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Celebrate Spring Virtually at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Schiele to Go, Virtual Tours at The Schiele Museum of Natural History

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Barrister’s Barbeque Benefit in Gastonia

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Whether you are a long time resident or new to the area, you’ll find local & regional events, destinations and experiences in the Destination Magazine™ that will give you memories for a lifetime The Destination Magazine™ is about new destinations and experiences to discover on your own, or outings with friends and family. We hope you will find a new memorable experience ever y month in the Destination Magazine™ .

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Grapes Grow Onward At Yadkin Valley Wineries

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Trails And Ales, Vines And Wines: Elkin’s Ready When You Are

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When The Time Is Right, Hendersonville Awaits

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Farm To Table Without The Table

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Hanging Rock Scenic Byway

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19 Totally Fly Reasons To Visit Goldsboro Post Covid-19

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elcome to Belmont, a wa lkable dow ntow n with more culinary, craft beverage and shopping destinations that you could possibly visit in one day!

Two of the most recent additions to the community are Jekyll & Hyde and Primal Brewery. Both offering craft-brewed beers and uniquely different food choices.

Jekyll’s dining room offers a traditional English pub feel with a touch of steampunk décor. The kitchen serves traditional and not so traditional English/Irish/American plates such as Sheppard’s pie, fish and chips and our homemade bread pudding. Some other traditional and signature dishes include CAB center cut steaks, CAB hand pattied burgers and tasty flatbreads. All dishes are made from scratch with only the freshest ingredients.

Jekyll & Hyde presents a unique dining experience with chef tailored selections inspired by traditional English, Irish and American cuisines. Take a walk-through the regions only Steampunk gastropub and brewery where you will find a large selection of freshly brewed beers, wine for any palate, and signature craft cocktails.

Hyde’s bar brings the steampunk design a step further with reclaimed wood and metal art. The Belmont location adds a brewery to the J&H brand. Offering 50 craft beers on tap featuring some of North Carolina’s hottest breweries.

Jekyll and Hyde’s wine selection will please the most sophisticated wine drinkers. If you crave craft “ J e k y l l & H y d e i s a cocktails, that’s their specialty! family-owned and operated taphouse, brewer y and grill. The Primal Brewery, founded in 2013 goal is to bring people together by David Hoy and Ray Steimel, began to offer a dining experience not serving craft beer in Huntersville. available anywhere else!” says Less than a year later, Primal was Frank LaFragola, owner of Jekyll named North Carolina Brewer of the & Hyde Mathews and Historic Year at the North Carolina Brewers Belmont. and Music Festival.

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in Belmont, Primal has acquired Tim “The Brew Chef ” Schafer to head up the culinary creations to be served onsite. Tim “The Brew Chef,” is a nationally recognized beer personality and a leading authority on cooking with beer. Heck, you can O n M a y 8 t h , t h e Fo u n d i n g drop the “beer personalty” Tim is an Fathers of Primals’ fermentation will all-around personality! fling open the doors, (for curbside pickup) and begin service from the Come to Belmont, spend a day or new Historic Belmont Brewery. two, and come hungry!

Queuing off the warmth and feel of the Huntersrville location, the new three-story restaurant, production, packaging, and taproom is put together with attention to details that will make this a go-to gathering place for locals, as well as a destination for beer travelers from around the state.

To complement the award-winning beers that will be produced

Jekyll & Hyde 16 N Main St, Belmont, NC 28012 Primal Brewery 52 Ervin St, Belmont, NC 28012 Gaston County offers visitors a variety of attractions to enhance your trip including museums, botanical gardens, extreme sports, hiking, dining and entertainment parks, art and history and more. www.gogaston.org

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Grapes Grow Onward At Yadkin Valley Wineries

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t can bring solace in times of uncertainty to think about those aspects of life which move forward unaffected.

In the vineyards of the Yadkin Valley, grapes grow on leafy vines, marking the promise of a coming harvest just a few months away.

wineries, and its owners led the effort to get the federal government to recognize the appellation. The Sheltons also contributed greatly to a state-of-the-art winemaking and viticulture school at Surry Community College, the only community college in the state to have its own bonded Nobody knows when executive winery, Surry Cellars. orders will be lifted or people will feel safe traveling again, but this year’s The newest Yadkin Valley winery is grapes keep growing, while grapes Haze Gray Vineyards, also in Dobson. from previous years age in oaken It opened in mid-December, only to barrels. All part of the time-honored close three months later due to the traditions of making wine along the pandemic. However, its owners, like Surry County Wine Trail. everyone in the industry, are ever hopeful for the day visitors can return It’s now been 17 years since to North Carolina wine country. the Yadkin Valley became North Carolina’s first federally-designated In the meantime, most vineyards wine appellation, a distinction offer shipping right to your door, putting the region on par with allowing wine aficionados to enjoy more famous spots like Sonoma a Yadkin Valley tasting safely in the and Napa Valley. comforts of their own home.

