Rich Cooke's Western North Carolina Real Estate Blog

The Hendersonville Police Department recently announced a new service in an effort to help recover lost or stolen property.  As of July 25th, all Hendersonville residents can register their bicycle or moped information online.  Your information will be stored in a data base for easy access by law...

Next Tuesday, August 7, 2012 is Asheville's National Night Out.  From 5:30pm to 7:30pm, the Asheville Police Department will partner with the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and Target to bring this national celebration of community safety and crime prevention to the Asheville area.  Asheville's...

Hendersonville honors its Appalachian roots every Monday evening with its weekly Street Dance event.  Mountain music and dancing have been time-honored ways to celebrate life in Western North Carolina.  Downtown Hendersonville fills up with the sounds of banjos and fiddles playing bluegrass and t...

Beginning tomorrow, Asheville will be hosting the Carolina Mountain Ribfest.  From July 13th through the 15th, barbecue wizards will be grilling up their specialties at the WNC Agricultural Center Fairgrounds (actually located in Fletcher).  Some of the best chefs in the entire country will be co...

Local Hendersonville area artists come together for Asheville's Curiosity Market for Animals on July 7, 2012.  The Curiosity Market is meant to bring awareness and adoptive parents to Animal Haven, an Asheville no-kill sanctuary.  While Animal Haven mainly takes in abandoned and abused farm anima...

Hendersonville knows how to celebrate and the 4th of July is no exception.  From parades and music to ice cream socials and pyrotechnic splendor, the fun lasts all day long.  Feel free to join in on any and all of Hendersonville's fabulous 4th celebrations. The annual Independence Day Parade will...

Asheville is the place to be this Friday night!  Rock the night away to live music at Downtown Asheville After 5.  From 5pm to 9pm on the third Friday of every month through September, Downtown After 5 brings a different live musical act to the downtown Asheville area.  Best of all, this live ent...

Music lovers rejoice!  Beginning tomorrow, June 8, 2012, Hendersonville Music on Main, is back!  It's time to put on your boogie shoes and head to downtown Hendersonville for this free local favorite.  Every Friday, from June 8th to August 17th, a new musical act will perform from 7pm to 9pm.  Wh...

If you love history and architecture, this may be the event for you!  Take a driving tour of historic Hendersonville homes on Saturday, May 20, 2012.  This self-driving tour is brought to you by the Hendersonville Historic Preservation Committee.  For just $20, you can tour eight private Henders...

Mother's Day is just over a week away.  If you're not sure what to do to show your mom, grandmother or wife how amazing you think she is, show her the beauty of Western North Carolina by taking her on a Tour de Falls of DuPont Forest for Mother's Day.  Throughout the entire weekend (May 12th & 13...