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JANUARY 8, 2009 Issue - COLLECTOR'S EDITION

What a Year! 2008 in Review

A Comprehensive Look Back at the Events, Controversies and Personalities that Defined the Year... With Pictures! Read More »

The View Stories

The Best of the Best—Our Top Picks For Live Entertainment During 2008

In a year that—well, you know, stunk—our diversions were our saving graces. Thank goodness for great live bands and brews—hey, and mixed drinks, too!—at our local bars and restaurants. Thank goodness for the massive number of arts, dance, concerts, films and other events provided by ASU. Thank goodness for great theatre in Blowing Rock, Banner Elk and Boone. Thank goodness for Art Crawls. Yes, in terms of entertainment, the High Country has a lot to be thankful for. Read More »

Shelter Stories

Shelter Highlights

As 2009 begins, High Country Press’ third section, Shelter, is almost three years old. Debuting in May 2006, Shelter is a weekly guide to homes and land, green practices and initiatives, lifestyles and living, and businesses and services in the High Country. Shelter is also the home of High Country Press’ classifieds section.

Every week in 2008, the front cover of Shelter included the Business Spotlight feature—a weekly column focused on a local High Country business, its secrets and its owners—and a cover feature story.

These cover feature stories in 2008 often dealt with green initiatives, such as Casey Pond, Ethan Anderson and Jeffrey Scott’s DwellBox housing project, Alan Watts’ Boone Bicycle Initiative and Sam Zimmerman’s NAHB Green Building venture, but also covered tourism, leisure cycling, gardening, the sale of Grandfather Mountain to the state, local water shortages and the growth of the local wine industry.

Here’s a look back at some of the stories that graced the cover of Shelter over the past year—