Over the years, more than 45 To learn which wineries offer wineries have filled the Yadkin Valley, shipping or to receive a free Surry including 16 vineyards in the heart County Wine Trail guide, go to of the valley comprising the Surry YadkinValleyNC.com.

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here are many treasures to experience in Burke County.

Many local attractions have done a lot of adapting to make sure that they are able to still provide fantastic, one of a kind experiences during the uncertainty of COVID-19. One of those attractions is the Henry River Mill Village located near Hildebran in Burke County. They combine the need for time outdoors with lessons in history that would make a fun family or “quaran-team” excursion.

The Henry River Mill Village was built in 1905 as a planned, contained community centered around a cotton mill. The Village had 35 small houses for the workers and their families to live in, an independent fire department and emergency services, and a company store for the workers to buy basic necessities and even toys for their children. The mill shut down in the late 60’s due to manufacturing moving overseas, then the main mill building burned in 1977 but some workers still lived on the property until the late 90’s. The site stayed mostly abandoned until it was chosen as the site of District 12 in the first Hunger Games movie

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that came out in 2012. This brought a lot of attention to the site and the momentum lead to it being placed on the National Register of Historic Sites in 2019.

The village is offering self-guided tours as a way to aid with social distancing and have made admission for children (12th grade and younger) free with accompanying adult.

Adult entrance into the Mill Village is $15 and 100% of the proceeds go directly to the Henry River Preservation Fund. For more information and to book your tour, please visit www.henryrivermillvillage.com For more Burke Treasures, visit Discover Burke County on Facebook at www.facebook. com/DiscoverBurkeCounty or our website www. discoverburkecounty.com

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hen the time is right for traveling again, those who enjoy outdoor adventure and craft spirits will find an ideal getaway in the small riverside town of Elkin.

A new movement is afoot in this former manufacturing town encouraging locals and visitors to explore Elkin. The Elkin Valley Trails Association, whose volunteers are in the hundreds, has built miles of hiking and mountain biking trails along the old Elkin & Alleghany Railroad line and in the hills and hollows surrounding Big Elkin Creek.

Locals are quite fond of saying “all trails lead to Elkin,” and there’s a lot of truth in that.

This friendly place, tucked away in the Blue Ridge foothills of North Carolina’s Yadkin Valley, is A couple years ago an older the only town in North Carolina l a n d o w n e r a t t e n d i n g a t r a i l s w h e r e t h r e e s a n c t i o n e d t r a i l s c o n f e r e n c e i n T h e L i b e r t y, a converge. refurbished events venue in a for mer tobacco warehouse on The Mountains-to-Sea Trail and Main Street, was so inspired by Yadkin River Blue Water Trail are the trails movement he granted both North Carolina-sanctioned easements for a trail to a beautiful trails, while the Overmountain waterfall just outside town that Victor y Trail is a federally-sanc- had been hidden for generations. tioned trail. All three are easily accessed within a few blocks of People come from near and Main Street. far to hike the trails, knock Continued On Page 30

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The Time Is Right, Hendersonville Awaits

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he Blue Ridge Mountain town of Hendersonville strikes an unusual balance. It’s big enough to offer year-round activities, yet small enough to feel warm, welcoming and personable.

as you pass boutiques and galleries.

Lose yourself for an hour or more across two floors of merchandise in Mast General Store. Enjoy sidewalk dining at one of 25 independently owned restaurants. Treat yourself to an ice cream cone as you admire It’s mountainous enough to the Bearfootin’ Bears, each painted provide sweeping views, but easily by a local artist. accessible via an interstate drive.

Hendersonville’s elevation is lofty Only 15 minutes from downtown, enough for less-humid summers Jump Off Rock provides panoramic and winter snowfalls, yet temperate views of the Blue Ridge and Great enough to accommodate visitors Smoky mountains. On a clear day, across all four seasons. peer into four states — North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Located just south of Asheville, Georgia. The sunset view is one of Hendersonville lies two hours west the best in Western North Carolina. of Charlotte and approximately three hours from the Triad.

With more than 10,000 acres of old-growth forest, DuPont State Downtown’s cur vilinear Main Recreational Forest provides a Street encourages pedestrians.

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seemingly endless playground for hiking, biking, fishing and horseback riding. The gems of the forest are its numerous waterfalls. Park at Hooker Falls Access Area and hike to as many as three stunning falls along a single trail.

Holmes Educational State Forest has a mission to teach visitors about the trees, wildflowers and critters around them. Families enjoy an easy walk along the Talking Trees Trail where different species of trees tell of their characteristics and uses.

