Looking Backwards at Asheville and Buncombe County

Conference Room, 7th Floor
Biltmore Building, One North Pack Square

September 24, 1997

"One has to know what can be answered with wisdom from the past
and be aware of what new learning will be required"-Ronald Heifetz

8:30     Coffee and muffins

8:45     Akzona Building Changes Pack Square
           Vince Parsons (LAS IX)

9:00     Biltmore Company on the Square
            William Cecil, Jr. (LA 8), CEO Biltmore Company

9:15     The History of Asheville and Buncombe County Through Picture and Story
           Mitzi Tessier, author  

11:30   Lunch

12:15    Walking Tour: Pack Square, Pack Place and the Urban Trail
            Mitzi Tessier, Anne Campbell, Doug Lowery, and Marylyn Seyler

1:15     Books and Resources
           Anne Campbell, Doug Lowery, and Marylyn Seyler

1:30     People and Places in Asheville
           Bernard Smith, Asheville native and journalist

3:00     Putting It All Together
           Group Processing

Suggested activities:

Urban Trail
Smith McDowell House, 283 Victoria Road (10-4 T-S, 1-4 Sun) $3.00
YMI Cultural Center, Market & Eagle Streets
  Vance Homestead, Reems Creek Road, Weaverville (9-5 M-S, 1-5 Sun) Free
Thomas Wolfe House and Visitor Center, Woodfin Street (9-5 M-S, 1-5 Sun) Fee
Pack Memorial Library, Carolina Collection photographs
Biltmore Village Historic Museum (1-4:30 M-S)

Special thanks to Anne Campbell, Doug Lowery (LAS IX) and Marylyn Seyler (LAS VIII)