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Arts
Pops at the Post Comes Home
This year’s concert on Sept. 11, will “Remember, Recognize and Rejoice,” remembering the 20th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks, recognizing all the health care workers “who have so arduously fought the pandemic, and rejoicing over the opening of Bell Tower Green,” says Maestro David Hagy, who will conduct the performance, now in its 17th year.
Education
Adapting to Learning From Home
Adapting to Learning From Home ONE YEAR LATER “My hope is that our new normal, today, exposes what...
Health
School is Back, So What to Pack?
Now that we finally have kids back in school and pre-school, the age-old problem of what to pack for lunch and snacks has surfaced. How do I pack things they will eat but that are also nutritious?
Greenspace
Rowan County Farmers Markets
Visiting the farmers markets became an amazing networking opportunity and a way to reconvene with familiar faces I saw before the impact of COVID-19. Rowan County’s farmers markets are open at staggered times throughout the week, which allowed me to visit one almost every other day. I visited the markets Friday, July 30 through Thursday, August 5. Below are the hours of operation between May and September 2021:
Business Community
Forward to the Future: Taking a Look at AgBioScience
Rowan County knows its food! Blessed with abundant water supplies from creeks and rivers and good soil in much of the county, our county thrives on and celebrates its long history of farming. Nowhere is that more evident in mid-summer than a drive through western Rowan, where fields of tall green corn meet each other, covering the landscape.
Municipalities
Mayors Speak Up: Promoting the Original in ‘Our Town’
There are many local places that “Live Original,” with 10 incorporated towns in or bordering the county and other unincorporated communities in Rowan that have an identity and uniqueness all their own.
Attractions
Tale of a Barn Quilt Trail in Cleveland, North Carolina
An estimated 1.5-mile Barn Quilt Walking Trail is coming soon for everyone to enjoy! “It’s important to be healthy, and Cleveland is a safe place without a lot of traffic” Elise told me. But readers… this isn’t an ordinary walking trail. The proposal is to have ten, six-sided barn quilt cubes which means a lot of barn quilt painting for a total of 60 unique signs. The barn quilt cubes will be the markers along the trail. Per Elsie, “take a walk… it doesn’t cost anything”!
High Rock Lake
Summer Clean Up Activities are in Full Swing
When the lake gets busy, trash happens. Good thing Rowan County has fantastic community-minded individuals and groups to take care of the well-being of High Rock Lake. And we need you to join us! There are ample opportunities in the coming weeks to clean, learn and enjoy the lake.
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10 Best Things to Happen in Rowan in 2019
2019 was a spectacular year, especially for Rowan County! Whether it be the million dollar investments into our community or the largest incoming freshman class for the number eight private college in North Carolina, Rowan County has made several memories for the books. Take a look at the top 10 accomplishments and some honorable mentions in Rowan County for 2019!