For a multisensor y delight, Bullington Gardens has 12 acres of trails, maintained gardens and greenhouses. In the native garden, flowering plants attract butterflies, bees and birds, while savory and sweet fragrances mingle in the herb garden.

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trawberries (and more!)” Who would have thought that would be a rallying cr y? But here we are in the midst of a ver y difficult time, and also at the beginning of the North Carolina Strawberr y season. The great news is these two points can intersect in Granville County as farms are cleared as “essential” because of the food supply they provide to households.

such as the Car rboro Far mers M a r k e t o n We d n e s d a y s a n d Saturdays and at the Wilton Pizzeria on Wednesday. At the farm strawberr y “picking” will begin in the next few weeks and offer “you pick” and “we pick.”

Two farms in Granville County taking the lead in delivering essential fruit and produce are Lyon Far ms in Creedmoor and Christmas Place Strawberr y Farm in Bullock. “ We’re doing ever ything we can to keep up supply ” says Mark Lyon who runs Lyon Farms with his wife Rose. The farm currently supplies pre-made boxes of a cross section of vegetables for sale at the farm and at select community sites

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The Christmas Place Strawberry Farm is a dedicated strawberr y farm with 3 acres of crops. The large fields are ideal for safe, distancing while picking as the rows are over 300 feet long. The farm will monitor the crowd and space families out accordingly. They are reporting a “bumper crop!� So keep a distance, but get you fresh produced in Granville County.

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uddy River Distiller y announced it will make hand sanitizer to supply healthcare and first responders in Belmont, N.C. and Gaston County. Since Muddy River has temporarily closed distillery tours, production of sanitizer is a new priority. On Friday, Muddy River donated 95 gallons of hand sanitizer to CaroMont Health.

Additionally, Muddy River Distillery plans to produce and donate over 300 gallons of hand sanitizer for use by CaroMont Health, first responders and nonprofits in Belmont and Gaston County.

Home improvement retailer Lowe’s is stepping in to help offset additional operating costs for the distillery, allowing the initial 300 gallons of hand sanitizer to be made and donated to these heroes of our community.

“We’re happy that Muddy River can do our part in responding to the coronavirus pandemic in our local area and thankful that Lowe’s wanted to step in to ensure

our small business could do this without worrying about additional operating expenses to do the right thing,” said Caroline Delany, co-owner of Muddy River Distillery.

The distillery is asking organizations in the area to visit muddyriverdistillery.com and submit a request. Muddy River is also looking for access to various container sizes for distribution and will only be able to provide hand sanitizer to organizations versus individuals.

For more infor mation, visit muddyriverdistillery.com

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Hanging Rock Scenic Byway

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e know you must be longing to enjoy flowers in bloom along the North Carolina “Hanging Rock Scenic Byway” named for outcroppings of the Sauratown Mountains. Those ancient peaks, an indication of diverse natural splendor below. A visit to Cascade Falls introduces you to a double drop of 200 feet at upper cascade and another 60 feet at lower cascade. Visitors will want to explore places like Tory’s Den, a cave used as a hiding place for loyalists to the king in Revolutionary War times. The story of Tory’s Den is that Redcoats used it as a hideout where nearly 100 “Tories” would hide. But their campfires were spotted by night and they were quickly routed.

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by Wheeler and Runge in Classical Revival and Beaux Art styles. Beside the courthouse obser ve a stop on the NC Civil War Trail, Moody Tavern, known for being Stoneman’s Headquarters in 1865, and later a Byway towns like Danbur y tourist court. date back to pre-colonial times when Indian villages still dotted the Outside Danbury venture down piedmont. Founded in 1849, as a to Moratock Park, a unique county town evolved from Indian village to park where the Dan River horseshoes trading post to a pre-Civil War city. In around park property, take a dip, Danbury you will want to visit The canoe or tube ride on the mighty Arts Place of Stokes a centerpiece Dan. This park includes an additional of Historic Downtown, featuring stop on the Civil War Trail where a regional arts market with items Moratock Ironworks Furnace can from local artist for sale. Across the Continued On Page 25

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19 Totally Fly Reasons To Visit Goldsboro Post COVID-19

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hen COVID-19 passes, we’ll all be desperate to get out of the house and explore again. So, in preparation for that wonderful moment, here are 19 Totally Fly reasons to make Goldsboro-Wayne County your first “post-19” destination.

Wilber ’s BBQ, arguably the most famous BBQ in the state, is re- opening – and surely, the single best way to shake off the quarantine blues is through tucking into a hearty plate of this legendary pit smoked BBQ! Stay up to date by checking out Facebook @wilbersbbq.

so float through the peaceful surrounds on one of their boats for hire – or chill out on the banks and watch the world go by. More at ncparks. gov/cliffs-of-the-neuse-state-park/ home.

