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When Neighbors Deliver More Than Mail: The Power of Community Giving

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What happens when a community rallies together to tackle food insecurity? This week's episode of the George Real Estate Group podcast highlights the upcoming Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive - the nation's largest single-day food collection event taking place this Saturday, May 10th.

The episode features a powerful conversation with Arcadia Smith from the National Association of Letter Carriers, whose personal journey epitomizes the drive's mission. After losing everything in a house fire fifteen years ago, Arcadia found herself standing in a food bank as volunteers filled her cart with necessities. Two years later, she became a letter carrier, participating in the very food drive that helps others experiencing similar hardships.

Representatives from three local organizations - The Storehouse of Henderson County, Interfaith Assistance Ministry, and the Salvation Army - share eye-opening statistics about our community's ongoing needs. One in eight Americans faces food insecurity, and locally, one in nine Henderson County families sought assistance last year. The discussion reveals how Hurricane Helene continues to impact our neighbors, with many families still struggling with massive utility bills and housing insecurity seven months later.

We learn the mechanics of the food drive (leave non-perishable items by your mailbox before mail delivery), what makes ideal donations (canned goods, peanut butter, boxed meals), and what to avoid (glass containers, expired items). Henderson County's impressive collection of 38,000 pounds last year even outpaced neighboring Asheville in a friendly competition.

The episode underscores a poignant reality: our community displays both remarkable prosperity and significant need. This Saturday presents a simple yet meaningful opportunity to help close that gap by participating in the food drive. As Arcadia eloquently puts it, "These organizations should not have to do it all on their own. This is our time."

Ready to make a difference? Join us by leaving non-perishable food items by your mailbox this Saturday, and consider making it part of your Mother's Day weekend celebration. Let's show what happens when neighbors help neighbors.

Speaker 1:

Hello friends, thank you so much for being here. This is the George Real Estate Group podcast, which is a production of our live weekly radio shows hosted on multiple radio stations here in Hendersonville, north Carolina. The George Real Estate Group serves Western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina and it is a privilege to share positive news about our local real estate market and community. Thanks so much for subscribing and, of course, if you have any real estate questions or if we can help you in any way, be sure to reach out. Visit us at georgerealestategroupradiocom for more information. Good morning and welcome to the George Real Estate Group live radio broadcast here every Thursday morning on WHKP, sharing with you positive news about your local real estate market community. We're so grateful to be here with you Continuing the conversation we're having over the last few weeks about Stamp Out Hunger. The Stamp Out Hunger drive is the nation's largest food drive annually and we'll talk about that. Before we do that, just a quick snapshot about the local real estate market and, if you're tuning in, for the first time ever, the Georgia Real Estate Group is located in Flat Rock. We've had the privilege of helping over 1,500 families throughout the years. We have over 100 years combined experience at the Georgia Real Estate Group and we serve Western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina. So if you're thinking of buying, selling, investing or even getting into the real estate career, we'd love to have the conversation.

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If you're curious about what the market's doing the average single family home price over the last 12 months almost $541,000. Average single family home price Over the last 12 months we've been averaging about 125 single-family homes a month selling. The demand is remaining strong. Actually, the current 12 months, the rolling 12 months, is slightly higher than the previous 12 months, but the price seems to be staying about the same. But another fascinating thing is our inventory. We have less than 500 single-family homes in the market. So it's still a great time and we know real estate happens around life. It could be a really positive reason why you're buying or selling, or a challenging reason, but we know life happens. Therefore, real estate happens regardless of the economy or the interest rates or or anything going on.

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And then one more snapshot In the last seven days in Henderson County 56 new listings. In the last seven days in Henderson County 56 new listings. Now, this is amazing 51 homes have gone under contract. And again, this is just Henderson County. Conversely, there's also been price reductions 50 price reductions. So I mean it's an interesting. You can still overprice your home and on the other side of the coin we're still seeing multiple offers. So again, you have to price your home correctly. But 51 homes have gone under contract in the last seven days and there's been 28 closed. I mean, that's typical at the beginning of the month. You have less closings at the beginning of the month. A lot of people like to close at the end of the month. But again, if you're just curious about the market or a career in real estate, or even about your investment properties or 1031 exchanges or even ways to donate real estate, we're working in those manners as well. Give us a call. 828-393-0134.

