Average Cost of Living in Asheville NC and More in the July Newsletter In 2014, the average cost of living in Asheville NC hovered just over the national average. The Asheville metro area is comprised of four counties: Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, and Madison. To get the latest data on average …
Creative Retirement
Asheville, NC the “Paris of the South” in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
According to Lonely Planet, "This Jazz Age gem of a city appears like a mirage out of the mists of the Blue Ridge Mountains". Asheville is a popular tourist destination and is known as a liberal, artsy community. It was named one of the world's top 12 must-see destinations for by Frommer's travel …
The Rich Arts and Crafts Heritage of Asheville
Arts and Crafts Heritage. Artists and craftspeople have long been an integral part of what makes Asheville unique. Asheville has quite a reputation for its community of artists and craftspeople, and the quality creations that emerge from their imagination, talent and hard work. This town has …
Creative Retirement in Asheville NC
How does an expert in ‘creative retirement’… retire? When Dr. Ron Manheimer retired in 2009 as founding director of the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement (now the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute or OLLI) at UNC-Asheville, he thought he knew how to leap into the …
