Members only Music & Arts Featured Growing strong: Floyd Arts and Crafts Festival marks 50 years Seven-year-old Gwayla Yard-Gralla, likely the youngest vendor in attendance, was selling her handmade, woven potholders. “Do you like to cook?” was her marketing line that drew in customers.
Members only Community Featured Roberson Mill holds Fall Festival “We wanted a place where people could come and sit because mills were once the center of the community before general stores,” said Jeff Rainey, VP of the FORM board. “Farmers would come here and get their grain ground and then talk about grain prices and all kinds of things."
Members only Community Featured Mountain Valor Fest fosters community and connection A highlight of the Valor Fest is the ceremonial burning of a retired American flag. The ceremony was preceded by bagpipe players and included the participation of veterans and Gold Star families.
Paid-members only Community Featured Floyd Yoga Jam ‘Nexus’ focuses on community and connection For 14 years, every Labor Day weekend, Yoga Jam has been bringing celebration and wellness practices to the green fields and creek banks of Burnett Farm in Willis.
Paid-members only Community Featured Mabry Mill roof upgrade celebrated Ward said, “The Blue Ridge Parkway is one of the most visited National Parks in the country with more visitors than Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon combined. Mabry Mill is one of the iconic locations along the 469 miles of Parkway, but it’s in our backyard. It’s our home.”
Paid-members only Music & Arts Featured Third annual Living Traditions Festival draws about 2,000 There were demonstrations in blacksmithing, barn quilt making, basket making, soap making, chainsaw carving and more. Some of the interactive demonstrations — working with clay, making corn husk dolls and print making — were especially popular with the younger crowd.
Members only Community Featured Small Town Summer goes big A record-breaking crowd turned out for the Aug. 14 iteration of the eighth annual Small Town Summer series at the Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.