Speaker 1:

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. It's the nation's largest one-day food drive in the country and it's organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers and it's every second Saturday in May and it happens to be this Saturday, may 10th, when the letter carriers collect food donations left by mailboxes on their regular routes. And it's very simple you leave non-perishable items by your mailbox before the mail delivery on May 10th and the letter carriers are going to pick them up and then distribute it to the local food banks and ministries and this morning we're so grateful to have this. This morning, three of the nonprofits that directly are impacted by the food drive and Arcadia Smith, with the National Association of Letter Carriers, and Arcadia we're going to have the conversation. We'll start the conversation with you first. Good morning and welcome in this morning.

Speaker 2:

Good morning.

Speaker 1:

I know you're so excited about this uh day on saturday. Yeah, two more days. It's, I mean it's, it's happening and it's an incredible undertaking by everyone at at the post office yes, it's all hands on deck.

Speaker 2:

Definitely. Carriers, cler, supervisors, everyone is involved.

Speaker 1:

And this last year let's put things in the context there was some friendly competition going on between Henderson County and Buncombe County's letter carriers, right, yes, definitely, between the Hendersonville post office and the post offices in Asheville alone.

Speaker 2:

We had a friendly little challenge and the post offices in Asheville alone. We had a friendly little challenge and we beat them. We received right at 38,000 pounds of food in Henderson in the Hendersonville post office alone where the three post offices in Asheville came up with a combined total of about 25,000.

Speaker 1:

Have you had any conversations with them about?

Speaker 2:

that last year or getting them ready for this year. Yeah, we have they actually going on the radio and trying to, you know, make it a little more, even this year, but I think we have them beat here in Henderson County again.

Speaker 1:

Well, we have. We live in such a generous community here. Yes, we do, and you've now been a letter carrier for 12 years, 13 years, 13 years. And I think the thing that's amazing to hear is your own personal story for our listeners. And again, you've been a letter carrier for 13 years, but you personally were a recipient of needing to go to a food bank.

Speaker 2:

Yes, 15 years ago, Almost to the day actually, we experienced a house fire. I was at work and I received a phone call about 10 30 and my neighbor was like hey, your house is on fire and we lost everything Me and my husband, four kids, my in-laws. We lost everything. And about two or three days after the fire we were starting to just piece things together and me and my sister-in-law was at a local food bank in a neighboring county and they gave us shopping carts like you're at the grocery store, and I was gathering a few things and the volunteers came up and they was like no honey, you need to get more. This stuff is here for you. And they just filled no honey, you need to get more, this stuff is here for you. And they just filled my basket up and I just stood there in the middle of that food bank crying because that was there available for me and my family and it was definitely appreciated.

Speaker 1:

It's such a critical moment in your life. Yes, it's hard to comprehend, I think anybody listening to ever find yourself, for whatever reason it might be to be, and I bet in your life you never expected to need to go to a food bank. No, I didn't. And there you were Again. Your family had lost everything. And then to be able to be encouraged and be able to receive the food. I mean what a powerful story.

Speaker 2:

Yes, and then, two years later, I'm working for the post office and I'm participating in a food drive that I didn't even realize took place every year. And it has taken place every year since 1991, the year I graduated high school, actually.

Speaker 1:

That's incredible. You know, I was remembering, as I've heard your story. I read a book by Donald Miller and it's called Hero on a Mission, and there's always four characters in a story or in a book or in a movie. Right, you think about your favorite movie, whatever it might be Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. I mean, what do you think about these great epic tales? But there's usually four characters in a movie or in a book that make it amazing and you always have.

Speaker 1:

You have a victim, then you have a hero and you have a guide and you have a villain. Think about any movie or story. You have those four main characters a victim, a hero, a guide and a villain, but victims. You know someone that's in trouble needs help. You know they heal into heroes and then heroes grow into guides for others, and then the villains are the victims that actually never healed. Think about that. You can even think about it in your own life, in your own world. But again, you go from. You were and I'm not saying you're a victim, but you were in a place of need, and then you and your family have healed out of that. And then here you are. Now, I mean, I look at you as a hero in the sense of like you're making a difference for others. And then you're also, you grow into being a guide, and I look at you now too, being a guide now for listening to our listeners, sharing hey, you can help make a difference. I mean, you've been in all three places.

