Christmas Market - December 6th
The Christmas Market will be held at the Riceville Community Center on December 6th from 10 AM to 4 PM. Local vendors from the Riceville Valley will be selling their wares. Although they are local, a few are nationally known.
There will be
everything from authors, to bakers and candlestick makers,
potters galore, honey and more.
Breads and cakes, chocolate and cookies, photographers,
weavers, and creative believers.
...not to mention some of the area's best knotters,
quilters, and wood turners. SRA will have a table at the
Christmas Market. Be sure and stop by.
Item 6:
Buncombe County Greenways Commission
The
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners and Buncombe County
parks, Greenways, and Recreation Services Advisory Board
has formed its first Buncombe County Greenways Commission.
The Commission is seeking input from the public. To do so
they have a survey available on the Buncombe County
website. I took it (this is Joyce the webmaster), and it
was fun and short. I encourage you all to
click here and
contribute your thoughts. (Posted
11/20/08)
Item 5:
The next SRA sponsored planning session and educational
event
When: December 16th from 7-8:30 P.M
Where: Riceville Community Cent
Topic: Living Creatively and Cooperatively in Lean Times
Citizens across the country are facing tough financial
challenges. We invite you to join your neighbors in a
conversation to share tips and ideas that have helped your
family save money, energy, and maybe even helped the planet
during these difficult times. It will be a chance for us to
reflect together on current lifestyles , and, perhaps,
spark positive and healthy changes in buying, consumption,
transportation, conversation,sustainability, and living.
See you there. If you have any question you may email the
webmaster at joyce@scenicricevilleadvocates.org
(Posted
11/12/08)
Item 4:
In an
effort to encourage citizens to use reusable shopping bags.
starting July 1st, Buncombe County will be giving
out one free
reusable shopping bag per person at each County
branch library. (While supplies last.) Additional bags can
be purchased for $1 each.
Every year the average citizen goes through 6 plastic bags
per week or 312 per year. that may not sound like much, but
when multiplied by the number of Buncombe County citizens
that's a potential of 1,260,000
bags per week. the cost of disposing of
these bags in the landfill is about 17 cents each, and as
you can imagine, that cost adds up. By using just one
reusable bag for a year, the average household would save
the disposal of 20 pounds of garbage in our landfill. If
you multiply that by the number of households in the
County, the potential savings is 6000,000 of trash a year.
The cost of recycling plastic bags so outweighs their value
that most recycling facilities will not take them - leading
to more and more being thrown into the landfill. Thanks to
their light weight, plastic bags are the debris most likely
to fly away from land fills and garbage trucks, settling in
trees, storm drains, and road sides.
Jerry Mears, Buncombe County Solid Waste Manager, says that
the bags are a nuisance and increase the amount of litter
around the County every day. He encourages all citizens to
take their own shopping bags to stores and cut down on the
number of plastic bags in use.
All citizens are encouraged to get their free green bag at
their branch library while supplies last. They can be
purchase additional green bags at the library for $1
each. (Posted
7/1/08)
Item 3:
The
Riceville
Farmer's Market is held every Saturday,
spring through fall, from 9-12 behind the Riceville
Community Center. Check out their web site
www.RicevilleTailgate.net. This is an opportunity
not only to purchase fresh food but to support neighbors
and local agriculture. As a part of the market in the
picnic area, there will be people from
SRA eager to talk with
folks in the community. Please come say "hello." We are
looking forward to the 2009 season.
(Posted
3/19/08; updated 11/2/08)
Item 2:
From:
comments-southern-north-carolina-pisgah-appalachian@fs.fed.us
Subject: Shope Creek Project
Decision
Date: January 24, 2008
1:49:30 PM EST
Please see the
attached information concerning the recent Shope Creek
project decision. MNH
(See attached file: shope decision letter.pdf)(See attached
file:
shope_dn.pdf)(See attached file: apdx_h.pdf)
For those of you interested in seeing a copy of the emailed
letter sent out by the District Ranger, Tina R. Tilley, as
well as the PDF files that were attached to that letter,
please contact our web master <</span>joyce@scenicricevilleadvocates.org>.
She will gladly email those to you. (Posted 1/25/08)
Item 1:
-----Original Message-----From:
Swannanoa Pride Community
Coalition [mailto:spcc2006@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday,
December 31, 2007 2:27 PMTo:
Undisclosed-Recipient:;Subject:
New Flood Maps/Important
Info
To:
Swannanoa Residents, Businesses and Property
Owners
From:
The Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition
We're
writing to update you on the preliminary flood maps for our
area that were released in late September by the State
of North Carolina. There was a public meeting about
the maps that some of you attended earlier this month in
Black Mountain. For those who were unable to be
there, we wanted to pass along some
important information that we learned at the
meeting.
- All property owners at lower elevations should examine the maps to see if and how they're affected. The floodplain has been re-drawn and your property's designation on the new maps may affect your development rights and insurance needs. The floodmaps are available for viewing online at www.ncfloodmaps.com. Additional information about the mapping process and its affect on property owners is available on this website.
- You have the right to file an appeal and/or protest of the flood maps, but only within a designated 90 day period. The 90 day appeals period began on December 6 and ends on March 4. Information about how to file an appeal/protest, as well as the necessary forms, can be found at www.ncfloodmaps.com.
- If you have questions about the maps or the appeal process, please contact Cynthia Barcklow at the Buncome County Planning Department. You can e-mail her at cynthia.barcklow@buncombecounty.org or call her at 250-4836. If you're unable to reach Cynthia, please call the main Planning Department number, 250-4830.
- The Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition will sponsor a public meeting on Tuesday evening, January 15 to help educate our community about the impact of the flood maps on individual property owners and the Swannanoa Valley as a whole. Representatives from the County and State will be on hand to describe the flood mapping process and answer your questions. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm at the Bee Tree Fire Station in Swannanoa, 510 Bee Tree Road. We hope you'll be able to attend.
The Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition
www.swannanoapride.org
(Posted 1/9/08)