Dasha Morgan
Second Forum Held on Housing Issues in Asheville
Leadership Asheville Forum held the second of their educational forums on affordable housing in Asheville and Buncombe County.
Celebrate Asheville Spring Herb Festival’s 32 Year
The Asheville Herb Festival is returning to its longtime format of three full days, offering the public a wide variety of herbal plants and products. This is considered the largest festival in the United States and Canada.
70th Annual Garden Club Plant Sale Featuring Pollinator Friendly Plants
The French Broad River Garden Club Foundation holds a plant sale every spring to provide scholarships for conservation, horticulture, and environmental studies to local students. This year it will feature pollinators.
Flat Rock Church Fundraising for Ukraine
The Moldova World Children’s Fund was founded in Flat Rock in 1998 to relieve suffering and improve the lives of children in the Republic of Moldova. The organization is now helping the Ukrainian refugees as they try to escape their war-torn country and resettle elsewhere.
LAF Spotlights Asheville’s Affordable Housing Issues
The Leadership Asheville Forum with Nancy Waldrup, President, thinks that solutions to the housing issues in the Asheville area need to be discussed, digested, and analyzed by those in the community. The community’s input is an important part of the solution.
Light Hearted Pops Concert This Saturday in Brevard
The 55 person Brevard Philharmonic orchestra will be giving an evening of light-hearted Pops and film music on Saturday, April 2. The tunes are familiar and well loved by many.
Culver’s of Arden Honored with Prestigious Awards
Culver’s restaurant at Airport Road in Arden received Culver’s Ruth Hospitality Award. This is considered a very high honor from the franchise’s parent organization in Wisconsin. This February, Terri and Dan Schultz went to Indianapolis to receive this award in-person, for the first time since opening the storefront in 2016.
More Relief Sent to War Torn Area
The need for water, food, and supplies grows daily as the war in Ukraine continues. Samaritans Purse and the World Central Kitchen offer a helping hand.
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Medical Relief to Ukraine
Thousands are fleeing Ukraine as fighting and violence continue. Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse sent a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to set up a field hospital to offer life saving assistance.
Looking Ahead with Leadership Asheville & John Ross
Local author John Ross spoke at the Leadership Asheville (LAF) virtual Forum. The presentation concentrated on the future of the French Broad River watershed, so that the right steps will be taken now to be sure it will sustain the human population for years to come.