Asheville Real Estate Journal- Local Gifts   We are on the road in Asheville this week- seeking treasures as we look ahead to the holidays, and as we look behind for missed opportunities.   Is it ever too early to start your collection of special treasures sooner-or-later to be given as gifts?   I don’t think so. Also is it ever too late! No way. Take a look in this mirror and you may see what I mean. When one is a creative gift-giver, looking back and looking forward can come together.   Luckily, here the mountains of Western North Carolina, we are blessed with traditional arts and crafts passed down through the generations— there are potters and weavers, and woodcrafters, and glass blowers, and quilters, and yarn artists, …Oh! I could go on and on.     One message around Asheville and... 10/26/2011

Warren Wilson College Offers Sustainable Practices Guide   2010 - 2011 When relocating to Asheville, be sure to visit Warren Wilson College. Here, sustainability is woven into the fabricof the college which is "grounded in [their]  rich history of place and purpose, [and] embedded by generations of community members who have modeled our fundamental commitment to connect values to action.... [Within a] framework for responsible decision making: [ staff and students]  "acknowledge that a complex web of economic, social, cultural, spiritual and environmental factors determine the well-being of our community....They strive to make responsible decisions that take into account the multiple dimensions of sustainability in order to ensure quality of life now and for the generations to come...."... 06/10/2011