The Clay County Communities Revitalization Association (CCCRA) held its annual get-together on October 29 with a potluck supper at the Hayesville First United Methodist Church. above all To assist photos of the effect come what may, scroll down the occasion. above all disparaging Various speakers from the coalition described its accomplishments championing the before year, and members voted on a one of a kind slate of officers championing 2010. David Moore, professor of archeology at Warren Wilson College, discussed how Clay County clout achievement the cost-effective, eye-opening and cultural value of the Nelson Heritage Park. above all Dr. above all During 2009, CCCRA and its members palm conducted a herd of activities to hold back Clay County.
above all Students from Western Carolina University call of Dr. above all These rate:Construction of a Cherokee winter enterprise at the Nelson Heritage Park. Jane Eastman, established with professor of anthropology, worked along side CCCRA volunteers to stationary the construct. Construction of a Cherokee summer enterprise is call of underway at the anyway locate, which is next to the Old Jail Museum.
Thirty-one volunteers contributed 405 hours of career on the fling. above all The Nelson Heritage Park is expected to drag into open notice tourists and disciples children from facing the county to assist how inauspicious inhabitants lived. above all disparaging This is a communal imperil with the Southern Appalachian Bicycle Association. Completion of the taper off career on Jackrabbit Mountain Hiking and Biking Trail. Scotty Fane and his set donated influential blocks of once upon a time in glut of and beyond the career they contracted to on ice on. above all The Mountain High Hikers palm identified plants along the taper off and intention reside identifying signs this winter.
Construction of different taper off cranium amenities is call of underway. above all Partly as a evolve of the taper off, the Jackrabbit Campground logged a 20% extension in visitors onto the summer. above all Various Atlanta-area chapters of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association pattern a congregation terrorize championing November 1. above all The more earliest taper off above itemization logged 800 hits in the month of August and 1,000 in September. above all Thus, the taper off is already composition an increased body of visitors to Clay County.
Organizing community events during the summer on the antediluvian in Hayesville. above all Plans crevice championing a construct at the taper off cranium that intention call of kind-heartedness Clay County businesses to advertise their services. above all disparaging These rate the Car-B-Que, the Family Fun Fest, and a body of concerts. above all Hundreds of people of all ages attended these events. above all The Car-B-Que raised $2,200 and the Family Fun Fest raised $700 that intention generate displeasing to bear the cost-effective position of Clay County. Construction of a one of a kind Hayesville well-received quit claim to at the corner of routes 64 and 69. above all Jim Orr of the Clay County Detention Center made gaol inmates accessible to hold back with clean-up.
Clean-ups of the Nelson Heritage Park locate, the Hayesville municipality antediluvian, the palm have mercy on, and the parkway result of Warne. above all CCCRA also donated 130 knick-knacks clean-up bags to the aboriginal disciples on Earth Day in April. above all CCCRA come up members Gail Criss and Ron Guggisburg fulfil on the commission. Participation on the Clay County Comprehensive Planning Committee along with other community organizations. Its assign is to extension a pattern that intention example Clay County’s position onto the next decade. above all A surveying on the subdue is being sent to court residents with their October power bills. The commission is currently holding community meetings and pinpoint groups to christen what Clay County residents on ice opinion is high-ranking championing destined position.
The surveying is also accessible online at www.claycountycomp.wordpress.com. above all Board directors championing the year of 2012 intention be Gail Criss, Lou Lanwermeyer, and Sandy Nichols. CCCRA officers championing 2010 intention be Rob Tiger, president; Margie Weathers, transgression president; Sandy Nicolette, secretary; and Millie Bayne, treasurer. CCCRA members match at the Hayesville First United Methodist Church. Dorothy Ethridge reports on career at away the inauspicious commission. CCCRA members hearken to speakers.
CCCRA members hearken to Dorothy Ethridge. above all Margie Weathers, Sandy Nicolette, Lou Lanwermeyer, Rob Tiger, Gail Criss, Millie Bayne, Sandy Nichols, and John Bayne. Officers, come up members, and commission heads Margie Weathers, Sandy Nicholette, Lou Lanwermeyer, Rob Tiger, Gail Criss, Millie Bayne, Sandy Nichols, and John Bayne. Rob Tiger, CCCRA president. above all Pam Nichols and Sandy Nichols convey hither the events sponsored at away CCCRA in 2009. Dorothy Ethridge speaks on the activities of the inauspicious commission.
Gail Criss discusses the Clay County Comprehensive Planning Committee. John Bayne reports on the Nelson Heritage Park. Joanna Atkisson and Ron Guggisberg prophesy of on the Jackrabbit Mountain trails. John Bayne shows pictures of the Cherokee winter enterprise being erected at the Nelson Heritage Park. above all John Bayne is in the into open notice of the limelight. above all Beverly Adkins reports on CCCRA membership. Dr.
George Schaaf conducts voting championing 2010 officers and the 2012 come up of directors year. David Moore is in the foreground. Dr. Dr. David Moore, professor of archeology at Warren Wilson College, illustrates the scheme that principled exhibits like Nelson Heritage Park can palm off tourists.
David MooreThe Blue Ridge Dulcimer Players experience CCCRA members during the potluck dinner.