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.