Asheville

Local news and events in Asheville and Western North Carolina.

By NCMRG • December 13th, 2010

Asheville has a new restaurant. Boca, a Tex-Mex style restaurant, has opened on Lexington Avenue. They offer breakfast, lunch and dinner.      To follow them on Facebook, click here. Related articles Tex-Mex Vs. Regular Mex (buzzfeed.com)

Just Listed | 435 Appeldoorn Circle South Asheville location, minutes to downtown. Quiet, no neighbors above. Kitchen has breakfast bar and is open to Living Room. Balcony and great view of park areas.  Lots of storage. 12 Acre community with 7 buildings, walking trails and large green spaces.  HOA covers water, sewer, trash and lawn [...]

Image by anoldent via Flickr We love the fact that the New York Times has taken such an interest in Asheville with more than 4 recent posts.  NY Times has written about our local music scene, shopping in Biltmore Village and now an article on the River Arts District. To read the article, click here. [...]

This year has brought many challenges to the people of WNC and we have felt those challenges in the real estate business.  Let’s try to remember others this holiday season….especially the children.  We will be collecting toys at both NC Mountain Realty Group office locations and delivering them to  EBLEN Charities. 630 Long Shoals Road [...]

This is a great  time to get a deal on a foreclosure property!  Local bank is dropping prices to move properties by 2011.  Contact us for more details at Lisa@WNCForeclosures.com or 828.676.1650. Review our foreclosure properties at WNCForeclosures.com. Related Posts: Weaverville Foreclosure 9 Foreclosure Listings with Price Drops New Foreclosure Listings

12 Summit Drive | Arden, NC Foreclosure-Home conveniently located within walking distance to Glen Arden Elementary School, Large Family room in basement has a wood burning stove- and lot of additional space for a workshop. The main floor is 4 BRM brick ranch home with many updates, including insulated windows and doors, master shower, light [...]

The Asheville Citizen-Times has reported The Biltmore Park Hilton Hotel was awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.  The certification was based on the following features: Solar-powered hot water system. The Biltmore Park Hilton is one of the first hotels in the nation to install such a system. Low-volatile organic compounds used [...]

1026 Patton Street, Hendersonville | $169,900 Originally listed at $196,000 BANK OWNED!  Great opportunity for an investor or someone looking to live in historic district with easy access to Hendersonville. This is a historic Arts and Crafts 1922 home located in Hyman Heights.  This home is priced to sell quickly.  Many renovations have been done to [...]

Image by TahoeSunsets via Flickr Peak Fall Color in Downtown Asheville The weather forecast calls for sunshine and temperatures in the 60s through the weekend and Asheville’s fall color could not be more vibrant! Most of the maples, dogwoods, sourwoods and birches have transformed into a brilliant spectrum of orange, red and yellow. A handful [...]

Image by jaycross via Flickr WHETHER it’s culture, the great outdoors or homegrown food and beer, Asheville takes its pleasures seriously. Playgrounds are equipped with rock-climbing walls. Bumper stickers exhort the locals to buy local. There’s even a fund-raising drive under way to erect a museum named for Bob Moog, the synthesizer pioneer, who lived [...]

Image by Rusty Russ via Flickr It’s been cooling off in Western North Carolina, which is why color change has accelerated so rapidly this week. A cold front coming in this weekend will continue to spur things right along. Peak Color at Highest Elevations   Fall is in full swing up at the highest elevations [...]