CARF International announced that Yellow Mountain Enterprises has been accredited for a period of three years for its Community Service programs. The latest accreditation is the second consecutive Three-Year Accreditation
NEWLAND – The Avery Chamber of Commerce held its monthly After Hours event on Feb. 15, co-hosted by OASIS, Inc. and Yellow Mountain Enterprises. The event featured esteemed guests from
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NEWLAND â Few institutions in Avery County are as loved and revered as Yellow Mountain Enterprises, although such organizations do not become what they are today without superior leadership. For the last 10 years, David Tate has led the organization from the brink of bankruptcy to where it is today. For this reason, he is now looking toward the future ahead and retiring from the nonprofit once the organization finds his replacement.
âIâve worked too hard and too long for it not to continue,â Tate said. âMy motivation for retirement now is not so much personal, but this is a good time for the organization. Things are more financially stable than they have ever been.â
NEWLAND â The Newland Board of Aldermen convened for its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 6, in which it moved through a packed meeting schedule as it handles additional changes in the absence of a town manager.
At the beginning of the meeting, the aldermen quickly moved to approved the meeting minutes form the previous meeting, as well as the emergency meeting minutes in which the town approved a contract with Water Quality Lab Operations in Banner Elk to perform water quality tests for the town.
In public comments, a local resident addressed some issues she was having with the lights at Shoemaker Park in Newland, where one light shines into her bedroom window. She asked if there was a reason the lights were affixed the way they are and asked if perhaps if the lights were used to keep people from sleeping in the park.