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Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina
FCNC Staff and Chefs at Flavors of the Foothills
Flavors of
the Foothills
The original Flavors was a small backyard festival
Home at Last
Festival, which FCNC held for two years at Catawba
By Martha Whit昀椀eld
FCNC Board of Directors and
Development Committee Chair
followed by a porch dinner at the Inn at Glen Alpine.
The next offering on the smorgasbord of events
associated with Flavors was the Foothills Wine
Meadows Park. Eventually, Flavors focused on an
evening dinner at venues that included CoMMA,
The Armory, a converted mill in Valdese, Morganton
Community House, outdoors on West Union Street in
downtown Morganton, Silver Fork Winery, and Fonta
After alternating venues for 20-some years, Flavors of
Flora’s Whippoorwill Farm. For a number of years, the
Carolina’s annual signature event – found a home
donated by local artists, craftspeople, and businesses.
Forest. Despite various seasonings, two ingredients
of the auctioneer and skits by board members!
the Foothills (Flavors) – Foothills Conservancy of North
event included a silent and live auction with items
in 2024 at its very own Oak Hill Community Park and
Attendees may recall the laughter and camaraderie
remained constant at each event: the celebration
of FCNC’s increasing land preservation and the
showcasing of regional venues and talent.
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Despite all these different “昀氀avors” going into the
Flavors event, the organization longed to hold its
annual fundraiser on land it had worked to protect. In