Speaker 2:

And probably a villain sometimes too. But you know, thank God I'm not there anymore.

Speaker 1:

Well, that's an honest Listen. That's honest Because I mean, again, all of us can look at our own lives and say am I acting like a victim? Am I acting like a hero? Am I acting like a victim? Am I acting like a hero? Am I acting like a guide, or am I acting like a villain, even in my own life? That's some really introspective perspective there. But it's again. Everybody faces challenges but again, do you heal from wherever your challenges are and you can be a hero for someone else. And then heroes grow into guides and you can guide other people in their journey too. And again, I wanted to tell you that because I've heard your story a number of times, but I think about again. It's a powerful story where you or your family faced some incredible challenges and then to be on the receiving end of being at a food bank.

Speaker 2:

Right, it's amazing, it's awesome.

Speaker 1:

It's an incredible story. And, and Arcadia, you're here with the National Association of Letter Carriers. How many are going to be out? I mean, how many at any given time are delivering mail at any day just in Henderson County? Do you know off the top of your head?

Speaker 2:

Carriers, I want to say right about 80.

Speaker 1:

Wow.

Speaker 2:

Between you know, rural carriers, city carriers, our helpers that come in, so yeah, right around 80.

Speaker 1:

And so every single address in Henderson County. You know again you guys are delivering mail and there's again for our listeners out there. You can participate in the food drive and leave. Some of the letter carriers have left bags, but you don't have to have a bag to participate correct bags boxes.

Speaker 2:

We get trash bags full of food, non-perishable, perishable we get loose items. I have a customer on my route. They'll go to sam's club and they'll buy bulk of vegetables and things like that and leave those boxes at their mailbox so again, that's, it's amazing, the bag is just a reminder yes you don't have to have the bag, you can even just leave a few cans in your mailbox, correct again.

Speaker 1:

That's amazing. So why did lynn stags us here with the storehouse of henderson county and we have, uh, also the salvation army and I am, I am as well um, and we are so grateful to have you know. Why does this matter? And I mean, I've heard some staggering numbers about food insecurity in the United States, but specifically here in Henderson County.

Speaker 4:

This really matters to our clients. We serve a lot of elderly, we serve a lot of moms with kids and you know everything in between, but to have this amount of food given to us is such a huge shot in the arm for us. Otherwise we would have to go out and purchase. Last year we each got about 13,400 pounds of food. That's a lot of food to go out and purchase and it is such a gift to us and we are so thankful for it.

Speaker 1:

And again, the gifts here locally stay local Again when you're giving to the food drive this Saturday.

Speaker 4:

Yes.

Speaker 1:

And I love how one of our guests framed it, as this can be an extension of Mother's Day, like a Mother's Day gift for your own mother or a mother in your life. I mean, think about giving for this Saturday as a part of your Mother's Day celebration.

Speaker 4:

Yes, and also be thoughtful of what you're giving too. We don't need glass, because glass always gets broken. We don't need anything fresh, because it will go bad before we get it to a pantry. Anything that can be crushed easily is not the best thing for us to have, because, you've got to understand, we're loading totes in the back of trucks and everything is getting stacked and stacked and stacked. So cans and bottles and things like that are just better to keep the food safe.

Speaker 1:

Canned meats and soups, canned fruits and vegetables, Peanut butter and jelly, all that Pasta rice, yes and jelly is like the most expensive thing to put on the shelf. Wow.

Speaker 4:

And you can't even say peanut butter really good without having jelly right behind you.

Speaker 1:

It's not the same, it's just not the same.

Speaker 4:

And two, be mindful of the dates. I always just look at it If I don't want to receive it.

Speaker 3:

I don't want to give it, so I try to give the best that I have all the time.

Speaker 4:

Right.

Speaker 1:

You know. So you're cleaning out the pantry because you've got a bunch of dated food. No, I mean, it matters.

Speaker 4:

Give something you want to receive. Emily still has the prize for the oldest food received at a food trial.

Speaker 1:

I do, I do. Well, let's get Emily on the mic here. Emily with the Salvation Army. Hey there, good morning Thank you so much for being here this morning.

