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Troutman Library’s Sneak Peek

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Troutman, tagged , , , on May 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Last Sunday the J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library held a Sneak Peek fundraiser in preparation for the opening later on in May.  At last night’s meeting of the Citizens for the Troutman Library, president Winkie Powell pronounced the event a success with good attendance and compliments from many visitors. The library is scheduled to [...]

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Troutman Library Will Open Soon

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Real Estate, Troutman, tagged , , on April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library will officially open at 11:00AM on Tuesday, May 25, 2010!  There will be a dedication of the library the previous Sunday, May, 23.  It’s been a long haul, and recently, the county budget has added challenges to the schedule.  At long last, though, Troutman will have a sure [...]

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Troutman Library Update

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Went to the monthly meeting of the Friends for the Troutman Library.  Of course, we’re all excited at the prospect of opening that wonderful new library building and seeing it full of books and people, and we were assured it will open sooner rather than later.  The big holdup right now is the Iredell County [...]

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Passing of a Pillar of the Community

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , , on January 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

This week, we learned of the passing of one the pillars of the Troutman community- Ruth Starks.  I first met Ruth when I was 16 and working as the grocery delivery boy for Neil’s Grocery in Troutman.  Each week I’d bring the groceries she ordered in an old black Rambler station wagon.  I learned a lot [...]

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Peak Inside New Troutman Library

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

After our meeting of Citizens for the Troutman Library last night, we got the opportunity to go to the library building and look around.  Bernie Thompkins, who will be managing the library for Iredell County, said that she is starting to order books.  The maintenance department will soon be scheduled to begin installing the shelving.  [...]

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Need Old Troutman Photos

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Troutman, tagged , , on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A while back I posted some old black and white photos of Troutman from the 1930s and 1940s or so.  See the link HERE.  I had accumulated them from friends while running a real estate office in Troutman.  These photos are going to hang in the new Troutman library that is scheduled to open in April.  [...]

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Order Your Troutman Library Commemorative Bricks

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , on December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library will be opening this April.  It’ll be here before you know it!  One of the cool opportunities this presents is that the Citizens for the Troutman Library are selling commemorative 4″ x 8″ brick pavers to be placed in a couple of prominent locations in front of the [...]

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Troutman Library Book Donations

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several weeks ago, a reader asked about the possibility of donating books to the new Troutman Library in someone’s honor or memory.  I’ve checked into that and just had a conversation with Bernie Tompkins, Outreach Manager for the Iredell County Library System. Bernie said that it will be awhile before she can accept books donated [...]

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Sunny Troutman Library Photos

Posted in Iredell County, Quality of Life, Troutman, tagged , , on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Here’s a sunny boost on a rainy day-  I rode by the new J. Hoyt Hayes Memorial Troutman Library this week to snap a few updated photos.  Wow, it’s looking great!  Seems a shame to wait, but the grand opening is now scheduled for mid-April, 2010.  I think the county has to get its funding act [...]

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Making Lemonade

Posted in Finance, General Real Estate Market, Real Estate, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Lemons to lemonade.  Black cloud with a silver lining.  Silk purse out of a sow’s ear. There are a number of expressions that we sometimes hear when someone finds something good in an othewise bad situation.  For example, I work with the Citizens for a Troutman Library.  When the new library was designed, the architect estimated the [...]

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