Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Conference Agenda

Mountain Green:
Sustainable Development in the Mountain Region
1st Annual Conference
Warren Wilson College
June 20, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Click here for a brochure
(you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file)

Financial Support For This Event Provided By:

AdvantageWest Economic Development Group

Asheville Board of REALTORS

Bank of America

Biltmore Farms


Blue Moon on Pinnacle Peak

Civil Design Concepts, PA

Dixon Hughes, PLLC

Equinox Environment

Laurel Mountain Preserve


Parsec Financial Management, Inc.

Progress Energy


Robert Deutsch, PA

The Community Foundation of WNC

Westall Chandley, Inc.



Steering committee and
Contributors to this conference:

Bob Deutsch
Attorney and
Member of Warren Wilson College
Board of Trustees

Perry Dror
Kimmel and Associates and
Building Future Builders

Chris Eller
Civil Design Concepts and
Board Member of the
Council of Independent Business Owners

Phillip Ray Gibson
Environmental Leadership Center of
Warren Wilson College

Maggie Leslie
WNC Green Building Council

Michele Skeele
Council on Aging for Henderson County

Caroline Sutton
Asheville Home Builders Association

David Tuch
Equinox Environmental

Bob Wagner
The Community Foundation of WNC

David West
Asheville Board of REALTORS™


Questions about the conference
can be emailed to
pgibson@warren-wilson.edu
or
828.771.3781


LODGING


Check for Hotels with Google Local
  • Motels/Hotels (west of campus)
  • Holiday Inn (best and closest) 828-298-5611
  • Quality Inn (close- I-40 exit 55) 828-298-5519
  • Days Inn (close- I-40 exit 55) 828-298-4000
  • Motel 6 (close- I-40 exit 55) 828-2993040
  • Super 8 (close- I-40 exit 55) 828-2987952
  • Homewood Suites (I-240 near tunnel) 828-252-5400
  • Spring Hill Suites (near mall/I-240) 828-253-4666
  • Renaissance Asheville (downtown) 828-252-8211
  • Grove Park Inn Resort/Spa (near downtown) 828-252-2711
  • Haywood Park Hotel (downtown) 828-252-3522
  • Biltmore Estate (South of WWC- 20 min.) 828-255-1333
  • B&B's/Inn's
  • Monte Vista Inn (Black Mountain, 15 minutes away) 1-888-804-8438
  • Abalone (rental house, 15 minutes away, Black Mountain, sleeps 5, $135 per night) 828-298-5088
  • Red Rocker Inn (15 minutes east in Black Mountain) 828-669-5991
  • Bella Luna B & B 828-664-9714
  • Inn Around the Corner (15 minutes east in Black Mountain) 828-669-6005
  • Camping
  • Mama Gerties Hideaway (tent sites $25.00, primitive cabins $38.00, close) 828-686-4258
  • KOA Campground (East on Tunnel road, close, $27.00) 828-686-3121
  • Creekside Mt. Camping (45 minutes away near Chimney Rock, nice tent sites) 828-625-4257
The Asheville area has a large number of bed & breakfast and resort hotels. You can call the Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau at 828-258-6111 for more information.