Speaker 5:

Yes, we're so happy to be here. So just to tag in on what Lynn was saying, we receive various items every year in the food drive that are what I call interesting. Last year we received a box of Domino's sugar packets that expired in 1989.

Speaker 5:

So that box is on my shelf in my office and we kind of just have a reminder and it's kind of a running joke about. You know how old is this? I also have a can of Taco Bell refried beans from 1995. So I have a little you know collection there. But here at the Salvation Army we are very grateful to the residents of Henderson County, to their generosity and, you know, also thankful for this opportunity. You know this is from God. You know we have a lot of blessing in this community and this is a way that our residents can really give back to the nonprofits that work so hard in this community to fight in food insecurity and really meet people where they're at. So we are just super thankful to be a part of it. We have a lot of volunteers come in to help us process those donations once they come in the door and we'll see what interesting food finds we get this year we love the second shift volunteers better because at the end of the day we are so tired.

Speaker 2:

Yes, but we need volunteers.

Speaker 5:

We need those volunteers yeah, they're very, very important.

Speaker 1:

Year-round, but again this Saturday too.

Speaker 5:

Yes, year-round, we always need volunteers, but this is a special event, like Lynn is saying, this really gives us the ability to receive food items, to not have to put out those dollars, us the ability to receive food items, to not have to put out those dollars. So, even at the Salvation Army, when we're not putting out those dollars in food, then we can shift those costs to financial assistance to help with rent, to help with mortgage, to help with utilities. We are still seeing people with an exorbitantly high Duke Energy bills four and five thousand dollars in arrears After the hurricane. After the hurricane and even some left over from covid.

Speaker 5:

Wow, um, so families that were impacted by covid were trying to come back and just get caught up and they just get, though they get disconnected a lot of times now they are, but then also you're looking at those people who were impacted by hurricane helene, which really every person in Henderson County was affected in one way shape form or fashion over another, but it really just put another level of stress on families that were already stressed Right. So this food is a relief. I can't tell you the significance yeah.

Speaker 5:

The gratitude that we see from the people that receive the food that we give every day. It's unbelievable. They're in tears, so let this community be a part of that and be a part of giving back to the people that are really, really hurting right now.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, you can make a difference. You can make a difference here in the community. Again, these numbers that I have one in eight Americans face food insecurity, including millions of children and seniors. Also, this food drive is so important to stock up before summer because donations can be a time Summer can be where donations are low and then the need is actually higher because kids are home. Diana Spencer with IAM, thank you so much for being here this morning.

Speaker 3:

It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1:

Tell us about the impact of the food drive for IAM.

Speaker 3:

Oh, it's huge. As both Emily and Lenore were saying, this is a huge shot in the arm for us and by the generosity of our community we can then use the money that we would use for buying food and other items to go toward helping people stay in their homes so they're not homeless, to keep the power on and the water running. And we have such a generous community and we know that times are hard for a lot of people and for people thinking you know, there's not much I can do, but if everybody does a little bit, we can put all those little bits together. We can do something really, really big.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, and again you're even one or two cans. If everybody just did that in the whole county, I mean we'd have so much that would be coming through. So all three organizations the salvation army, interfaith assistance ministry, in the storehouse of henderson county, you guys have been doing this. I mean decades, but I mean again I don't know how many years the three of you've been the persistent recipient of the food drive. But this food drive is such a, like you said, a shot in the arm for your organizations absolutely.

Speaker 4:

I mean we. This is our 25th anniversary for Henderson. County but we've been participating in the food drive probably for the last eight years, maybe a little more, and it's an all-day affair and it is all hands on deck and we are out there. I'm out there first thing in the morning and then we have a change over in the middle of the day and usually they don't get to leave until about 7 o'clock at night. So this is an all-dayer.

Speaker 1:

And this is on top of the letter carriers doing their normal routes. Yes, absolutely.

Speaker 4:

They have got mail. One year one of the mail carriers' truck broke down and she came in riding in the back of her mail truck full of food.

Speaker 1:

On a fly bed.

Speaker 4:

In a tow truck? Yes, and she made the tow truck stop so we could get all the food off before they put all of her mail in another truck and sent her right back out to work.

Speaker 1:

Oh, my word.

