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Welcome to Sheville! We are proud to showcase our Western North Carolina region, and Asheville in particular! You have come to the page where we talk about what's new here on Sheville, so Come on Home!

Asheville, North Carolina, June 30th, 2009 – Stacey Curnow, the dynamic Life Coach behind Midwife For Your Life, announces her first-ever Women’s Wisdom Circle. The four-week program will run in four sessions every Sunday from July 12th – August 2nd and will be held at the Women’s Wellness and Education Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
http://sheville.org/mindbody/health_article.php?articleID=573

Mike Fowler recently started New Energy Solutions WNC that focuses on the critical, alternative energy needs.
http://sheville.org/asheville/family_article.php?articleID=562

Laurey Masterton, owner of Laurey's Catering, is a 20 year survivor of Ovarian Cancer. At age 54, she is taking time out of her life to ride a bicycle over 3000 miles cross country to make women aware of signs of Ovarian cancer. You can read about her adventures or donate to ovarian cancer.
http://www.laureybikes.blogspot.com

Have you seen our new Sheville forums? You'll see them under our Sheville Community Forums navigation tab. Here you can participate in discussions about many issues, whether national, local, or global.
http://sheville.org/smf/index.php

Manna Food Bank Donation Page - MANNA FoodBank is a private, not-for-profit service organization, founded in 1982, that links the food industry with 331 partner agencies in 16 counties of WNC. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! For every $10 you donate, MANNA can provide enough food for 25 meals.
http://mannafoodbank.org/donate-money-online

Please visit our Women's Studies pagefor information about the women's studies programs at the various WNC universities and colleges.
http://sheville.org/womensstudiessouth/womensstudiessouth.php

Do you know about Girls on the Run? If not, you should!
http://www.girlsontherun.org/

That's all she wrote! The final chapter in Matty McEire's novel is Chapter 30: Sing!
http://sheville.org/asheville/lesbian_article.php?articleID=453

Click here for our bibliography on Women's Studies.
http://sheville.org/womensstudiessouth/womensstudiessouth_article.php?articleID=394

Click here for our bibliography on green building.
http://sheville.org/environment/green_article.php?articleID=398

Check out our bibliography on Energy conservation.
http://sheville.org/environment/green_article.php?articleID=399

Check out our bibliography on Asheville and Western North Carolina.
http://sheville.org/visitors/maps_article.php?articleID=397

Sheville's guide to galleries in the WNC region can be found here.
http://sheville.org/arts/visual_article.php?articleID=297

Welcome to Sheville!

Sheville Staff

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the mountains of Western North Carolina and to www.Sheville.org the online resource for WNC with a focus on the richness of our environment and our people.

Sheville is a community magazine with specialty features such as a Community Calendar and Art, Business and Non-profits Directory. Sheville’s mission is to help create an awareness of the distinctive character and personality of our extraordinary region and to provide a supportive web environment for our readers and contributors. Sheville welcomes advertisers who share our vision.

The Sheville Mall offers an affordable opportunity for shopkeepers to join our marketplace. We also offer our advertisers personalized design of Sheville web pages and small business consultation services. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Va Boyle, Jean Cassidy and Lee Lehman

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