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Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner- RSVP
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Harrell Hill Farms
Yancey-Mitchell Board of Realtors
Phillips Nursery
Janet Cook, Clerk of Court
High Country Workforce Development Board
Thurston Associates
Sears Hometown Store, Spruce Pine
Mitchell County Democratic Party
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Member Minutes
Member Minutes is a weekly video series that highlights Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce members. If you would like for your business to be featured, please contact Kelly at kjones@mitchell-county.com
This weeks Member Minutes highlights The Switzerland Inn and Chalet
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Job Opening!
The Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce is seeking to fill a part time position as a Visitor Services staff member at our Visitor Center at the Museum of NC Minerals. The position will require some weekend hours on alternating weekends. We are seeking mature individuals who know the area well and enjoy interacting with people. Interested parties should contact the Mitchell County Chamber at 828-765-9033 for an application.
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Book Signing THIS Saturday!
Join us at The Market on Oak for a book signing with author Jill Burleson as she releases her new book Grassy Creek. An excerpt from her book reads "Luke Sparks is a pediatric oncologist determined to find the cure for leukemia. However, this dream is elusive, and he fears he has lost his passion for medicine, his purpose for living, and has failed every patient he has not been able to save. He even contemplates if his own life is worth living. But that thought is thwarted by Joe, the eight-year-old patient he is taking with him for some time away from the cancer treatments, as Luke is returning to his childhood home of Grassy Creek, in the mountain town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. He is seeking a respite and hopes of rekindling his passion, his purpose, and his life. Back home, Grassy Creek and rain, perhaps healing rain, stir his memory, and he returns to the summer of 1962, when he was fifteen and his dream began."
Jill Burleson is a native North Carolinian. She was raised in Charlotte, but her roots are embedded in Spruce Pine, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it is here she considers her spiritual home. She began writing in grade school and dreamed of writing a Southern fiction novel based in the mountains. She entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the Amy Charles Writing Scholarship and went on to graduate with a degree in her other passion of nursing, both with a BSN and MSN. She currently works at Duke University Medical Center in the oncology department as a nurse-practitioner for bone marrow and stem cell transplant. It is the melding of these two passions that has led to Grassy Creek, her first novel.
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Events at Burnsville Wine and...
We are planning a Wine and Cheese pairing class Monday October 23 rd @5:30. Katie from the Cheese Store in Asheville, and Chris from Country Vintners have selected 4 wines and cheeses to pair. The cost of the class is $25.00, and you need to pre-register by October 20 th. Always an interesting time. Class size is limited to first come, first served. Join us for our final Wednesday, Wine and Win, theme night, October 18 th, 4-7 pm. This month has an Oktoberfest theme. Say Uff Da! and register to win a nice prize. You must be present to win the prize. Friday October 20 th, 4-7 pm, Eric from Empire Distributors will be here to pour. We are featuring Tunnel of Elms Wines. Nice wines at a great price. The tastings are free, but you must be 21 to attend. The balloons will be flying! The shop is full of new wines. Stop by and check the selection. Shop hours are 11-7, Tuesday-Frirday and 11-6 Saturday. We are located at 525 West Main, across from TD Bank. There is ample parking behind the shop and the bank parking lot. Like and share us on Facebook, check our webpage, call 682-3456 or email joyce@burnsvillewine.com for more information.
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Wedding Website Launching!
The Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce will soon be launching our new Blue Ridge Weddings website promoting our area as a wedding destination. We will highlight our Chamber members who can assist with the planning and execution of a beautiful wedding here in our area. If you would like to be listed as a preferred vendor on the new website, please be sure to contact us.
The categories are:
Venues
Bakeries
Floral Design & Styling
Photography/Videography
Wedding Planners
Caterers
Furniture Rental/Decor
Officiants
Musicians
Attire
Beverages
Beauty
Rentals
Gifts
Rehearsal Dinner
If you have a suggestion for an additional category, please let us know.
We look forward to sharing this new website with you and look forward to promoting our local businesses and our beautiful area on this site.
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Upcoming Penland Gallery Showcases
John and Robyn Horn Gallery
Conversation | What Remains
Rachel Meginnes
October 3- November 19
Focus Gallery
Iron Designs | Marc Maiorana
October 6- November 12
Penland School Discounts for Area Residents
Penland School of Crafts has open spaces in an upcoming one-week letterpress printing workshop available at half tuition to area residents. The discount is available to residents of the following Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey; and the following counties in East Tennessee: Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.
Regular room and board charges apply, but students are not required to stay on campus.
Taught by Chicago artist Jennifer Farrell, the session runs from October 22 through 28. Jennifer will teach the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting as students create images composed with metal type ornaments. Students can make one-color pieces or more intricate multicolored print. The workshops is open to students of all skill levels: beginners welcome. Complete information is available in the workshops section of the Penland website: www.penland.org. To enroll, call the Penland registrar at 828-765-2359, ext 1106.
The Penland Standby Program offers discounts to area residents who take unfilled spaces in Penland classes shortly before the classes begin.
Visiting artist talk at Penland School of Crafts
Penland School of Crafts presents a slide lecture by visiting artist Anna Hepler on Monday, October 23, 8:15 PM at the Flex Studio on the Penland campus.
Sculptor Anna Hepler is a former Henry Luce Foundation fellow in South Korea and has completed residencies at the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program (NM), the Tamarind Institute (NM), and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She received a prestigious 2016 USA Fellowship in craft from United States Artists. Following the slide talk about her work, Anna will take questions from the audience. More information about Anna Hepler at annahepler.com. For directions or other information about Penland School of Crafts call 828-765-2359 or visit penland.org.
