Tag: Asheville

Letter writer: Short-term rentals provide meaningful tourism

Asheville has been a popular tourist town for many decades. Over the years, Asheville tourism has taken a turn for the worse — accommodating only the entitled to visit. With hotel prices skyrocketing, oftentimes well over $200 per night, it affords

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How Grits & Groceries put a tiny Upstate community on the culinary map

Saylors Crossroads could be described as being in the middle of nowhere. Or it could be called the center of the universe. It depends on your point of view. On a map, it is equidistant between Anderson and Due West

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Letter: Airport transportation also needs to be addressed – Asheville Citizen

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Growing pains: Craft brewing comes of age

UPDATE: Earlier Tuesday morning, the local nonprofit organization MountainTrue announced it has cancelled its upcoming Mountain Brew Fest, scheduled for this Saturday (Aug. 22) in Hendersonville, due to an inability to secure the proper permits for participating breweries from the

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Walkability Study Shows Downtown Trouble Spots

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Asheville Sets New Tourism Record

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Fall festivals, fairs and gardens

Fall is a cool time to check out the various festivals, fairs and garden tours and other activities around the Carolinas. Many of them are located within a reasonable distance for a day trip while you may want to work

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Weekly Roundup: What’d you miss? – Asheville Citizen

Here’s what you may have missed this week: GLOBAL WARMING NC debates impact of Obama’s plan on global warming North Carolina could reduce greenhouse gas emissions to levels mandated in new federal rules to fight global warming without straying dramatically

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Booming Business: Visitor spending hits record high in Burke County in 2014

submitted photo Zipline Tourism spending in 2014 surpassed the $90 million mark for the first time ever in Burke County’s history. Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:07 am | Updated: 11:15 am, Fri Aug 14, 2015. Booming Business: Visitor spending

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THE BREWHOLDER: Craft beer bounty boosts beer tourism

[component:byline] –> In a mid-year report, the Brewers Association announced that approximately 12.2 million barrels of beer were sold by U.S. craft brewers through the end of June 2015, up from 10.6 million barrels during the first half of 2014.

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