Community Information: Asheville, NC
With a population of 87,000, Asheville is the largest city in Western North Carolina and serves as the area's economic and cultural center in many ways. Talk about your A-list cities— Asheville is amassing accolades on many fronts.
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“Asheville is a happening place,” says Kit Cramer, President and CEO of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. “It's exciting and fun. People who come to Asheville are looking for quality of life.
“People love to experience this area, and people are really learning a lot more about what Asheville has to offer in terms of arts, music, food, outdoor activities—all those types of things,” says Kramer. “They love the beauty of the natural environment, but they also love that they can access that very quickly. We're a cosmopolitan city in a small package. So you can quickly get to a hiking trail. Or if you wanna kayak or you wanna bike, you can easily get to those things. So, we've got big city amenities within a small package.
“Asheville is attractive to a pretty broad cross section of people,” says Kramer. “We're seeing a lot of young people, a lot of creative talent moving to town because of the vibe of the place. But there are also a lot of retirees who move to the area and people with families. So it's a pretty broad cross section of people coming from around the country to live here.
“Asheville is the hub of a whole region,” says Kramer. “People come from 10 counties around Asheville, into work each day, so if you're into a rural setting, you can do that and still be able to access work here in Asheville.
“Asheville has a mixture of neighborhoods,” says Kramer. “That's one of the things that makes it really cool. You can live right downtown, or you can live in a historic neighborhood. You could live in the River Arts District. There are lots of different styles of life in this particular community.
“I think we're gonna continue to see growth in Asheville and the region over time of business and opportunity for people who wanna move here,” says Kramer. “Plus, we're gonna continue to see a growth in terms of visitorship. And once they get introduced, they're really interested in coming back here—Perhaps making it a second home location or finding a way to relocate here full time. It's a great place to be.”
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Asheville Community Information
Billed as a place where altitude affects attitude, Asheville is located in the French Broad River Valley and surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Beware These Worst Beaches for Shark Attacks!
Shark attacks seem to be on the rise in many parts of the world, therefore, you might want to steer clear of the following known shark-infested waters. Statistically, these are among the most dangerous beaches for deadly shark attacks.
1. Pernambuco, Brazil
The shockingly high attack rate in these waters appears to be due to over-fishing. Without enough food supply, the sharks have begun to sample other forms of fare to satisfy their relentless hunger.
2. Second Beach, South Africa
The beach is popular among shark-seeking tourists and cage divers. Tour operators dump boatloads of bloody chum in the water order to entice the great whites. You definitely don’t want to surf or swim anywhere near these boats and their chum lines.
3. New Smyrna Beach, Florida
More than 238 shark attacks have been documented at Florida’s (surprisingly) popular New Smyrna Beach. In fact, 15% of worldwide shark bites have occurred here. Most of the bites are courtesy of baby bull sharks that favor these waters. To date, none of the recorded attacks here have been fatal.
4. Velzyland Beach, Hawaii
About 41 different shark species that frequent Hawaii’s waters including aggressive specimens like bull sharks and great whites. The last fatal shark attack at this beach occurred in 1994 when a tiger shark attacked a surfer. More recent attacks on surfers have been reported, but none fatal.
5. New South Wales, Australia
This region, which includes famous Bondi Beach, has recorded more than 170 unprovoked shark attacks and more than 50 fatal attacks, and great white shark encounters are more common here than in other parts of the world. Due to the position of the continental shelf, swimmers and surfers are in close proximity of deep waters where these potential predators cruise.
6. Fletcher Cove, California
Fletcher Cove may be picturesque, but it is also the scene of 142 unprovoked shark attacks, including some recent fatalities. Scientists are convinced that the fish-strewn waters in this region are ideal feeding grounds for large predators like the great white.
7. Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
This island has had more than 10 attacks in a recent two-year period, three being fatal. This has prompted island officials to close the beaches to swimmers and surfers. Experts aren’t sure why the sharks are biting people with greater frequency.
8. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Since 2005, there have been more than fifty attacks. In fact, researchers have claimed that South Carolina’s waters are just as dangerous as Florida’s when comparing the swimmer-to-attack ratio. Their waters are attractive to species like tiger sharks and bull sharks.
