Blowing Rock Hospital Receives Major Grant From Rural Health Care

Christmas came early for Blowing Rock Hospital in 2006 in the form of a $92,289 grant from the North Carolina Office of Rural Health and Community Care in order to update the hospital’s fire detection and suppression system.

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Kemp Steen Joins Jenkins Realtors, Inc.

VPam Jenkins Vines and Kim Jenkins Rogers, co-owners of Jenkins Realtors, Inc., are pleased to announce that Kemp Steen, with over 25 years of residential and commercial real estate experience, has joined their firm. 
  

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Patty Wheeler Named To Foundation Board

Patty Wheeler of Blowing Rock has been named Community Foundation Manager at blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation, it was announced this week by Renee Whitener, Director of Public Relations.

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Building Totals Drop Slightly From Last Year

Blowing Rock’s Department of Building and Inspections released their 2006 report of building activity in the town this past week.
The total number of building permit applications for 2006 was 336. This number increased by 100 over the total number of permit applications in 2005.

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