Nashville son in-law, Tom Davis, was just named Art Director of the year 2020 by the American Advertising Federation Nashville for the pro-bono design work on the We Are Nashville campaign which was awarded 19 Gold and 41 Silver Addys.
We Are Nashville is a privately funded, multi-year exploration of the New Nashville designed to foster understanding of who we are, inspire conversations that help us get to know one another, and take simple but meaningful actions that help our neighbors and preserve the special character of the city. For the story go to https://www.wearenashville.com/about/.
Nashville has many monikers that provide a clue to its complex character—Music City, Smashville, Buckle of the Bible Belt, Nashvegas, Cashville,The Protestant Vatican, and with over 20 Universities and colleges it has also earned the title Athens of the South.
Asheville son and daughter in-law, Stephen and Robin Collins, report they are on schedule to reopen Applewood Manor Bed and Breakfast Inn after major remodeling and upgrading. Part of the upgrade includes Applewood’s website, https://www.applewoodmanor.com, with a section devoted to stories about that unique city. Just as Nashville has a story to tell that Tom Davis and team put into the We are Nashville campaign, so does Asheville, North Carolina have its own story to tell and I just posted story number seventy-eight in that series and there are more are on the way. These are stories about things to do and see in Asheville, about people and events in the life of the city, its mysteries, ghost stories and tall tales. Asheville has been called many things—weirdest, happiest, quirkiest place in America, Santa Fe of the East, New Age Capital of the World, Paris of the South, Beer City USA, Most Haunted, Sky City and others. It has many secrets, mysteries, and legends—some factual, some alleged, some exaggerated and some just plain lies. Writing about the stories to put Asheville character on display has been a fun project.
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