9. Coffin Bay, Australia
The name says it all. Don’t swim here unless you fancy a meeting with a great white. Recently an abalone diver was attacked and killed by two great white sharks. His body was never recovered.
10. Surf Beach, California
A nineteen-year-old surfer was attacked and killed a few years ago by a great white shark believed to be 18 feet in length. The waters here are home to seals, which attract great whites in large numbers.
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Live the Life You Choose Video: Rural Living in WNC
Of the many different ways to live in Western North Carolina, one way is uniquely woven into our history: the rural lifestyle. We describe the rural lifestyle as living outside the city limits on three or more acres of minimally restricted land. The rural lifestyle offers unparalleled opportunities for connection with nature, stewardship of the land, and living a self-reliant, outdoor lifestyle.
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Our neighbors who enjoy the rural lifestyle would tell you that it means room to spread out, to create their own space and way of living, and to live in a way that has been valued for hundreds of years.
“We bought a farm soon after we got married,” says Rick Merrill. “And as the kids started coming along, and they enjoyed horses, we were boarding horses. And it became clear to us that to have the full experience of having children growing up with horses, we needed to have a bigger farm. And we needed to have the pastures and all. So I bought this land in 1980, and we built the road and cleared the fields and dug the pond. And then in 1985, we built the house. And it was a great way to raise kids—Right here on the farm, taking care of horses, learning responsibility. Once I got here to Western North Carolina, I realized I didn't want to be anywhere else. This place is just so special. The scenery, the people, the pace of life, and it all fit.”
“It's very important for us to see that our children grow up in the way in life we did,” says Billy Taylor. “Flipping rocks over in the creek, finding a salamander, getting up in the top of a tree and looking down or up to see what's there. Just getting back to the old way of life, away from the video games and the TV.”
“The nurturing of an animal is a responsibility every kid should have,” says Rick. “It makes them realize that there are things more important than themselves and that they have to respect and care for an animal. I particularly enjoy growing vegetables. And that's an art form in itself, and it's very, very satisfying. Part of the rural way of life.”
There's a space in rural Western North Carolina for raising horses, raising gardens, or just raising yourself to the peace and quiet every morning.
“You know, it's so nice when you're having a long day at work, you can just ease out here with its close proximity to downtown Asheville,” says Billy. “Catch a fish and relax and spend the day. These beautiful mountain trout, rainbows and browns, put up a really great fight here. Nothing like catching one on a fly rod.”
People living out share their property with the deer, turkeys, and other forms of North Carolina wildlife that are our common visitors, but rarely ever a bother. If you appreciate having room to spread out, enjoy a quieter, slower pace of life, and want to nurture the land, then the rural lifestyle may be the fit for you.
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BHTV: The Buzz about Bee City USA in Asheville, NC
Asheville has long been known as Beer City USA, but did you know we’re also Bee City USA? Cities and towns across the country have made commitments to pollinators and become certified as Bee City USA affiliates.
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Asheville has long been known as Beer City USA, but did you know we're also Bee City USA? In 2012, Asheville became the first to accept the title and responsibility of being an official bee city, launching a national movement. This commitment to creating more sustainable habitats for bees and other pollinators is echoed throughout Western North Carolina. From local beekeepers in the rural areas to urban gardeners in its cities, our community values its local environment and is working hard to protect it.
“Bee City USA is a program that started three years ago now, in 2012, right here in Asheville, North Carolina to get people involved in enhancing pollinator habitat,” says Phyllis Stiles, director of Bee City USA. “Most people have heard that honeybees are in trouble, that's pretty big headline news. In addition to that, there are hundreds of thousands of other species of animals around the world that enable 85% of the species in the world to reproduce. So Bee City USA was formed right here in Asheville to try to raise awareness and register certified cities in the cause of helping pollinators.”
“When we started in 2012, we started with one and we waited,” says Stiles. “And in 2014 in August, a little town called Talent, Oregon contacted me and said they'd like to be a Bee City USA. Since that time, 10 others have gone through the application process and now there're 12 in 5 states across the country and I'm in conversations with about 60 others. So the requests just keep coming and coming and it was especially exciting when neighboring Hendersonville voted on May 7th to become a Bee City USA. So it's growing!”
