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...HENDERSONVILLE...

ELEVATION: 2,200 feet above mean sea level

CULTURAL: ...... Absolute Theatre Company The Belfry Players Flat Rock Playhouse (The State Theatre of N.C.) Hendersonville Little Theatre Hendersonville Chorale Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra Four Seasons Arts Council Opportunity House (Cultural Center)

.GOVERNMENT AND FINANCES: Hendersonville has a Mayor-Council form of government. Council members are nominated and elected from the city-at-large for a period of four years, and the mayor is elected from the city-at-large for a period of four years. Henderson County is governed by a Board of Commissioners of five members elected for a term of four years. The five elect a chairman. The county has a full time administrator.

Assessed Value of Property

Tax Rates (Per $100 of Assessed Valuation) $ 00.55

HOUSES OF WORSHIP: .........

There are 212 churches in Church and around Henderson County. Denominations: A.M.E., Anglican Church in America, Anglican Catholic, Assembly of God, Baha'i, Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Christian (Disciples of Christ), Christian and Missionary Alliance, Christian Science, Church of Christ, Church of God, Church of God of the Abrahamic Faith, Church of God in Christ, Church of God of Prophecy, Congregational, Episcopal, Holiness, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Lutheran, Moravian, Nazarene, Non-Denominational, Orthodox (in Asheville), Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Quaker, Religious Science, Salvation Army, Seventh-Day Adventist, Seventh-Day Baptist, Unitarian-Universalist, United Methodist, Unity, Wesleyan

POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION:

INDUSTRY: There are over 60 manufacturing establishments in Henderson County which employ approximately 7.5 thousand workers. The largest are: General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, Rockwell International, Steelcase, and Wilsonart International.

LABOR: Specific questions regarding this subject should be addressed to the Employment Security Commission of N. C., 26 Francis Road, Hendersonville, NC 28752.

NEWS MEDIA: The Times-News, P. O. Box 490, Hendersonville, NC 28793. This is a New York Times publication and is published mornings, seven days a week.

Radio Stations: WHKP-AM WTZQ-AM Television: Cablevision Cable TV ******************************************************************

Number on Police Forces CITY: 33 COUNTY: 57 Fire Stations: City: 1

County: 12 volunteer units (Bat Cave, Blue Ridge, Dana, Edneyville, Etowah, Fletcher, Gerton, Green River, Mills River, Mountain Home, Saluda, and Valley Hill)

Hendersonville insurance Rating: 6 Rescue Squads: 1 Emergency Medical Service

POPULATION:

City .... .... 1950 ....... .....1960 .. .. 1970....... .1980 ........ ..1990 ....... .1995

.... .... .... .... .. 5,381....... . 5,911 ..... ..6,443...... 6,862 ..........7,284 ........9,402

County ....30,921 .... 36,136 .... 42,804.... 58,580 .... 69,285 .... 75,485

SQUARE MILES: City: 5.32 County: 368

TRANSPORTATION: Railroads: 1 - Norfolk/Southern serves industrial customers Airlines: 3 - US Air, Comair, Atlantic Southeast Bus Lines: 1 - Greyhound Highways: 5 - 1-26, US 25, US 64, US 176, NC 191 Freight Lines: 35

UTILITIES: Gas: Natural Gas from Public Service Gas Company of N.C. Phone: Southern Bell Telephone Company (Asheville Office) Water: Hendersonville Water and Sewer Department. Hardness - 5 parts per million. Hendersonville receives water from a restricted water shed of more than 24.3 square miles located in Pisgah National Forest. This is supplemented by filtered water from a modern water treatment plant located at Mills River. Storage Capacity at distribution point is 10 million gallons.

WELCOME WAGON INTERNATIONAL, Libby Brissie (828)692-2377, Elisabeth Oehler (828)891-1731

UTIlITIES

DUKE POWER COMPANY, 165 Four Seasons Boulevard, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)697-3400

HENDERSON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL & RECYCLING CENTER, 802 Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828)697-4715

HENDERSONVILLE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, 318 4th Avenue East, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)697-3052

HENDERSONVILLE SANITATION DEPARTMENT (Recycling Center), 415 8th Avenue, East, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)697-3084

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NC (Gas), 130 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28793 (828)692-0511

SOUTHERN BELL, (828)780-2355 This is a local call from this area. If calling from non-Southern Bell territory, call 1-800-767-2355. Telephone books may be picked up at the Chamber of Commerce, 330 North King St., Hendersonville. To have a book mailed to you out of town, contact your local telephone company. They will order a copy and charge it to your telephone.

