Friends – The 12 unit townhouse development proposed by a Charlotte developer for the downtown .905 acre tract back of The Speckled Trout was defeated by the Town Planning Board after an excellent discussion of relevant issues. The meeting included presentations and comments from Town Planning Director Kevin Rothrock, the developer and his advisors, and…

To: Members of the Blowing Rock Planning Board From: The Blowing Rock Civic Association Development Evaluation Committee in behalf of The Blowing Rock Civic Association Subject: Grand Dakota  Development, LLC Request for Conditional Rezoning of Former Cheeseburgers in Paradise Property bound by Highway 221, Morningside Drive, and  Rainey Street in Downtown Blowing Rock Date:  December…

Friends – A residential development will be proposed to the Blowing Rock Planning Board at their meeting this Thursday night 12/21 at 5:30 P.M. at Town Hall that if approved and built will be a dramatic change for downtown. This development on slightly less than an acre is planned for the property adjacent to The…

Friends, Our new Mayor Charlie Sellers started last night’s meeting by stating his commitment to improving transparency of town government, making much needed improvements to town infrastructure and focusing the Sunset Drive Gateway project on basic infrastructure improvements. Mayor Sellers then presided over a refreshingly open meeting during which he gave citizens the opportunity to…

    THE RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE ON VOTER TURNOUT FOR THE ELECTION NOVEMBER 7, 2017.   IT WAS HUGE   !!!!!!!!!!   LARGEST IN YEARS AND VERY BIG CONSIDERING IT WAS  A LOCAL ELECTION ONLY FOR BLOWING ROCK, THE MAYOR AND TOWN COUNCIL.  NO FEDERAL OR STATE OFFICES ON THE BALLOT.   SOME STATS VOTER REGISTRATION…

    Are you interested in the future of your community and have extra time to volunteer?  Would you like to serve on one of Blowing Rock’s municipal boards?   The Blowing Rock Town Council will soon consider appointments to the Planning Board, the Board of Adjustment, the Tourism Development Authority, the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and the Blowing Rock Appearance…

Friends – I am pleased to announce that the Blowing Rock Civic Association has formed a Development Evaluation Committee to evaluate commercial and residential developments that are proposed for Blowing Rock. this committee is composed of three engineers with extensive construction experience, a real estate professional with extensive development experience and an attorney with extensive…

Friends – Richard Puckett of Premier Sotheby’s International has provided the following interesting information about the subject home sales from 12/14/2016 to 11/9/2017: Seven of the subject homes were sold at the following prices:   $    960,000 $ 1,100,000 $ 1,300,000 $ 1,375,000 $ 1,377,000 $ 1,575,000 $ 2,000,000

Friends – Richard Puckett of Premier Sotheby’s International has provided us with the following very interesting information about the Blowing Rock sales from 1/1/2017 to 11/14/2017 of homes valued at $ 800,000.00 and above:   1. Five homes were sold during the period.   2. The sold prices for the homes were as follows: $…

Fellow Citizens In response to the following e-mails, I will not be mayor of our fine town until next month, but as a citizen I feel that is is in the best interest of our citizens to hold the retreat in Blowing Rock at a venue that can benefit from our presence. Lets keep our…