“We're doing all kinds of education with kids,” says Stiles. “In fact, one of the things that we frequently do at festivals, to which we're invited a great deal, is we make antennae and put them on kids and we even have adults ask us to make them antennae. So we just try to educate people about pollinators and to make new friends for pollinators.”
“This community is amazing!” says Stiles. “If Asheville had not said yes, we wouldn't be having this conversation. Somebody had to be the first, and so Asheville had the courage to be the first, and we'll be forever be grateful for that. The reception has been tremendous. This has been the best place to launch the program I can imagine.”
Cities and towns across the country are invited to follow Asheville's example. Make these commitments to pollinators and become certified as Bee City USA affiliates. For more information visit BeeCityUSA.org.
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Beverly-Hanks TV: Farm-to-Table
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With the plentiful number of farms in Western North Carolina, it is easy to theme a trip to local farm stands. Travel along the WNC Cheese Trail. Support your native pollinators by buying local honey.
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Thousand Trails Forest Lake RV Resort in NC
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SHIPS AND FORTS - Charleston, SC
Come see the WWII ships of Patriot's Point and the forts that protected Charleston harbor. Support my channel by shopping at my website. I will earn a small commission from each purchase. The link is
00:00 Charleston Harbor
00:13 Patriot's Point - USS Yorktown
00:23 Patriot's Point - USS Laffey
00:40 Patriot's Point - USS Clamagore
01:38 Castle Pinckney
01:46 Fort Sumter
03:21 Fort Moultrie
USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. She is named after the Battle of Yorktown of the American Revolutionary War, and is the fourth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while under construction to commemorate USS Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. Yorktown was commissioned in April 1943, and participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning 11 battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). She was recommissioned too late to participate in the Korean War but served for many years in the Pacific, including duty in the Vietnam War, in which she earned five battle stars. Late in her career, she served as a recovery ship for the Apollo 8 space mission, and was used in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! which recreated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and in the science fiction film The Philadelphia Experiment. Yorktown was decommissioned in 1970 and in 1975 became a museum ship at Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. She is a National Historic Landmark.
USS Laffey (DD-724) is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, which was constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. The ship earned the nickname The Ship That Would Not Die for her exploits during the D-Day invasion and the battle of Okinawa when she successfully withstood a determined assault by conventional bombers and the most unrelenting kamikaze air attacks in history. Today, Laffey is a U.S. National Historic Landmark and is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point, outside Charleston, South Carolina.[4]
Laffey was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bartlett Laffey. Seaman Laffey was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces on 5 March 1864.
USS Clamagore (SS-343) is a Balao-class submarine, presently a museum ship at the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum outside Charleston, South Carolina. Built in 1945 for the United States Navy, she was still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore. A National Historic Landmark, she is the only known surviving example of a GUPPY type submarine. It will soon be sunk as a reef due to deterioration.
Castle Pinckney was a small masonry fortification constructed by the United States government by 1810, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.[2][3] It was used very briefly as a prisoner-of-war camp (six weeks) and artillery position during the American Civil War. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Fort Sumter is a sea fort in Charleston, South Carolina, notable for two battles of the American Civil War. It was one of a number of special forts planned after the War of 1812, combining high walls and heavy masonry, and classified as Third System, as a grade of structural integrity. Work started in 1829, but was incomplete by 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union.
The First Battle of Fort Sumter began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery fired on the Union garrison. These were the first shots of the war and continued all day, watched by many civilians in a celebratory spirit. The fort had been cut off from its supply line and surrendered the next day. The Second Battle of Fort Sumter (September 8, 1863) was a failed attempt by the Union to retake the fort, dogged by a rivalry between army and navy commanders. Although the fort was reduced to rubble, it remained in Confederate hands until it was evacuated as General Sherman marched through South Carolina in February 1865. Fort Sumter is open for public tours as part of the Fort Sumter National Monument operated by the National Park Service.
Fort Moultrie is a series of fortifications on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, built to protect the city of Charleston, South Carolina. The first fort, formerly named Fort Sullivan, built of palmetto logs, inspired the flag and nickname of South Carolina, as The Palmetto State. The fort was renamed for the U.S. patriot commander in the Battle of Sullivan's Island, General William Moultrie.
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