These are just a few of the amazing amenities offered at Headwaters at Banner Elk!

- Professionally Staffed Gate House for controlled access and peace of mind
- The Point Clubhouse with views of NC, TN, and VA mountains featuring a fully equipped fitness room, game room, gourmet kitchen, 14 seat state-of-the-art theater and 2,000 s.f. of outdoor decks
- Two spring-fed lakes with picnic areas and fishing piers
- Tennis court with 20 mile view
- The Sunset Amphitheater for concerts, lectures, weddings and other special events
- The Lakeside Park with covered picnic pavilion with mountain stone fireplace
- Miles of maintained walking & hiking trails, including a 1.5 mile trail around two lakes
- Deer Creek Park featuring a three acre wonderland of trails, bridges, two 2-story tree houses, campsites, picnic areas and a swinging bridge of a trout pond
- Stoney Creek Park on the lower lake with footbridges, outdoor grill, fishing pier and stone picnic table
- Fall Creek Falls Park featuring a 30′ natural waterfall with 60′ cascade and trail
- Sunset Park with a sweeping view of the Pisgah National Forest, perfect for watching brilliant sunsets

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Winter sports enthusiasts are invited to ring in 2010 on the slopes in the High Country of North Carolina.

The festivities begin with a 10:30 p.m. fireworks show at Beech Mountain Resort, while Sugar Mountain Resort lights the skies at midnight.

Beech Mountain Resort provides night skiing until 10 p.m., followed by ice skating from 10 p.m. to midnight. Folks can watch the 10:30 p.m. fireworks display from the Viewhaus restaurant or anywhere in the Alpine village at the base of the slopes. There will also be live music in the Beech Tree Bar & Grill from Chasing Edison, a Charlotte-based rock band.

Sugar Mountain Resort has skiing, tubing and ice skating until 10 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. At midnight, the public is invited to a combined torch light parade and fireworks show, while the Terry Batson Band provides live beach music and oldies in the lodge.

For info on these celebrations, visit the websites for each resort:  www.skisugar.com and www.skibeech.com.

Be sure to visit us at Headwaters at Banner Elk when you’re in town for the celebrations! With six community parks, two lakes, miles of professionally built trails and a mountaintop clubhouse unequaled elsewhere, it is understandable why The Headwaters continues to set the standard by which all other communities are compared.

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Fine Dining

In Banner Elk alone, you can park and walk to 10 outstanding restaurants. From sophisticated Continental and Mediterranean Cuisine to American Grill and Country-Style Smorgasbord, Banner Elk and the immediate area feature some of the finest dining to be found in North Carolina.

Numerous chefs from the area’s country clubs have opened their own restaurants, some having been featured in leading culinary and travel magazines including Wine Spectator, Southern Living, Bon Appetite, and Travel & Leisure among others.

For list of restaurants in Banner Elk: CLICK HERE

 For a list of restaurants in The High Country: CLICK HERE

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Rivaling many upscale, urban locales, Banner Elk and nearby Blowing Rock offer numerous upscale boutiques, as well as shops featuring more local fare. Outfitter stores provide a wide selection to meet all your active wear needs.

The most famous, founded in the late 1800’s is the Mast General Store, offering high end outerwear & supplies, not to mention the Candy Barrel, which perhaps has the largest assortment of candy in western North Carolina.

 Another popular shopping destination, the Shops on the Parkway, operated by Tanger Outlets, features 38 manufacturer-owned outlet shops including Liz Claiborne, Nautica, Nike, Ralph Lauren, and many more.

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By: John Haynes

Here at The Headwaters, we’ve ignored the recession and continued with our tremendous momentum.  We just finished the strongest September ever in the history of Headwaters.  Our sales team wrote nine arms length contracts in the month.  In fact, that is the second best month ever in the history of the community.  I say, “arms length” contracts because it is easy to be fooled by some in this business who create inter-company transfers in an effort to boost the appearance of sales activity. 

Furthermore, this was accomplished without drastic price reductions like those of some of our competitors.  Why?  Because The Headwaters already offers the best value of any real estate development in The High Country, so we haven’t had to cut prices.  This sales activity included one resale lot, five new lots, one condominium and two cottage home contracts.  We expect the trend to continue with a great October, based on the fact that we have many appointments lined up, as well as October traditionally being the best month of the year.
 
So make your plans now and see all that we have going on.  If you visited us a year or more ago, you’ll be astonished at the amount of new homes and activity taking place up here.  Call us today at 866.200.3290 to schedule a private tour!

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Mountaineer players and coaches will be available for autographs and photos on the KBS turf from 4-5:30 p.m., as well as inflatable rides and face painting by ASU cheerleaders for the kids. Fans will also get their first glimpse at the new Yosef mascot that will patrol the sidelines for the Mountaineers in 2009.

At 6 p.m., the Apps will hold their final scrimmage before the Sept. 5 season opener at East Carolina. The ASU Marching Band, North Carolina’s Band of Distinction, will perform their gameday hits during the intrasquad scrimmage.

Admission to the event is FREE.

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“We spent years researching communities, but when we toured The Headwaters, we were blown away. John has thought of everything, with lakes, parks, treehouses, clubhouse, fitness center, theater, etc. Not only that, but he put everything in up front, so that gave us a comfort level we didn’t find elsewhere. One thing that impresses me is how well maintained everything is, all year long. We were concerned with access in the winter, but the roads here are better maintained than anywhere else we’ve ever lived. We started out thinking this would be a seasonal home, but now we’ve put our coastal house up for sale and moving here full time. It has been a wonderful experience!”

- Rich and Nora Williams (home owners) from Emerald Isle, NC

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Headwaters developer John Haynes will be interviewed live on the Triad’s number one talk radio station, WSJS 600AM and 1200AM.  Morning talk show host JR Snider has visited The Headwaters at Banner Elk and has been promoting the community daily on the radio, but on Monday, May 4^th at 9:00 am, he’ll interview John Haynes in a live broadcast. 

Please listen in on the radio or streaming live at www.wsjs.com 
(look for the “listen live” button at the top right).

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Many people ask me “Why did you name your development, ‘The Headwaters’?”  There are several reasons (1) it simply sounds good; (2) it’s different than all the  other developments with names like “Bear this”, “Deer that”, or “Mountain such and such”, and (3) we have many springs and streams that form the headwaters of the Elk River.  But the reason that I like to cite most is one that is dearest to my heart, and actually dawned on me after I’d arrived at the name.

I’m a Christian and in the Bible, Jesus is referred to as the source of ”living water” and any who thirst that drink from that fountain will never thirst again.  The name “The Headwaters” is a daily reminder to myself that Jesus is the source of my strength and very life.  Therefore, the name “The Headwaters” carries a much deeper meaning for me than just a marketing name.  In fact, our tag line is “Refresh your spirit at the source.”, of course in my mind, that source is Jesus Christ.

Therefore, as Christians around the globe celebrate the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, I wish you a joyful Easter and hope that if you don’t already know the One who is the source of life itself, you’ll ask me and I can have the privilege of sharing the story with you.

“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”  John 7:37-38 NKJV

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