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TDA announces tourism grants

Hendersonville News

HMS girls continue conference dynasty

The Hendersonville Middle School Lady Bearcat Soccer team scored a 4-0 shutout victory over Waynesville to clinch the Blue Ridge Conference championship on May 16, the team's fourth straight conference championship.    Read Story »

Henderson County News

Area farms win agritourism grants

An Edneyville orchard and a Saluda farms are among 29 agritourism farms that will receive funding for marketing projects, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced. Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard Hendersonville and Bradley Farms in Saluda won the grants. The Agritourism Marketing Cost Share program is administered by the department’s agritourism office with funding from the N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission. In its first year, the cost-share program received 77 applications requesting a total of $409,050. After a thorough review of applications, 29 farms were selected to receive grants for projects ranging from directional signage and marketing brochures to website development and branding. Individual grants ranged from $360 to $6,000.     Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Don't miss this week's Hendersonville Lightning (85)

You won't want to miss this week’s Hendersonville Lightning.   Read Story »

Henderson County News

Walkers, joggers and pedalers flock to greenway extension

Walkers, joggers and bicycle riders flocked to the newly opened Oklawaha Greenway extension to Berkeley Mills Park this week, celebrating a meandering paved surface that runs along Mud Creek.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

TDA looking at another new logo

The ink was scarcely dry on its last new logo when the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority ordered up a new design. The new edgier edition received a lukewarm reception fron board members on Tuesday.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Hendersonville again No. 1 for retirement

Hendersonville again ranked at the top of a survey measuring retirement communities, ranking No. 1 in North Carolina and 23rd nationally.   Read Story »

North Carolina News

Missing link to open on Mountains-to-Sea Trail

North Carolina state park officials will join Carolina Mountain Club volunteers next Saturday for the grand opening of a new 20-mile section of the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail. The new trail section begins at the Blue Ridge Parkway and travels down BIA 407 for four miles through the Eastern Cherokee Reservation and then along the Blue Ridge Parkway for 16 miles to Balsam Gap.     Read Story »

Hendersonville News

Bon Worth marketing to younger audience

While many shoppers were under the impression that the Bon Worth Factory Outlet had closed, the retailer's chief financial officer assured business leaders and the press that such talk was greatly exaggerated.   Read Story »

Hendersonville News

LIGHTNING EDITORIAL: Spanish program es grande exito

It’s hard to move the needle at a diverse, lower performing school with high poverty.   Read Story »

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