About 12,000 people make their way to Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center, in Graham County, each year. Here, a conversation with Lynn Shields, who led the effort to turn an abandoned 1926 schoolhouse into a cultural destination and who retired last month. “We believe that capitalizing on ‘place-based or asset-based economics’ will be the best way to change,” she said.
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Endowments are on the rise among North Carolina’s higher-education institutions
North Carolina college and university higher-ed endowments – which can fund things like research, scholarships and programming – are on the rise, some more than 20 percent since 2009.
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From our readers: “Spring”
Reader Gregory Peters offers this beautiful photo of a budding lilac entwined with webs. And, in honor of the changing season, we take a look at some surprising estimates of the latest spring freeze communities across Western North Carolina could expect, based on historical data.
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From the Web: Facebook’s Rutherford Data Center has openings for subcontractors
Rutherford County is soon to be home to Facebook’s Rutherford Data Center. The site is still under construction and is looking for subcontractors.
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Author Thomas Rain Crowe on “Crack Light,” mountain poets, the environment
Thomas Rain Crowe, of Tuckasegee, is a poet, translator, editor, publisher, anthologist and recording artist and author of 30 books of original and translated works. In this Q&A, he talks about his latest collection of poetry, “Crack Light,” mountain development and the environment.