In many ways, time stands still in Weaverville. People gather on the streets to discuss families, work, high school football, and the change of season.
Weaverville is a place where the police jiggle doorknobs every evening to make sure shopkeepers remembered to lock up. The walkers and joggers exchange "heys" as they pass at Lake Louise. Garden club volunteers keep downtown plantings a burst of seasonal colors. Area farmers sell their produce, flowers, and canned goods at a tailgate market every Wednesday in the warm months. Postal carriers deliver letters even when the address has been left off the envelope.
There are two parades a year to commemorate the events dearest to the hearts of Weaverville residents - Christmas, and North Buncombe High School Homecoming. Weaverville is only six miles from downtown Asheville, but its pace and values are a generation away.
Mark your calendar for the present.
Newcomers find all the professional services and conveniences of a larger city, such as financial services, lawyers, medical practices and specialty stores. Weaverville shares Asheville's reputation as a cosmopolitan hub of the arts, fine dining, spa services and exceptional hospitality.
Mark your calendar for some fun.
Visitors can stay at one of the town's signature bed and breakfasts and walk or take a short drive to our eclectic and wonderful dining, live music, galleries, massage therapists, unique shopping and some of the prettiest scenery in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can find out more about some of the area's attractions here.
Art in Autumn is a Arts & Crafts Festival which debuted in 2007. The festival fills Main Street with art, food, and music the second Saturday of each September.
The Weaverville Art Safari is the first weekend of May and last weekend of October each year. The self-guided free studio tour features dozens of the best artists and craftspeople in the Southern Highlands.
Mostly, mark your calendar to take time off, to ease your pace, and to savor the kindness and beauty of our community.