Western North Carolina Heritage and Cultural Events
February 15th, 2004 
posted by John Dilbeck
On Thursday, I had the pleasure of seeing Ben Utley, owner of the NC Mountain Made website, again. It’s always fun being around Ben, who has a cheerful and optimistic personality.
NC Mountain Made is a heritage database of authentic music, authors, storytellers, and handmade arts & crafts of western North Carolina. In the not-too-distant-future, Ben will be helping artisans in western North Carolina sell their products over the Internet.
He came to the monthly meeting of Appalachian Heritage Crafters and updated us on the progress he is making getting his new venture organized.
A number of our members expressed interest in working with Ben and we’ll probably see some of their art on his site, soon.
Ben’s added a calendar covering Western North Carolina Heritage and Cultural Events. Be sure to check it out!
Don’t forget. If you’re interested in what he’s doing to promote and preserve our Appalachian heritage, you can sign up for his announcements list and he’ll keep you informed.
I hope you have great success with this, Ben!
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