Help for the Hickory Nut Gorge as Henderson County creating a Recovery Plan. WNC Recovery

America’s defining mobility has stalled, leaving many people in houses that are too small, in jobs they don’t love, or shackled with “golden handcuffs” wsj.com/economy/americ…

Thank you First Lady Anna Stein! #WNCStrong

Job-skill credentials are booming but relatively few lead to a career wsj.com/lifestyle/care…

📣 The BCK2School & BCK2WRK Job Fair! 📅 Thursday, August 21 🕙 10 AM – 4 PM 📍 Harrah's Cherokee Center - Asheville 87 Haywood St. Connecting job seekers to local employers in high-demand industries #AshevilleJobs #HiringEvent #SupportLocalFamilies

It’s ‘Lights, camera… layoffs’ for Georgia’s budding film industry, as studios like Marvel increasingly shoot in the U.K. and other places with cheaper labor costs wsj.com/business/media…

WNC's small businesses lost an average of $322,000 due to Helene, nonprofit study says citizen-times.com/story/news/202…

Grateful to Governor Josh Stein Governor Josh Stein for joining our Land of Sky Summer BBQ. We celebrated our local govs & region for their amazing work this past year. Working together is what has brought us this far & neighbor helping neighbor will make tomorrow better than today.

BCK2 SCHOOL Job Fair hosted by Asheville Chamber is TODAY City of Asheville Harrah’s Cherokee Center in downtown. Thousands of job opportunities available. To learn more visit web.ashevillechamber.org/events/IHP-Bac…

#TODAY - BCK2School & BCK2WRK Job Fair is inviting employers and community partners from Buncombe and surrounding counties to participate, connect with job-ready talent, and help support local families as they prepare for a new season. More: bit.ly/47966re #HCCAsheville

Happy Birthday to our boss and leader Bart! Bart works hard to support our team so we can give our cows and land the best care possible. Bart never takes a day off, never complains and when he has worked 40 hours it is just day #3 of his 7 day work week.

Grateful to our awesome Land of Sky team, Governor Josh Stein Josh Stein, Carolina Ace BBQ, Sunshine Sammies, WNC Tents, ITRDC, Fletcher PD, Fletcher Parks & Rec, Town of Fletcher & our many sponsors including presenting sponsor AdventHealth North Carolina & others for making this a special day!

Hope everyone has a great school year! When I was a student in 80s traffic would back up to top of Mine Hole Gap on 2-lane & traffic today backed up on 5-lane almost to top. “For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, & then vanisheth away.”

A #KeepPounding Carolina Panthers legend! Reminder that when others give up on you, don’t give up on yourself. We only fail when we stop trying.

A state-funded emergency grant helped Allie Beck stay in school after Hurricane Helene to complete an Agribusiness Technology degree from Isothermal Comm Coll. She graduated in May and is busy conducting tours at Ellaberry Llama Farm in Hendersonville. bit.ly/41mltZF

Visited NC 🍎 Festival & enjoyed Kiwanis Club breakfast. Went to opening ceremony & then got delicious 🍎 pies & turnovers from Refreshing Ridge Family Farm. Their booth is directly across from main stage at Ct Hse. Brought 🍎back 2 Land of Sky ofc & they went very quickly.

There’s something magical when the air becomes cooler & college football season begins. #GBO #VFL #RockyTop #Vols 🧡🍊🏈

As long as I can remember this time of year was corn harvest time.

Hope you relax during Labor Day holiday. We aren’t promised tomorrow. We may think we are irreplaceable but no one ever is. What will last is how we helped others, encouraged those who are going through tough times & how we helped others be better than they thought they could be.

Last Sunday in August. “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” James 4:14