Greetings from BRCA 28605 and happy Thursday! Can you believe next week is July 4th? Here comes the busiest week of summer for Blowing Rock.
Repaving on Main Street
From Town of Blowing Rock:
| NO Night Parking- Main Street Repaving Note that during the work on Main Street, overnight parking is not available, and all vehicles must be moved by 7pm. Vehicles can return to Main Street at 7:00am each morning and necessary traffic will be permitted during milling. Paving is scheduled to begin Sunday, June 29th. Here’s a reminder on the details of the project: All work will be Sundays to Thursdays from 7:00pm-7:00am. No daytime or weekend work. There will also be no work completed the week of July 3rd-7th. All of Main Street, 221 to Green Street, and the top of Globe Road to Wallingford would be paved. Expect updates and reminders from Town about paving work as it progresses. |
70,000 Pieces of Mail Mishandled
This morning on Charlotte Channel 9 WSOC-TV news was a story about three distribution centers for USPS in North Carolina mishandling 70,000 pieces of mail! Among them the annual BRCA Renewal Letter for our membership renewals. If you have not received your renewal appeal letter you can donate online (www.brcivic.org) or mail your annual membership contribution to:
BRCA
P. O. Box 2471
Blowing Rock, NC 28605.
BRCC Fireflies Event @ Grandfather
EXCLUSIVE BRCC EVENT
Many of our followers and members are BRCC members. The event with the fireflies is scheduled for Monday evening July 7th. LIMITED tickets are still available and going quickly. Information below about an event that has over 100,000 people applying for these annual few days limited viewing event. This is a very unique evening. Last evening Jesse Pope, President & CEO of Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation presented a program on the history, financial impact, Hurricane Helene, and volunteer opportunities at Grandfather Mountain. BRCA members helped them raise some $300,000 for Hurricane Relief after the storm. To show their appreciation an exclusive evening event has been planned.
Purchase your tickets below. An Exclusive Night of Fireflies at Grandfather Mountain Limited spots remain. Research on Grandfather Mountain has confirmed the presence of 10 species of fireflies or luminous insects, including the rare synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus), blue ghost fireflies (Phausis reticulata) and glowworms (Orfelia fultoni). Synchronous fireflies were discovered on Grandfather Mountain in 2019, and is one of the few locations in the country where they can be formally viewed. These glowing wonders only appear for a few weeks each year, and we are excited to share them with you at this exclusive, private event for Blowing Rock Country Club Members and their guests. Date: July 7, 2025 (rain date is July 8) |
| 6:00 | Dinner at Blowing Rock Country Club |
| 7:30 | Depart Blowing Rock Country Club on shuttles to Grandfather Mountain (all attendees are required to ride the shuttles, as private parking cannot be accommodated) |
| 8:15 | Dessert and wine/beer in Wilson Center for Nature Discovery with Naturalist Talk about fireflies |
| 9:00 | Depart Wilson Center on shuttles for firefly viewing area |
| 9:15 | Firefly Viewing at Woods Walk |
| 10:30-11:00 | Depart Grandfather Mountain on shuttles to Blowing Rock Country Club |
| Tickets are limited to 2 per membership and members only. Tickets: $250 per person The cost includes dinner at BRCC, Grandfather Mountain’s events and transportation. $150 of your ticket price is a tax-deductible donation to Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. Tickets may be transferred if communicated with Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. Refunds are available up to noon on June 30, 2025 |
| Purchase Tickets (You will receive additional details about the evening after you purchase tickets.) Click here to enjoy a short video, featuring the fireflies at Grandfather Mountain. Night of Fireflies Menu |
Important Town Council Meeting July 8th
There will be a Town Council meeting on July 8 to include a presentation regarding historic preservation. And also let readers know that they may submit questions ahead of time to Charlie Sellers or other Town Council members (Cat Perry has expressed particular interest in this topic). The point was to allow the speaker(s) to have the opportunity to address topics of interest to the audience. This was at the top or BRCA’s 2025 Priority Survey so obviously an important topic for our followers and members.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON WHETHER THE TOWN COUNCIL FOR THE TOWN OF BLOWING ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD APPROVE A PROPOSED INSTALLMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT TO FINANCE COSTS OF A TOWN CAPITAL PROJECT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing to be held at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard on July 8, 2025 in the Council Chambers, Blowing Rock Town Hall, 1036 Main Street, Blowing Rock, North Carolina for the purpose of considering whether the Town Council for the Town of Blowing Rock Town, North Carolina (the “Town”) should approve a proposed installment financing agreement and certain related documents pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 160A-20, as amended, for the purpose of providing funds in an amount not to exceed $2,250,000 for the accomplishment of the Project hereinafter described. The Town would secure the repayment by it of moneys advanced pursuant to such proposed agreement by granting a security interest in all or a portion of the Project fixtures and improvements and/or real property on which Project fixtures and improvements are located, specifically the Town’s fire and rescue services building, but there would be no recourse against the Town or its property (other than the financed and/or improved property) if there were a default on the financing. The Town’s entering into the financing is subject to obtaining approval from the North Carolina Local Government Commission and final approval from the Town’s Town Council.
The Project consists of the design, acquisition, renovation, construction and equipping of (1) land for Town water system uses, (2) public park facilities and (3) roof repairs and other improvements to the Town’s fire and rescue services building. All interested persons will be heard at the public hearing. Persons wishing to make written comments in advance of the hearing or wishing more information concerning the subject of the hearing may contact Shane
Fox, Blowing Rock Town Manager, 1036 Main Street, Blowing Rock, North Carolina 28605 (telephone 828-295-5200).
Hilari Hubner
Clerk to the Town Council
Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Broyhill Service Award Nomination Open
Nominations for the 2025 Paul Broyhill Service Award are now being accepted. This is an excellent opportunity to nominate someone that has given great time, talent, and service to our community.
Nominations are now open and the deadline of July 1st.
Thank You!
On behalf of all of us at BRCA we sincerely appreciate your financial support and your ongoing engagement. Thank you for following us. We also want to welcome our new members and viewers; we welcome you to BRCA. Have a great weekend. If you are not a member of BRCA please consider joining for a little as $100 annually.
Tom Barrett
Executive Committee Member & VP