Speaker 4:

So that's dedication. Yeah, the mail doesn't stop. It does not.

Speaker 1:

Year-round. All three of your organizations are seeing the need here in the county and the other reminder, for, yeah, we want to remind our listeners about this Saturday, which please give if you can. But let's talk about the year-round needs here. You guys are serving our community every single day, and COVID was one thing, and then, on top of that, the hurricane. The level of giving and also the needs have been just put aside the giving for the moment, but the needs have been exponential. The growth Any of you want to speak to that Last year after the giving for the moment, but the needs have been exponential, the growth Any of you want to speak to that.

Speaker 4:

Last year after the hurricane, the needs just shot through the roof. I mean it happened in October, so we're in the midst of getting ready for Christmas in October. Well we're getting ready to kick off for Christmas in October, and so we go from 2,000 kids to 2,700 kids in an instant. I mean our families went up from 700 to 1,000 families.

Speaker 1:

Wow.

Speaker 4:

So that was Staggering, and if it had not been for the outlying people coming from everywhere, Indiana.

Speaker 3:

Minnesota, new York.

Speaker 4:

They were sending stuff from everywhere. We wouldn't, we would not have been able to do christmas for the children of henderson almost 3 000 and it wasn't about the toys right, it was about. We need sheets, we need towels, we need clothes, we need coats.

Speaker 1:

They needed the basic just basic stuff.

Speaker 4:

I mean, yes, they got toys, but it was about just having stuff to set up house again right again, sobering reminder, very sobering for us all emily.

Speaker 5:

Uh, yeah, definitely, the need definitely increased after the storm. Immediately we started serving meals at the Salvation Army, meeting people where they were. We had, of course, we had power at the Salvation Army. We only lost power for about a half an hour during the entire storm. What a miracle, and so we were able to cook those hot meals for people and serve meals twice a day.

Speaker 5:

We had air conditioning and water bathrooms. We had electricity so people could charge their cell phones and really, you know, our building is a place of safety and community, and so people were able to come in, they were able to be fed and then they were able to be prayed with and get some of that emotional and spiritual care, because that was a rattling event. You know, I experienced it, everybody here in this room experienced it. I pray that we never see it again. But with that, the level of need, just simply it's exponentially increased.

Speaker 5:

So what we did to respond was continue to do what we have always done. You know, the Salvation Army is in its 160th year in creation. We are a worldwide organization and we've been on our property at the corner of 4th and Grove for a hundred years. So it is something that you know. Like you say, the post office doesn't stop, neither does the Salvation Army. So we snapped right into reaction and service. We had a disaster team come in. We were one of the first teams down to Chimney Rock. We were one of the first teams around to the counties, bringing people water, food, emotional and spiritual care, dog and cat food, a lot of those things that just met those immediate needs. So that was such a blessing to be able to see our community, because you really do see the generosity in the face of disaster and you know people just came out Neighbors were stepping up and it was everywhere.

Speaker 5:

People were coming with everything Giant trucks, giant loads and, as you know, there's still pallets of water around town that people are still working off of from the storm. So what we saw was just really how our community was able to meet that need. And once again, here we are with another opportunity. You know, now, seven, almost eight months after the storm, with another opportunity for our neighbors to really meet where their neighbors are and be able to help them with that life-sustaining food.

Speaker 4:

It cannot, it cannot be um compared the world at large has kind of forgotten. Oh, the storm's over now, they're okay, yeah, and no, we're just beginning. I mean it's going to be another two to five years to just break even.

Speaker 1:

Yeah, we're still absolutely recovering Again in your day-to-day life. Maybe you're not seeing it or experiencing it, but your organizations are seeing it every day. Still, diana your day-to-day operations.

Speaker 3:

Well, last year, one in nine Henderson County families came to IAM for help and almost all of them left with food. Wow, so food, of course, food insecurity is a huge need, but the housing is a huge crisis. Every day we get phone calls from people who can't find any place to live. They'll do electric bills, water bills, I mean. Families are really, really struggling and we're seeing more and more every day, which is why this food drive is so vital. Right after the hurricane, like Lynn was saying, truckloads were coming in from all over the country and our needs or our level of services actually dropped because there were churches that were setting up food pantries and civic groups that were hosting meals. Well, after a month or two, those resources are gone and so now it's back to the core agencies who do this day in and day out, year after year.

