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October 23, 2025
Greetings from BRCA 28605!
Green Park Inn Update
We met with John Winkler this morning for an update on the status of the Green Park Inn. His investment team has spent the last six months and some $600,000 to try and save the original structure. The foundation is leaning severely and the old stacked-stone is crumbling. Please watch this seven minute video and understand there is no way to salvage it. We are so appreciative of their efforts to try and salvage the building. All of the furniture was donated to Helene victims so that was put to great use.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7RcxIG3IpA
No Horse in The Race!
You will see the following Letter to the Editor in the High-Country Press this week:
The Blowing Rock Civic Association is not endorsing or opposing candidates
Because there still seems to be some confusion concerning the Blowing Rock Civic Association’s involvement in the Blowing Rock Town Council election, I want to clarify completely. As a 501c3 nonprofit organization, the Blowing Rock Civic Association is complying with the law and is neither endorsing any candidate or candidates nor opposing any candidate or candidates.
We do want to note that any of our hundreds of members is allowed to show their individual support for a candidate or candidates, just as all residents in Blowing Rock are allowed to do. Members of other nonprofit organizations, such as BRAHM, the BR Historical Society, and the BR Women’s Club, are allowed to support a candidate or candidates also as individuals; but their support should not be translated into support by their organization, just as ours should not be.
Any message that people hear to the contrary of this legal position of the Blowing Rock Civic Association is not the truth. We happily comply with the law, and our members are aware of and following
Jean Kitchin
Chair, Blowing Rock Civic Association
2025 Early Voting Schedule
Any voters from the municipalities of Beech Mountain, Blowing Rock, Boone, or Seven Devils may vote at either Early Voting site as they will have all four ballot styles.
Watauga County Administration Building, Commissioners’ Board Room @ 814 W. King Street, Boone, NC.
October 16-17 8am – 5pm
October 20-24
8am – 5pm
October 27-31
8am – 5pm
November 1
8am – 3pm
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