If you’re out and about tomorrow (Saturday, August 14, 2010) and looking for something to do, here’s a few Weaverville events to check out/help with:

Yard Sale
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8 a.m.-Noon
Located at 11 Salem Acres located in downtown Weaverville (Church Street to Highland Avenue to Salem Road to Salem Acres).  Items for sale include household items, books, cassette tapes, movies, video games, airsoft guns, scooter, sewing machine, bicycle, microwave/range hood combo, jewelry, clothes, and more.

North Buncombe High School Stadium Clean-Up Day
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8 a.m.
Please stop by the stadium at North Buncombe High School (890 Clark’s Chapel Road) for a little while and help us get ready for our fall season. Bring a weed eater if you have one. We will also be cleaning the guest side concession stand.

Main Street Nature Park Work Session
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 9:30 a.m.
The Friends of the Main Street Nature Park invite all Weaverville area nature lovers to join us for a work session at the park beginning at 9:30 a.m.  Volunteers will meet at the nature park sign in the east end of the parking lot.

Back to School Clinic
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
A free back-to-school clinic will be held at Christ United Methodist Church (81 Garrison Branch Road).  Free school supplies and gently used clothes will be available.  Free haircuts will be given nearby at Outer Beauty Salon (76 Garrison Branch Road).

2nd Saturday at Vance Birthplace
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Authentic North Carolina arts and history are featured at the 2nd Saturdays programs, and visitors from far and wide enjoy paintings, photography, woodworking and other crafts at these two historic sites. It’s an opportunity to buy great holiday gifts and also support local crafters too.  At Vance Birthplace (911 Reems Creek Road) starting at 10 am, the Ashgrove Garland Dancers and the Asheville Morris Men will be performing and teaching English folk dances.  In addition to the dancers, Primrose, a traditional music group will be performing different styles of folk music from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Weaverville will be hosting an Urban Stormwater Management Project Tour 10-11 a.m. on September 1, 2009, showcasing the Main Street Nature Park stormwater project. It’s free for those not seeking professional development hours, but online registration is required. Details:

Weaverville Urban Stormwater Management Project Tour
When: September 1, 2009, 10-11 a.m.
Where: Weaverville Town Hall (30 South Main Street)

Description:
Many urbanizing areas are faced with localized flooding problems and polluted runoff. Stormwater management best management practices (BMPs) are needed to treat both water quality and quantity. This mini-workshop and project tour will demonstrate what can be done to meet a variety of goals including water quality education, creating walking trails and viable green space, habitat restoration, decreasing erosion in streams, and methods to treat pollutants in runoff.

Join the designer for this exciting mini-workshop and project tour investigating urban stormwater management techniques. The Main Street Nature Park stormwater project that was recently constructed will be showcased, and participants will learn about aggressive exotic plant removal, riparian planting plans, and constructed stormwater wetlands. Stream enhancement techniques, stormwater best management practices (BMPs), and streamside forests will also be discussed.

Who Should Attend

• Landowners
• Natural Resource Managers
• Grading Contractors
• Design Professionals

Workshop Registration
FREE for attendees not seeking professional development hours (PDHs).
$20 for Professionals Seeking PDH Credits (1PDH has been approved for professional engineers (PEs)).
You must register online even if your registration is free. This lets us know the final headcount.

Agenda (pdf)

For more information: Contact Carter Cone at (828) 665-2492, Ext. 339 or email carter_cone@ncsu.edu

One of the three entrances to Weaverville’s Main Street Nature Park. This one is off Pine Street (across from the First Baptist Church parking lot). The other two entrances are located behind the Public Parking Lot and in the lower level parking lot behind Town Hall (to the left). All the usual town ordinances apply at the Nature Park, including dogs must be on leash, no littering, and it’s closed after dark.

More photos from a recent walk I took through the Nature Park can be viewed here.

Simon Thompson will lead a birdwatching tour Wednesday, April 22 at the Weaverville Nature Park.  Thompson is a guide who travels all over the world showing folk birds, and is the owner of Ventures Bird Watching and Natural History Tours and Wildbirds Unlimited. If you’re interested meet at the Town Clock on Main Street at 8 a.m.  The tour should be done by 10 a.m.  Wear comfortable shoes, dress for changing weather and bring binoculars and/or cameras.  The tour will take place if there’s some rain, but if it’s pouring rain it will be canceled.  For more information, contact Cindy Donohoo at 658-3089.