Speaker 1:

Right, and again you're and the I am has been in the community for how many years? 41 years, incredible, yeah, yeah, uh, I mean over what? 250 years between the three of you. I mean like it's a, it's a lot of combined, uh, you know, years of of giving back to our community. It's, it's incredible, um, you know. Again back to the food drive. Again this Saturday, before your letter carrier picks up your mail, be sure to put a bag or a box or just a few cans in your mailbox. Arcadia, I know you guys are getting ready. It's coming up this Saturday here and again across the entire Henderson County.

Speaker 2:

Yes, All I can say I'm thankful and blessed to work in a community that's so generous and so giving the organizations here. The food you donate stays local. Contact your friends and family Wherever they are in the United States. They give it will stay local to their area. These three organizations here. I know that they are good stewards of what they receive and getting it to the right people. So please let's help out. These organizations should not have to do it all on their own. This is our time. We can step up and help them out to help out the community.

Speaker 1:

What a collaboration. Again, we're so thankful for the National Association of Letter Carriers doing what you do and again, so thankful for please give our thanks to everyone at the post office. I definitely will, absolutely. Again, this is an opportunity to give where your gifts, your food donations, can offset the cost that these nonprofits have year-round. So again, they can use their resources for other things. Like you heard, utility bills or housing or other paper Things that again, all of us frankly just take for granted. And so, I've said this many times before there's two sides of the coin. We have incredible prosperity here in the community and there's also great need. It's both. And again we've seen the community step up in their generosity year after year and day after day. So just wanted to remind our listeners again, if you can, please participate this could be part of your Mother's Day celebration. So happy Mother's Day to all of our mothers out there.

Speaker 1:

And this Saturday, may 10th, is again our letter carriers are going to collect food donations left by your mailbox on your regular route. And again, non-perishable items, canned goods, canned fruit, nothing expired, make sure nothing. Glass we want cans if we can, if we can be specific, and of course, peanut butter and jelly goes a long way. And again, there's so many different ways to get box meals, box cereal, I mean you know anything non-perishable. Again, one in eight americans face food insecurity, and this includes millions of children and seniors. And again, you might not it's, it's. You might be surprised hearing this, again it's. We're in a very prosperous area and economically it's a very strong area, but on the there's, there's so much need here in our community. So, uh, arcadia, uh, thank you so much for being here. Lynn and diana and emily, we're so grateful for all of you joining us this morning. Anything, I just want to make sure we covered anything. Anything else, wrapping up, I want to make sure we didn't miss anything.

Speaker 5:

I don't have anything else to say, but thank you all so much, yes, so grateful, definitely thank you to this community.

Speaker 1:

Absolutely, this community steps up. And again, thank you for all of your organizations and your volunteers, and then our National Association of Letter Carriers, so grateful, and Arcadia, thank you for sharing your story this morning.

Speaker 2:

Thank you and hashtag Beat Asheville.

Speaker 1:

We can do it Again 38,000 pounds last year and across the United States just last year alone, it was over 60 million pounds of food that was collected. Collectively, I think it's 1.9 billion foods since they've been doing the food drive. It's staggering to think about. So, again, to our listeners, thank you so much for tuning in this Thursday morning. We're here every Thursday morning sharing with you positive news about our real estate market but and positive news about our community and ways to get involved. And again, our community is better because of the generosity in our community and how we can serve one another and neighbors, helping neighbors and we certainly saw that through the hurricane. And again, there's an opportunity to give. So be sure to pick up an extra can or a bag of groceries when you're at the grocery store. Participate in the National Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, the nation's largest one-day food drive in the country. Again, and it's organized by the National Association of Letter Carriers. To our listeners, thank you so much for being here. Don't forget to tune in every Friday morning for the Hometown Hero Series Tomorrow morning. We have a special guest coming in tomorrow morning honoring another letter carrier that's been participating in that, so we're grateful for that Tune in tomorrow morning at 845. And again, we're here every Thursday morning sharing with you positive news about your local real estate market. If we can help you with any of your real estate needs, give us a call 828-393-0134. Have a great day and we'll see you tomorrow morning.

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