Carolina BalloonFest is the second-oldest hot air balloon festival in the world and has been running for nearly 50 years. The Statesville-based festival brings in close to 40,000 people to Statesville from all over the country. Balloons fly all weekend, and it is certainly a sight to see. It takes place on the third weekend … Read More
You can visit Henry River Mill Village and view Hunger Games film locations. More importantly, you’ll learn about its place in NC’s textile history.
For this episode of NC Travel Chat, we followed up on the previous one, which was with Toe River Arts Executive Director Nealy Andrews. This episode consists of two on-site interviews with Toe River Artists who reside in Yancey County. Toe River Artists Interview Summary The first person we met was Kenny Pieper of Pieper … Read More
Nealy Andrews is the Executive Director of Toe River Arts. She shares how her team is helping area artists and communities in Yancey and Mitchell counties.
Uli Bennewitz is the owner of Weeping Radish, North Carolina’s first and oldest microbrewery. He joined NC Travel Chat to share his life and business journey.
Kate Pearce joined NC Travel Chat to talk about Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, simply known by many of us in the area as Dix Park.
For NC Travel Chat, we talked with Beverly Mooney, the owner of Millstone Creek Orchards in Ramseur, Randolph County, North Carolina.
Gerri Grady has owned Grady’s Barbecue in Dudley, Wayne County with her husband Steve since 1986.
While we meet the People of NC, it’s important to remember the folks who’ve been covering this state long before we came here. Jason Frye is one of them.