AUTO INFORMATION

N. C. LICENSE PLATE AGENCY, 172 Four Seasons Mall, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)692-0648 (License Plate $20.00)

N. C. DRIVERS LICENSE OFFICE, 125 Baystone Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28739 Off Highway 25N (828)692-6915

AREA PUBLICATIONS

ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 14 O. Henry Avenue, P. O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 28802 Newspaper (800)800-4204

THE TIMES-NEWS, 1717 Four Seasons Blvd, P. O. Box 490, Hendersonville, NC 28793 Morning Newspaper (828)692-0505 7 days a week

THE TOWN TOOTER'S CAROLINA SHOPPER, P. O. Box 276, Hendersonville, NC 28793 Weekly Shopper (828)698-8668

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS JOURNAL, 53 N. Market Street, Asheville-, NC 28801 Monthly Business Newspaper (828)258-1322

RADIO-TV

CABLEVISION CABLE TV, 103 Copper Penny St. (next to Food Lion off Greenville Hwy, which is Hwy 25S) P. O. Box 1460, Hendersonville, NC 28793 (828)692-3278

WSPA LITE FM 98.9, Suib 302 46 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801-2838 (828)253-9999

WHKP (AM), 1450 7th Avenue East, P. O. Box 2470, Hendersonville, NC 28793 (828)693-9061

WISE/WTZQ (AM), 717 Greenville Highway, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (7O4)692-1600

WKSF KISS COUNTRY, 13 Summerlin Road, Asheville, NC 28816 (828)257-2700 PUBUC RADIO STATIONS

WCQS (FM) - 88.1 WNCW (FM) - 88.7 WEPR (FM) - 90.1

HOSPITALS/HEALTH CARE

MARGARET R. PARDEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, 715 Fleming Street, Hendersonville NC 28739 (828)696-1000

PARK RIDGE HOSPITAL, P. O. Box 1569, Fletcher, NC 28732 (Naples Road) (828)684-8501

BLUE RIDGE HEALTH CENTER, P. O. Box 5151, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (Highway 64E) (828)692-4289

HENDERSON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, 1347 Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville , NC 28792 (828)692 4223

POST OFFICE

HENDERSONVILLE POST OFFICE, 427 5th Avenue West, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828)692-2547 There also are post offices in Dana, East Flat Rock, Edneyville, Etowah, Flat Rock, Horse Shoe, Mountain Home, Tuxedo, and Zirconia.

HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Main Branch: 301 N. Washington St., Hendersonville (828)6974725 Etowah Branch: Brirkyard Rd., Etowah (828)891-6577 Fletcher Branch: Hendersonville Rd., Fletcher (828)687-1218 Green River Branch: Tuxedo (828)697-4969

TAX INFORMATION

HENDERSON COUNTY TAX DEPARTMENT, 200 N. Grove Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)697-4870

HENDERSONVILLE CITY TAX DEPARTMENT, 145 5th Avenu- East, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)697-3002

N. C. STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, 135 Sugarloaf Road, Suite # 6, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828)693-6270 ONLY OPEN THURSDAY 8-12 &1-5.

SCHOOLS

BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Roub 2, Flat Rock, NC 28731 (828)692-3572

FAITH CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL, INC., 708 Old Spartanburg Road, Hendersonville, NC 28793 (828)692-0556 (Private) -

FLETCHER ACADEMY, INC., Howard Gap Road, Fletcher, NC 28732 (828)684-4751 (Seventh Day Adventist)

FRUITLAND BAPTIST BIBLE INSTITUTE, Route 2, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)685 8886

HENDERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 414 4th Avenue, West, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828)697-4733

HERITAGE HALL SCHOOL, 814 Old Spartanburg Highway, Hendersonville, NC 28792 (828)693-6845

IMMACULATA CATHOLIC SCHOOL, 711 Buncombe Street, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828)693-3277

PATHWAY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, 2103 Brevard Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739 (828) 693-5099

VOTING INFORmation

BOARD OF ELECTIONS, 100 North Kng Street, P. O. Box 2090, Hendersonville, NC 28793 (828)697-4970

CLIMATE OF HENDERSONVILLE NORTH CAROLINA

Hendersonville and the immediately surrounding area is sheltered from this heavy rain by the mountain ranges on either side. Thus, the average amount of rainfall at Hendersonville is about the same as that of coastal areas of North Carolina and other southeastern states, while the distribution throughout the year is more favorable.

