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BRCA Spring 2025 Priorities Survey
We will be surveying our audience within a few days to collect data on your top three priorities in 2025. The sample survey topics are: BLOWING ROCK CIVIC ASSOCIATION“A Unifying Voice for Blowing Rock Property Owners”PROMPT RESPONSE REQUESTED FROM PROPERTY OWNERS (Survey closes June 15, 2025) The Blowing Rock Civic Association is a community-based nonprofit…
Workforce Housing Discussion at Planning Board
Greetings from BRCA 28605! Today from Seabrook Island, SC. Planning Board Discussion on Workforce Housing Tonight Town of Blowing Rock Planning Board regular meeting is today, April 17, 2025 at 5:30 at Town Hall. Agenda:Call to OrderApproval of AgendaApproval of March 20th, 2025 Minutes Old BusinessCommittee ReportsAdjournment You can attend this public meeting or view on…
Workforce Housing Discussion
April 10, 2025 Greetings from BRCA 28605! Workforce Housing Discussion This week we focus on the Tuesday (April 8) Council Workforce Housing discussion. You can view that discussion at the following link. If you want to start with that portion of the discussion only, go to the “23 minute” mark, it begins as soon as…
Workforce Housing Discussion
Greetings from BRCA 28605! B. R. Workforce Housing Discussion & Senate Bill 306 House Bill 306.There was a recent Bill introduced by Representative Ray Pickett that BRCA wanted you to be aware of. If it becomes law, this Bill would allow the Towns of Blowing Rock and Boone and Watauga County to develop, own and…
Proposed Bill 291: Short Term Rental
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINASESSION 2025S 1SENATE BILL 291Short Title: Regulation of Short-Term Rentals. (Public)Sponsors: Senators Moffitt, McInnis, and Hanig (Primary Sponsors).Referred to: Rules and Operations of the SenateMarch 17, 2025S291-v-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED2 AN ACT TO LIMIT THE REGULATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS BY CITIES TO3 PROTECT PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND TO ESTABLISH…
Shoppes on Parkway Project Tabled
Greetings from BRCA 28605 and Happy Friday! We have been traveling since last Friday so a bit late on our posting. There is no personal video today. Today we come to you from Raleigh. We recommend viewing the Town Council meeting for more information about the proposed Shoppes on The Parkway project. It can be…
Representative Ray Pickett Interview
BRCA Chair Jean Kitchin had the opportunity to interview Representative Ray Pickett last Sunday afternoon at the home of Tom & Tina Barrett. They discuss state level issues affecting Blowing Rock. The complete interview can be seen at the following video link: https://vimeo.com/1062059312 BR Has a Birthday! Blowing Rock will celebrate 136 years on March…
BRCA To Interview Representative Pickett, Winter Retreat Update, and ASU News
Greetings from BRCA 28605! BRCA to Interview Ray Pickett Representative Ray Pickett (R) will be our guest on BRCA 28605 next week. Tom and Jean are interviewing Mr. Pickett on Sunday at 2:00 PM and it will air next week on BRCA 28605. We will discuss legislative activity in Raleigh that would be of interest to Blowing…
Shoppes on the Parkway Public Meeting February 13, 2025
Protects | Preserves | Informs | Engages | Unites February 17, 2025 Greetings from BRCA 29605 and Happy President’s Day! We wanted to get this out to you; it’s a bit time sensitive. These are the videos from the Public Meeting for Shoppes on the Parkway recorded by BRCA. The meeting occurred at 5:00 PM…
Shoppes on the Parkway Public Meeting
February 13, 2025 Greetings from BRCA 28605! Happy Thursday. We have some news about the public meeting on the proposed Shoppes on the Parkway redevelopment project. To view the project, click on this link for the Watauga Democrat article: https://www.wataugademocrat.com/main_street/developers-to-hold-community-meeting-for-shoppes-on-the-parkway-redevelopment/article_1010d798-e278-11ef-a98a-b73e6035c36f.html Shoppes on the Parkway Public Information Meeting TODAY The developers for the proposed redevelopment project at Shoppes on the Parkway…