in the mountains of North Carolina, Georgia & South Carolina
Posted on March 3, 2019 by whereNCbegins
We live in an eclectic community, embracing the nostalgia of Appalachian ways while exploring the arts, local flavor, and all things adventure in our small mountain towns. We hope you’ll visit all of our neighbors and make the most of your time whereNCbegins! p.s.… Continue Reading “Make The Most of Your Time”
Posted on March 2, 2019 by whereNCbegins
Last year the newly formed Murphy Business Association started an awesome new thing… the Murphy Spring Festival. It was a huge success and it’s back by popular demand! The festival stage will be packed with local talent, the Beer Garden will boast the best… Continue Reading “Spring Festival 2019”
Category: Featured, Social CalendarTags: advertising, art, arta and crafts, artists, beer garden, breweries, community, Craft beer, crafters, families, family, festival, festival entertainment, food, kids, lifestyle, live music, local, local beer, music, NC beer, stage, travel, vendors
Posted on February 28, 2019 by whereNCbegins
Tonight we kicked off the #ShaveThePounds challenge with Mayor Rick Ramsey of Murphy, Tim Radford of WKRK, and Mayor James Reid of Andrews. It was a festive evening as we celebrated the Grand Re-Opening of Murphy Health & Fitness with a Cherokee County Chamber… Continue Reading “#ShaveThePounds”
Category: Social Calendar, The Little Things, UncategorizedTags: 2030, Andrews, business, chamber of commerce, classes, community, diet, dining, education, exercise, family, fit, fitness, food, grand opening, hair, health, heart health, invest, lifestyle, local, marketing, mayor, mountains, murphy, Murphy Health & Fitness, north carolina, organization, radio station, restaurants, swim, weight, weight-loss, wellness, workout
Posted on February 19, 2019 by whereNCbegins
Love Day has come and gone, with many of you celebrating your Valentine at a local restaurant. I am a definite foodie that Yelps local eateries to plan my vacations so I fully support this date idea. I have been to some amazing restaurants… Continue Reading “Foodie Love”
Category: Social CalendarTags: bike, community, dining, dinner, dinner date, family, food, foodie, Hayesville, hike, lifestyle, live music, local, mountains, murphy, NC, piney knob trails, restaurants, river walk, southern living, trail, travel, valentine's day, walk, wanderlust, yelp
Posted on February 2, 2019 by whereNCbegins
As I walked to my car after meeting a friend to celebrate her birthday last night, I ran into someone else I had’t seen in a while. We chatted for a minute in front of The Parson’s Pub when I noticed a group of… Continue Reading “Folk School Flash Mob in Murphy”
Category: Social Calendar, The Little ThingsTags: art, arts, brewery, community, dance, family, flash mob, Folk School, kids, lifestyle, local, mountains, music, pub crawl, small town, southern living
Posted on January 14, 2019 by whereNCbegins
You can escape the winter weather and enjoy the abstract artworks of a select few in downtown Murphy. The Cherokee County Arts Council has invited a small group of artists including: S.J. Worsham, Dean Williams, David Rabhan, Sarah Hembree, Jeoffrey William Vasquez, and Geoffrey Karr to exhibit… Continue Reading ““How I See It”- Imagery by Abstract Artists”
Category: Social Calendar, The Little ThingsTags: abstract, art, art community, art gallery, artist, arts, arts council, cherokee county, community, education, exhibit, family, kids, lifestyle, local, mountains, murphy, newlyweds, north carolina, north georgia, organization, painter, photographer, sculptor, southern living, western north carolina
Posted on December 12, 2018 by whereNCbegins
We took a break from the office yesterday and walked down to The Parson’s Pub for lunch. After back-to-back days of two-hour delays and a hot mess schedule, we clearly deserved a lunch date. As we were enjoying our meal and a beer, we… Continue Reading “You Too Can Become A Beervangelist”
Category: Social CalendarTags: beer, beer club, beervangelist, business, community, Craft beer, family, family owned, kids, lifestyle, local, local beer, lunch, lunch date, mountains, NC beer, neighborhood, north carolina, North Carolina beer, pub, southern living
Posted on December 8, 2018 by whereNCbegins
I always say you can’t be sad when you’re holding a cupcake… I can now say the same is true of petting an alpaca. We took a break from our crazy schedule and visited Two Crows Farm in Murphy. My children fell in love… Continue Reading “Alpacas for Stress Relief”
Category: The Little ThingsTags: alpaca, community, family, family business, family farm, family pet, farm, farm life, healthy lifestyle, invest, investment, kids, lifestyle, local, mountains, neighbor, neighborhood, rural living, small town, southern living, stress relief
Posted on October 11, 2018 by whereNCbegins
Christmas Festivities in Murphy, North Carolina
Category: Down to Business, Social CalendarTags: art, artist, business, Christmas, community, dance, family, festival, kids, lifestyle, live music, local, lunch, mountains, murphy, music, north carolina, organization, parade, stage, tree lighting
Posted on October 6, 2018 by whereNCbegins
I tend to pay attention when I hear “free coffee and lunch“. Throw in free business training and networking… you get the 2018 Business Summit. This is an awesome networking opportunity with topnotch speakers created by 3 organizations focused on collaboration. Murphy Business Association… Continue Reading “2018 Business Summit”
Category: Down to Business, UncategorizedTags: advertising, business, business association, chamber of commerce, coffee, collaborate, college, community, education, facebook, instagram, lifestyle, local, lunch, marketing, mountains, network, organization, search engine, small town, social media, time, website