Pork lovers will want to stop at the Nahunta Pork Center, officially the largest pork retailer in the whole country. A bucket stop for pig and Downtown Goldsboro welcomes bbq fans. Learn more at nahunta�yet more exciting new businesses. To pork.com/about-us. mention just a few -Downtown Fresh Market, Barre Haus, and Tufano’s And while we’re on the subject Wine Bar. Makes for an idyllic of pork, why not re-familiarize weekend stroll around Downtown, yourself with Goldsboro -Wayne p u n c t u a t e d b y c o f f e e , f r e s h l y County ’s BBQ, using our handy bought goods, and a cheeky glass B B Q Pa s s p o r t t o n a v i g a t e t h e of wine. Find out more on Facebook deluge of amazing BBQ. Warning: @downtowngoldsboro. wear stretchy pants! Contact Visit Goldsboro at jjenkins@goldsbo�The beautiful Cliffs of the Neuse ronc.gov to get your passport. opens their boating lake in Summer,

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Take part in one of North Carolina’s oldest Road Runs - The Greater Goldsboro Road Run. Rescheduled for July 11, the new date gives a bit of time to get some practice runs in beforehand! Check out runsignup. com/Race/NC/Goldsboro/GreaterGoldsboro10K5K1M for registration.

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Rumor has it that the beloved Heritage Farms General Store is opening a restaurant in the near future – but in the meantime, it’s milkshake weather! Go and get yours asap. More details on all products at L o o k i n g f o r a p e a c e f u l heritagefarmsgeneralstore.com. overnight getaway? Cliffs of the N e u s e S t a t e Pa r k r e n t r u s t i c History buffs will love taking a cabins through Summer, where free private tour around Goldsboryou can wake up surrounded by ough Bridge Battlefield, rich with its nature. Bliss. Book at ncparks.gov/ civil war history. Costumes included! cliffs-of-the-neuse-state-park.

Visit goldsboroughbridge.org to book your tour.

Make the most of the gorgeous w e a t h e r, a n d f l o a t d o w n t h e While some events have sadly River Neuse. And, fun fact: at been canceled, there are still lots to 275 miles long, the River Neuse look forward to this year. For starters is the longest river contained – Taste of Wayne County, Pig in the completely in North Carolina. Plan Park, and the Pickle Drop on New your adventure at ncparks.gov/ Continued On Page 29

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Year’s Eve. So much fun to be had, so little time! Plan your trip by visiting visitgoldsboronc.com/visitors-guide/.

Sometimes it’s the little things in life that are the best. R&R Brewing are helping us all out by brewing up a fresh batch of PickleTown lager, so you can now get your hands on the sell-out craft beer, and help you get in the mood for Pickle Festival 2021. Order yours at randrbrew.com or head into the brewery for the full experience.

the most delicious surprise awaits you inside! Track yours down here: facebook.com/fastbreakinc.

Savor the sweetness of fresh strawber ries, with strawber r y picking season at Odom Farms.

They also have some adorable For some more beer related good month- old baby goats to visit, news – the much loved owners while you’re there! Plan your trip at of Goldsboro Brew Works are set odomfarmingcompany.com. to open Downtown Goldsboro’s first brewer y. Enough said! The Goldsboro-Wayne County has date is still under wraps, but keep got its fair share of historic sites an eye on their Facebook page – so why not spend a leisurely @goldsborobrewworks. day exploring the Birthplace of Charles B. Aycock, and get If you’ve spent quarantine per- to know more about our past. fecting your golf, now is the time to Details at historicsites.nc.gov/ show it off at one of the many scenic a l l - s i t e s / g o v e r n o r - c h a r l e s - b golf courses in Goldsboro Wayne aycock-birthplace.

County. Check out the options and other options for outdoor fun at Last but not least, Secret Garden visitgoldsboronc.com/things-to-do/ Winer y offers delicious wines, outdoor-fun/.

Southern hospitality and a welcome break from the world. Sounds just Hike the Mountain To Sea Trail. like what we all need. Visit asecretWinding its way through North gardenwinery.com for info.

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down a pint or two at local craft breweries, Angr y Troll and Skull Camp, and venture into the rolling countr yside along the Surr y County Wine Trail.

Thirteen of the 16 wineries on the Surr y County Wine Trail are within a 20-minute drive of Elkin, while several more are easily accessed in neighboring Yadkin County.

Back downtown, the Reeves Theater, a spectacularly restored art deco theater, hosts live music several nights a week, showcasing such music genres as Americana, b l u e g r a s s , c o u n t r y, r o o t s a n d old-time.

When you’re ready for some exploration of Elkin, go to ExploreElkin.com.

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