This video highlights the people of Weaverville, as seen through the eyes of Our State Magazine.  Weaverville will be the featured town in the September 2010 issue of the magazine.  You can also read the article online.

UpTake travel writer Charles Downs published an online piece last week about visiting Weaverville.  Downs is the son of another Charles Downs, a local guide and bamboo fishing rod maker at Curtis Wright Outfitters, so he’ll probably be visiting often.  One of my favorite lines is in his description of Well-Bred Bakery’s eclairs:

“Did I mention that it was the size of a Prius?”

You can read the entire article here.

The Spring issue of Marquee Magazine features an article on Weaverville. Marquee Magazine is based out of Johnson City, and like an earlier article in Carolina Home & Garden, they call Weaverville “Mayberry”. I guess Andy Griffith moved here but nobody told me. Anyway, they have a short excerpt of the article available online at www.marqueemagazine.com/2008/04/08/off-the-beaten-path-weaverville-nc.

If you want to read the full article the magazine can only be found locally at the Roadrunner Market (the Shell station) in Weaverville Plaza, or you can order a copy online.

The Spring 2008 issue of Carolina Home & Garden has an article on Weaverville in their latest issue. You can’t actually find the magazine to buy around here, but you can read the entire article online.

Here’s a few snippets:

“Mayberry of the Mountains,” says lifelong resident, realtor Joe Lasher with a grin. “That’s Weaverville.” And they’re darn proud of it too. But if Andy and Opie are whistling their way to the fishin’ hole, they’ve got graphite rods slung over their shoulders and they’re packing a take-out lunch of Black Forest ham with brie on fresh sourdough bread, rather than egg salad sandwiches (Aunt Bee being otherwise engaged with a hot stone massage and facial).

With a year-round population of 2,800, Weaverville definitely qualifies as a small town, but that’s precisely what draws newcomers into its embrace. “What I like best about the town,” says Beth Bertram, a former computer programmer from New York, “is that the librarian knows me by name.” Elspeth Brown, owner of Maggie B’s Wine and Specialty Store agrees. “On the Fourth of July, it’s like something out of a 1950s TV show,” she says.

It’s clear that Weaverville offers much more than is apparent at first glance. Mayberry it may be, but for those who savor old-time charm, with a side order of culture and a heaping helping of hospitality, it doesn’t come much better than this.

Saw this in today’s Citizen-Times:

A classical music program produced in Weaverville is, for the second year in a row, the most licensed series on the Public Radio Exchange, PRX recently announced.

Compact Discoveries is carried in locally by WPVM 103.5 FM in Asheville, Sundays at 1 p.m. It can also be streamed at www.PRX.org or through www.compactdiscoveries.com.

Full story at: http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/NEWS01/80204021/1119

The Weaverville Tribune, in response to a couple big stories which happened recently, has added a Breaking News page to their website.  Currently there isn’t any news to report, but the next time something big happens in Weaverville on a Friday afternoon, you won’t have to wait until the next Thursday to get the story.

The Tribune also has old editions of the paper available in pdf format in the Archives section of the site.   If you need an extra copy of an old story you can find it there.  They currently have all papers through the end of 2007 available.

The folks over at BlogAsheville reminded me about Etsy, an online marketplace for buying and selling handmade items.  I checked and found a couple Weaverville stores open on the site:

• gritGoods Handmade Jewelry
• Lil Pastachio Shop

If you’re in Weaverville and have an Etsy shop let me know about it so I can it to the Links Directory.  Also let BlogAsheville know so they can show you some Blog love.

A few Weaverville businesses were among the top vote-getters in this year’s Mountain Xpress “Best Of WNC” issue, released this week:

• Well-Bred Bakery placed third in both the Best Bakery and Best Dessert categories.
• Stoney Knob Cafe placed third in the Greek restaurant category.
• Reems Creek Valley Nursery placed third in the Garden Supply/Nursery category.

Congrats to these businesses and thanks to everyone who voted for them.

A nice opinion piece about Weaverville in today’s Citizen-Times:

http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770926071

Looking for a new breakfast recipe?  The Asheville Citizen-Times featured a recipe from the Inn on Main Street’s kitchen in last Saturday’s edition, http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770727148.   You can also find a copy of the recipe at the BnB Finder website, http://www.bnbfinder.com/?action=viewInnRecipes&innId=15186&j=196.

We had first heard Weaverville was going to be featured in the June issue of Southern Living, but when both the June and July issues came and went with no article in sight, we lost hope.  Then came the August issue, and there we are on pages NC2-NC3.  It’s a short piece focused on our beautiful downtown.  Check it out when you have a chance.