Some snow falls at Hendersonville almost every winter, but the amount averages little more than that which falls in northern portions of North Carolina Piedmont. It is only a fraction of that which falls on the higher peaks to the northwest, where snow can be found the greater part of the winter, and where ski slopes are active less than fifty miles from Hendersonville.

HENDERSONVILLE is a little southeast of the center of Henderson County, a southern mountain county adjoining the South Carolina border. Lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains, which reach more than 3000 feet above mean sea level in adjoining counties on the east, and the Great Smoky Mountains, rising 5000 to 6000 feet on the west, Hendersonville and a large proportion of Henderson County lie close to the 2200 foot level. Thus Hendersonville enjoys the advantages of a mountain climate, while at the same time being protected by the higher ranges from some of the rigors of winter. The barrier formed by the Great Smoky Mountains tends to hold back the flow of cold air from winter outbreaks moving southward over the Plains States from central Canada; the weaker of these outbreaks are thus turned aside and prevented from reaching the Hendersonville area, while the stronger are tempered and modified in passing over the higher mountains. While the temperature drops below freezing on more than half the nights in winter, it is rare, even in the coldest weather, that fails to rise above freezing during the afternoon. Zero weather is extremely rare.

The average length of freeze-free growing season at Hendersonville and over the broad agricultural valley and gentle slopes, comprising most of Henderson County, is about six months of the year. The average date of last occurrence in spring of a temperature as low as 32 F at Hendersonville is April 22; of 28° F, around April 6; of 20° F, March 3. The average date of first occurrence in the autumn of 32 F is October 19; of 28- F, October 29; of 20° F, November 24.

Summer weather is pleasant in Hendersonville; it is cooler by five degrees, both day and night, than most Coastal Plan and Piedmont locations. Ninety degree weather occurs only once a week on an average in summer, less than one-third as often as in the eastern part of the State.

Rainfall is plentiful in the Greater Hendersonville area, and very well distributed throughout the year. The heaviest amounts fall, on an average, during the summer months, when the heaviest demands are placed on water supplies by man, animal, agriculture and industry. The only two months having an average of less than four inches of rain are October and November, when fair weather aids the harvest of farm crops. Although located in that general area of North Carolina which has the heaviest average rainfall in the State, Hendersonville and the immediately surrounding area is sheltered from this heavy rain by the mountain ranges on either side. Thus, the average amount of rainfall at Hendersonville is about the same as that of coastal areas of North Carolina and other southeastern states, while the distribution throughout the year is more favorable.

Westerly winds prevail at Hendersonville in summer, and northwesterlies at other seasons. To some extent, winds in the surrounding area are influenced by local topography, Wind speeds average eight to ten miles per hour, running somewhat higher in the early afternoon and a little lower in the early morning hours, before dawn. Tropical disturbances affecting coastal North Carolina, in summer and autumn, rarely cause high winds this far inland.

The sun shines more than half the daylight hours in Hendersonville, with the most sunshine in late spring and summer, and the least in winter. The autumn season usually provides a great deal of fine outdoor weather.

Flat Rock Playhouse

Flat Rock Playhouse, near Hendersonville and officially recognized as the State Theatre of North Carolina, Flat Rock Playhouse will complete its 1996 season in September. It is nationally known for the quality of its performances. Ranked in the top 10 of summer theaters in the U.S.A., Flat Rock Playhouse is 43 years old and its Vagabond Players have performed over 370 shows for over 3.3 million patrons. For ticket information and reservations, call the box office at 704-693-0731.

For More Information Contact: ..Greater Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce

330 North King Street Hendersonville, North Carolina 28792 (828) 692-1413

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