The GroWNC Consortium will be holding a second, and final, series of community meetings scheduled for November and December in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania counties.  Meeting organizers state that the goal of the meetings is to gather community input and provide an update on the progress of GroWNC. Community meetings are scheduled to take place on Nov. 8 in Buncombe County, Nov. 13 in Transylvania County, Nov. 15 in Hendersonville, Nov. 29 in Haywood County, and Dec. 6 in Madison County. The meetings will be from 1 to 3 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m .on the designated day for each county.

“To accommodate a variety of schedules, we’re holding the community Meetings in two sessions, with a drop-in format, in each county,” said Carrie Runser-Turner, GroWNC program manager. ...