skilled salon experts for all hair and Aesthetic services. Residential Members Al & Velda Shackelford Retired from Pine Mountain, Georgia, Al & Velda have settled here in Blowing Rock and look forward to getting involved the events of our community Food Hub Pick Up in Blowing Rock The High Country Food Hub is excited to announce their first Satellite Pickup Location at the Blowing Rock Farmer's Market, launching on Thursday, September 2, from 3-6pm on Park Ave. Order from local farms on the online marketplace by Monday, August 30 at highcountryfoodhub.org and be sure to select Thursday pickup at the Blowing Rock Farmer's Market in your account overview. Delivering fresh, local food to your community! Contact: Katie Ferrell at katie@brwia.org with questions. See you at the market! Alair Homes Good Neighbor Day The Alair Homes Good Neighbor Day event is right around the corner on Saturday, September 26th from 3-6pm! Come out for a fun afternoon with live music, a birdhouse craft station, lawn games, a bounce house, and much more! The proceeds from this event will go to support the Hunger and Health Coalition’s A Simple Gesture Program, Mountain Alliance, Middle Fork Greenway, and Lemonade For Change. Register Here CCC & TI Free Webinar Free CCC&TI Small Business Center Webinar, Sept. 14, 9am: Don’t Miss This Official Grow With Google Marketing Webinar Designed to Grow Your Business in 2021! Now more than ever, businesses and nonprofits need to know how to reach and engage with customers online - to continue to generate leads, make sales, and grow revenue. Led by Grow With Google Speaker and Trainer Demming Bass, this is a “can’t miss” webinar customized for local businesses and nonprofits including additional ideas and strategies on how to market online in a post-pandemic world. As a bonus, ALL ATTENDEES will receive up to $150 in Google Matching Ad Credit (first-time users only) to immediately market their business with the lessons they learn and apply. In this webinar, you will learn how to: - Create a free Google My Business profile and how to engage with customers - Improve your website’s visibility in Google’s organic search results, on all devices - Implement simple, but effective, best practices for content marketing, social media marketing, and email marketing - especially during the COVID-19 crisis - Advertise your business through Google via Smart Campaigns (and the perfect ad formula) Attendees will walk away with free tools, a proven plan, and messaging strategies they can implement in their marketing immediately - no matter their level of marketing "know-how" or expertise. But hurry! Spots are limited and will go fast. Artist in Residence Artists in Residence continues, a daily event to recommend! This week's Artists in Residence is Fredrick Craig Franz, Landscapes in Oil and Soft Pastels. A forty-two year resident of the High Country, Frederick ‘Craig’ Franz’s home in Avery County is a landscape artist’s dream. Working in soft pastels and oils, his award-winning paintings are created both plein air and in the studio.    Artists in Residence at Edgewood Cottage continues through September 19 and is open every day.   All dates and artists here>> More events and updates can be found on our online calendar. To submit your news to our weekly newsletter, email Suzy@BlowingRock.com by Wednesday. Our newsletter reaches over 1,000 member contacts each Thursday! Thank you to our 2021 Chamber Partners!