Local Crafts Person Highlight: African Heritage USA

Looking for some creative gift or a unique accessory? Check our the creations of Charles Kimso of African Heritage USA. Charles makes individualized jewelry, buckles, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces from recycled aluminum, brass and copper as well as painting with oil and water color. Charles has showcased his work in Hickory Art Crawl as well as teaching watercolor classes at Resource Warehouse. Contact information below: African Heritage USA Charles Kimso (Proprietor) 506 3rd Ave. SW Hickory NC 28602 (828) 238-4219 Kimso2thad@yahoo.com Manufactures individualized jewelry Types: Belt Buckles, Bracelets, Earrings, Necklaces Materials: Recycled aluminum, brass, copper ***Also does art: Paintings (oils / water)

Local business highlight: Another Family's Treasure

Looking for clothing, toys or gear for children or babies? Check out Another Family's Treasure in Hickory! They have a large selection of strollers, cribs, bikes, clothes and more.

Another Family’s Treasure
1620 N. Center St. (Viewmont)
Hickory NC 28601
(828) 326-9005
Business days and hours: Tuesday – Friday 9:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.


Features: Clothing, baby equipment, furniture & toys

What is Community Resiliance?

† RESILIENCE ¢

A community’s ability to withstand a

shock outside of its control. Examples

include: the collapse of the economy

due to external speculation;

fluctuating oil prices due to changing

demand and peak oil; drought,

floods, food shortages, rising sea

levels due to climate change; or an

influx of refugees.

The Foothills regions has lived through many shocks in the past, including the most recent migration of the furniture and textiles industry to other countries and the dramatic rise in gas prices, which effects not only our transportation costs, but also prices on foods, clothing and other products that are shipped in from other states or countries.

We are a strong people. Many of our parents and grandparents knew what it meant to buckle down and get through tough time. We have a unique opportunity to not just survive difficulties, but Transition and thrive together in a future that we can forge for ourselves.

We have amazing waterways, beautiful trees and great land for growing food. We have a large population of hard working people who have gone without work or the ability to provide for themselves or their families. We have business owners committed to our towns of Hickory, Granite Falls, Lenoir, Newton, Hudson, who live as our neighbors and share our concern for the future. News and television might make you think it's all about a vote in the White House or in Congress, but you and I, neighbors and friends, are the people who define this region far more than any outside entity. We can work together, with our local officials, our neighbors, with each other to plan and dig in, literally and figuratively, to forge a resilient Foothills Region for ourselves now and for the next generation.

We have so much to be thankful for, so many resources, so much in common. We are on the cusp of a great awakening to each other.

Foothills Transition Snippet May 8th 2012

Event Reminders:

Community Gardening Work Day
Foothills Transition is taking part in the Transition Home and Garden Challenge by joining the community gardening work day this Wednesday May 9th at 4:30 pm in the Catawba HOPE Community Garden next to the Hickory YMCA parking lot. This is a wonderful project and we hope to see you all there; please bring gardening gloves

Energy Group Meeting
Don’t forget about the Energy Group Meeting Friday May 11th at the Riverbend Clubhouse, 7pm. We’ve got two exciting projects on the agenda for discussion: Workshop series for improving energy efficiency and resilience; Community-owned energy.  Light refreshments provided.  Many thanks to Libby and Jeff for arranging the venue.

Information Booth request
The Foothills Transition Booth needs attention!  Our cardboard display panel is rather flimsy and blows over easily, and our stuck on paper information sheets are curling in the humidity!  If you have a spare rigid display board or a higher quality color printing and laminating capability you could donate to Foothills Transition, we would really appreciate it!

Fracking News - follow up from the movie, Gasland
Today I received an e-mail from Lee Brinson, the chap who is putting on the energy films with FootCandle, informing me that the NC State House has decided to delay lifting the ban on Fracking in NC. No reason given for this, though I find it interesting it was done just before voting day.

Cheers
Robb Worthington
Foothills Transition Initiating Group
crobbw@gmail.com
http://sustliving.blogspot.com/
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