Hendersonville, NC

Creative Beginnings Preschool located at 699 N. Grove Street in beautiful Hendersonville North Carolina is now enrolling for summer and fall classes.

The summer program begins June 23rd - Tuesday & Thursdays from 8:45am to 11:45am and ends July 30th.

Fall Classes begin September 8th. There are currently the following openings:

8 openings in the turning two's. 1 opening in the two's class, 2 openings in the three's class and 3 openings in the four's class.

Class times are from 8:45am to 11:45am with 5 day, three day or two day a week schedule available. Please contact Fran at 828-692-3211 to schedule your tour of this wonderful God centered school. My daughter has attended since she was 18months old and loves her teachers and friends.

Please visit the Creative Beginnings official website at: www.fpchendersonville.org/creativebeginnings.cfm

To read reviews about Creative Beginnings Preschool please click on the following links:

http://local.yahoo.com/info-13364385-creative-beginnings-preschool-hendersonville

Attention Garden lovers and beginner gardeners! Imagine 100 vendors of local artists, crafts, plants and more. You have growing questions? Someone is bound to have the answer. Master gardeners will be on hand to share their expertise. Looking for a native hard to find plant? Here's your chance to find it. Looking for lunch? They'll have that too. This truly is a must attend event.

Schedule of events are as follows:

Saturday, May 23
10:00AM-6:00PM Street Festival (6th Ave. - Caswell St.) arts & crafts, plants and food
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lowe's Kids Clinic, Located at the Visitors Information Center (201 S. Main St.)

Lowe's Garden Clinics with Bill Slack at the Visitors Information Center (201 S. Main St.)
11:00 AM "A Picture Perfect Landscape"
1:00 PM "Pathways, Patios & Plants: Southern Living's Finishing Touches"
3:00 PM "Container Gardening - Secrets of the Pros"

Sunday, May 24
10:00AM-6:00PM Street Festival (6th Ave. - Caswell St.) arts & crafts, plants and food
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lowe's Kids Clinic, Located at the Visitors Information Center (201 S. Main St.)

Lowe's Garden Clinics with Bill Slack at the Visitors Information Center (201 S. Main St.)
1:00 PM "A Picture Perfect Landscape"
3:00 PM "Pathways, Patios & Plants: Southern Living's Finishing Touches"

5:00 PM Blind Ducky Racing - Patton Park / Sponsored by the Hendersonville Lions Club

It's recommended to leave your beloved pets at home but bring a wagon or rolling cart to make transporting your new treasures home easier.

To read even more about this magical event please visit the following news announcement: http://www.historichendersonville.org/garden_jubilee.htm

Oumi - located at 633 N. Main Street in Historic Downtown Hendersonville offers superior presentaion and quality of Japanese and Sushi cuisine. From it's entrance to the restrooms it is evident the owners have gone to great lengths to impress.

My personal favorite is the Green River Roll which can't be adequately described, it must be experienced. Another favorite is the Shrimp Tempura and on rare occasions plumb wine or Sake.

Lunch Hours are: Monday - Friday 11am-3pm - Saturday & Sunday 12noon-3pm

Dinner Hours are: Monday - Thursday 4:30pm-9:30pm - Friday & Saturday 4:30pm-10pm. and Sunday 4:30pm-9pm.

For a complete printable menu please visit the official Oumi website at: http://umisushinc.com/menu.aspx

You will not be disappointed.

MARCH 2009 MARKET UPDATE - HENDERSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

HOME SALES

The average closing price for a home in the Hendersonville, North Carolina area (Henderson County) was $197,324 in March 2009 representing a slight drop from the previous month when the average was $220,495. It was also slightly down from March 2008 when the average price was $200,191. The median closing price for March was $178,750 which was up from the previous month, and slightly more than 1% higher than March 2008.

There were 63 closings in March 2009, only one more than the month prior. However, that number marked a significant drop from March 2008 when there were 112 closings. Like neighboring Transylvania County and the Brevard, NC area, the lions share of sales were in the $100,000-$300,000 price range.

The average days on market from listing to closing in Henderson County was 166 in March, down slightly from February but an increase of 44 days over March 2008.

LAND SALES

Land sales in Henderson County are showing a lot more consistency than nearby Transylvania County. In March 2008, there 18 land closings and in March 2009 there were 11.

For more information about buying and selling real estate in the Hendersonville, NC area, contact the Clay Team at BrevardNCProperty.com, or call Robert at 828-551-6291 or Carol at 828-551-6290.

On March 25th, I was "locked up" at our local Hendersonville Outback Steakhouse to help raise money for the Muscular Distrophy Association. This was a fun event where about 120 local business-people were thrown in a makeshift jail, complete with striped uniform, shackles and even a mug shot (you can see mine here). Before I was picked up and taken to the association's Maximum Appreciation Facility, I had raised $1500 for my "bail money". However, after making some phone calls from my "jail cell", I helped raise even more. This was a fun event that helped raise $45,000 for a great cause, which, even in these tough economic times, was $5000 more than last year.

Rich Cooke, Western North Carolina Real Estate