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Global Impact 2010 Across the Street
Around the World August 27-29, 2010
North Point Baptist Church Guest Speakers
John Hull, President of EQUIP
& Dennis Cochrane & wife, Nancy, linguists and Bible translators
Special Music by
Protected farmland to become educational resource
A view of the Alexander farm. A 100-acre farm in Alexander is
Mercy & Rebecca Culpepper The Light, from Liberty University Schedule
Friday, August 27 @ Mars Hill Elementary School Noon: Luncheon/Registration for guest/missionaries 6:30 pm: International Banquet & Guest Speaker John Hull Musical Guest Mercy & Rebecca Culpepper (Nursery provided @ Mars Hill Elementary)
Saturday, August 28 8 am: Men’s Breakfast - TBA
11 am Women’s Brunches (several different homes) 3 pm Mission Projects: The Brian Center
7 pm: Youth/College Rally - at weekday ministry building musical guest the Light and speaker Randy Shepherd
Sunday, August 29 @ North Windy Ridge School 9 am: Breakfast Display Time 9:30 am: Sunday School
10:30 am: Worship w/ Mercy & Rebecca Culpepper & the Light & speaker Dennis Cochrane Noon: Hot Dog Lunch/Display Time
For more information call 658-2226
now permanently protected from development, thanks to a recent land donation to Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy. Te prop- erty’s rolling cattle pastures, stands of hardwood trees and headwater streams, which are tributaries to the French Broad River, will continue to be a resource for future generations. Te land trust is drafting a con-
servation agreement for the prop- erty and anticipates reselling it to a conservation-minded buyer. Te intent is for it to remain productive farmland that offers educational op- portunities to the agricultural com- munity. Te organization is explor- ing ways to enhance the quality of the streams and woodlands of the
property. “A donation of a tract of land is
doubly beneficial,” said Carl Silver- stein, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy’s executive director. “We will place a conserva- tion easement on the deed, which will guarantee the qualities of the property will be protected forever. Ten, reselling the property will generate extra revenue for the orga- nization, which we can recycle back into conservation work.” Te 97-year-old landowner, who
wishes to remain anonymous, pur- chased the property in the 1950s and immediately started working with the Soil & Water Conservation District, and the N.C. Division of Forest Services to learn how to farm
the land while conserving its natural systems. It was one of the first prop- erties in Buncombe County to have a conservation plan. It is now the SAHC that is reach-
ing out to N.C. Cooperative Exten- sion and the Soil & Water Conser- vation District to explore holding educational workshops for the ag- ricultural community on the prop- erty. “I think it’s great that SAHC can
continue the partnership that she started,” Kristy Urquhart, SAHC’s associate director, said. In the meantime, the house on
the property will provide housing for AmeriCorps members that vol- unteer for SAHC. Each year, the organization works with four Ame- riCorps volunteers, who provide stewardship, public outreach and land transaction assistance. Te Southern Appalachian High-
lands Conservancy is a volunteer- based non-profit organization working to conserve farmland and habitats throughout the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. In the last three decades, the con- servancy and its 1,500 members have protected close to 50,000 acres. For more information, go to appala-
chian.org.
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