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Upcoming Watermedia Workshops!
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Spruce Pine Farmer's Market
Well we are getting down to the wire only 2 markets left before the end of the outdoor season. We will have kale, potatoes, collards, beet greens, locally raised meats, fresh eggs, microgreens and more. We will have fresh salad mix, and baked goods too.
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Enjoy Fall Colors and Apple Butter This October in Bakersville!
Sample delicious, fresh-made apple butter and take home several jars to enjoy or give as gifts at the Mitchell County Historical Society’s 2017 Apple Butter Festival in Bakersville October 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Festival features local musicians and vendors selling a variety of wares and food.
The MCHS will have for sale books of local interest, including Voices of the Valley and various titles in Arcadia Publishing’s Images of Americaseries along with beautiful MCHS commemorative Christmas ornaments. And of course, the fantastic MCHS apple butter, made by Randy McClellan, will be available for sale. Purchase of these items supports our mission to collect, preserve, protect, and publicly display material that is historically significant to Mitchell County, North Carolina, and to make citizens of Mitchell County aware of their heritage.
The Festival is a great place to do shopping for Christmas gifts and to support local craftsmen. Please contact us if you have questions or would like more information about the Festival.
We hope to see you there!
Interested in a Vendor Booth at the Festival?
The Mitchell County Historical Society welcomes vendors to attend the Apple Butter Festival. Please download and print the Vendor Application, complete it and follow the instructions at the bottom to submit it. A 10’ x 10’ space is $15 (two spaces are $30). The Historical Society is the only vendor allowed to sell apple butter at the festival.
Please contact us if you have questions before you submit your application.
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Submit Your Questions!
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The Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce will host its 2017 Candidates Forum on Thursday, November 2, 2017 at 6 PM at the Historic Courthouse in Bakersville. We invite our Chamber Members to submit questions for the candidates.
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Candidates Forum
The Chamber has invited all candidates seeking the offices of Bakersville Mayor, Bakersville Town Council, Spruce Pine Mayor and Spruce Pine Town Council to participate in the forum.
The candidates for the contested races in Bakersville will be given the opportunity to make an opening statement then be presented with questions submitted by Chamber members. No one will see these questions prior to the forum. A panel of Chamber members will ask the questions of the candidates.
The candidates for the uncontested races in Spruce Pine have been invited to present a 3 minute address to the audience. Several have accepted the invitation.
Please take a few minutes to submit questions that you would be interested in hearing more about from the candidates. Then mark your calendars for November 2nd and invite your friends to attend.
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Book Signing with Author Pat Turner Mitchell
Author Pat Turner Mitchell will be at the Market on Oak on Saturday, October 28th from 1 pm-3 pm to sign her latest book “A Mountain To Climb”.
Pat Turner Mitchell narrates the story of her parents and their history in A Mountain to Climb, a sequel to Mitchell's first book, Lifted to the Shoulders of a Mountain. This second installment begins with the story of her father's family and his early life and then transitions to her parents meeting. When the young couple marries they are unprepared for the changes thundering toward them in their world. With information gleaned from family letters and records, A Mountain to Climb shares the backgrounds of David and Edith, the consequences of choices made, and how they move forward with their children during World War II and after.
Pat Turner Mitchell is the author of “Lifted to the Shoulders of a Mountain,” a tribute to her maternal grandparents. The sequel, “A Mountain to Climb,” is about her parents and their families as they meet, marry, and live during World War II and after. She has also enjoyed writing articles for the local newspapers in Burnsville and Spruce Pine.
Pat grew up in Valdese, NC, visiting her maternal grandparents in Little Switzerland, NC often. Their home and surroundings became her happy place where she returned often. She has a love of books, writing, and learning about ancient history through reading and travel. She enjoys living near her ‘happy’ place in these beautiful mountains.
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Winter Wrap Up at Mica Gallery
"Mica, Bakersville’s contemporary craft gallery, wraps up the year with its highly anticipated celebration of wearable fiber. A gallery tradition, will be on display from Wednesday, October 18, through December 31."
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Volunteer Opportunity
Dear Habitat for Humanity Friends and Supporters:
We continue to make great progress on Mitchell - Yancey Habitat home build number 23 in Ledger. The work site is right down the road from Mitchell High School on Forest Service Drive around back of the EMS building.
Thanks to Marvin Walker and the men at Spruce Pine United Methodist, we quickly and professionally put down the vapor barrier and wire mesh last weekend. This Saturday, Oct 21, we are all set to remove our wood forms and put down plate for the wall. Basically, lots of screw gun work for a team of 4-5. Moving forward, it looks like we will be erecting the "green" Eco-panel walls and roof trusses around the second week of November. This will be the first time Eco-panels have been utilized in a Habitat build in either Mitchell or Yancey county, so it will be a interesting experience for all of us. Work days are generally 9am-2pm, but we'll take as many hours as you can serve.
We are also in need of a team of four or five people to help with our annual mail out any day from now until Oct 25. Specifically, we have a twelve page letter that needs to be stuffed into 350 envelopes and the address stickers attached. This activity will take about three hours and needs to be done inside working on a couple large tables.
If your church, organization, or you personally would like to volunteer this fall, or you can provide lunch on work days, or help out at ReStore in Spruce Pine, please reply to this email or call:
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