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IMPORTANT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BEHIND SPECKLED TROUT
Friends – A residential development will be proposed to the Blowing Rock Planning Board at their meeting this Thursday night 12/21 at 5:30 P.M. at Town Hall that if approved and built will be a dramatic change for downtown. This development on slightly less than an acre is planned for the property adjacent to The…
Synopsis Of the Town Council Meeting December 12, 2017
Friends, Our new Mayor Charlie Sellers started last night’s meeting by stating his commitment to improving transparency of town government, making much needed improvements to town infrastructure and focusing the Sunset Drive Gateway project on basic infrastructure improvements. Mayor Sellers then presided over a refreshingly open meeting during which he gave citizens the opportunity to…
HUGE VOTER TURNOUT IN BLOWING ROCK NOVEMBER 7, 2017
THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 2017. IT WAS HUGE !!!!!!!!!! LARGEST IN YEARS AND VERY BIG CONSIDERING IT WAS A LOCAL ELECTION ONLY FOR BLOWING ROCK, THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL. NO FEDERAL OR STATE OFFICES ON THE BALLOT. SOME STATS VOTER REGISTRATION…
Town of Blowing Rock Seeks Applicants for Various Boards
Are you interested in the future of your community and have extra time to volunteer? Would you like to serve on one of Blowing Rock’s municipal boards? The Blowing Rock Town Council will soon consider appointments to the Planning Board, the Board of Adjustment, the Tourism Development Authority, the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the Blowing Rock Appearance…
BRCA Forms Development Evaluation Committee
Friends – I am pleased to announce that the Blowing Rock Civic Association has formed a Development Evaluation Committee to evaluate commercial and residential developments that are proposed for Blowing Rock. this committee is composed of three engineers with extensive construction experience, a real estate professional with extensive development experience and an attorney with extensive…
Sales of Homes Close to Blowing Rock but Not in Town Limits
Friends – Richard Puckett of Premier Sotheby’s International has provided the following interesting information about the subject home sales from 12/14/2016 to 11/9/2017: Seven of the subject homes were sold at the following prices: $ 960,000 $ 1,100,000 $ 1,300,000 $ 1,375,000 $ 1,377,000 $ 1,575,000 $ 2,000,000
Sales of Homes Valued at $ 800,000 and Above in Blowing Rock
Friends – Richard Puckett of Premier Sotheby’s International has provided us with the following very interesting information about the Blowing Rock sales from 1/1/2017 to 11/14/2017 of homes valued at $ 800,000.00 and above: 1. Five homes were sold during the period. 2. The sold prices for the homes were as follows: $…
TOWN COUNCIL AND MAYORAL RETREAT RESPONSES TO BRCA’S REQUEST OF KEEPING YOUR TAX DOLLARS IN BLOWING ROCK
Fellow Citizens In response to the following e-mails, I will not be mayor of our fine town until next month, but as a citizen I feel that is is in the best interest of our citizens to hold the retreat in Blowing Rock at a venue that can benefit from our presence. Lets keep our…
Update on Important Blowing Rock Town Government Actions
Friends – It’s a very busy period for Blowing Rock Town government. The following are significant issues: 1. Removal of Major Memorial Park Trees – After ignoring a March 2016 report by an N.C. Forest Service arborist for more than a year and half some town officials recently began a move to eliminate a number…
Location of the Blowing Rock Town Council January Retreat
Honorable Mayor-Elect, Mayor Pro Tem, Distinguished Council Members: Congratulations to those who were elected in our election earlier this month. Thanks to all of you for your service and commitment to Blowing Rock. One of the major issues in the recent election was the concern about inadequate transparency in the operation of town government….