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A website for residents living on or near Town
Mountain scenic highway in Asheville, Buncombe County, NC, and their friends, who wish to preserve an established
way of life through thoughtful co-existence with neighbors and newcomers. This is where you will find information
regarding the community and the efforts to ensure that proposed mountain side construction is thoughtful and considerate
of others and future generations. This site also features interesting historical and scenic photographs, and we
invite your ideas and photo contributions. Visit our website, indexed below.
| Members of the FOTM Board and volunteers from all along the Town Mountain corridor
between Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway, and members of the Beaverdam Community to the north, have made major
progress in reforming the 'rubber stamp' approval of almost any request from steep-slope developers in the Buncombe
County/Asheville area. Bartram's Walk developers became the focal point when they requested approval of a |
Joy Williams, FOTM Board
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high density housing development in a cove that drops approximately 700' from Town
Mountain Road to Wolf Cove Road in the Beaverdam community below Elk Mountain Scenic Highway. Joy Williams has
highlighted the activity and accomplishments during the past year. Read it here. |
Bartram's clear-cut area at TMR Entrance. |
Bartram's Walk (left) -- a housing development between Town Mountain
Road and Wolf Cove now under construction.
The Board of Friends of Town Mountain, Inc. (FOTM) advocates a
sensible approach to development that preserves the steep slopes, attempts to control slides and erosion and protects
neighbors.
Observe what is going on beyond the "posted"
signs at the TMR and Wolf Cove entrances, pictured right. This is the entrance in the Beaverdam Community. Our
aerial photographs will show you more.
See Photographs
here
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Radon is a problem along the Town Mountain Road corridor. Even
new homes with passive radon mitigation have tested dangerously high. Test kits are available by calling (800)
247-2435. Occasionally they are offered free within the county. Read more information
here.
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Joe Sechler, driving force behind the
formation of Friends of Town Mountain, will step down as FOTM President, Jan 30,2008. Joe spent endless hours on
behalf of FOTM, attending most County Planning Board and Commissioner meetings. The FOTM board will soon elect
a new president. »
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Joe Sechler
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| A Summer Social was held at the Western Residence
on Tuesday June 5, 2007. See pictures here. |
(Left) Some walked, some jogged, some came in a yellow
car. All had fun at the annual 2007 Social Event.
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Photographs from TMR Area
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This little guy guards the spring that once cooled the milk for
the Mountain Meadows Inn, located on Dairy Gap Rd. He's very adept at climbing the rock wall. Here are pictures of
Mountain Meadows Inn
in its heyday.
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Under construction, check back
soon.
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Under construction, check back
soon.
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Early Days
Friends of Town Mountain, Inc.
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A non-profit organization for area residents
along Town Mountain Scenic Highway, Asheville, NC; supported by your donations. Please invite your neighborhood
friends to join: Friends of Town Mountain, Asheville NC 28804.
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Webmaster: jbirdwe@bellsouth.net
- (828) 281-3588
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