Gary Poster, with essential assists from Galyn Norwood, Phiroon Phihakendr, Jose Quijada, Pavandeep Kalra. You haven't been to this town in the North Carolina mountains. Brevard Music Center hosts a well-tuned music festival, featuring concerts from June through August. I don't know many big cities that offer as much in their downtowns as proud little Brevard, North Carolina. Yet there is enough to see and do here and in the surrounding area to satisfy the most discerning visitor.
Downtown consists of an easily walkable, several-block area centered around Main and Broad Streets.
I like to park my car and wander, after getting updated on current events at the Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center at 35 West Main. They have a free pamphlet mapping out shops and stops in the area. The ever-scenic Blue Ridge Parkway lies just a few miles away, as does the Cradle of Forestry in America National Historic Site, where America's first school of forestry was built. A few doors up from the visitors center sits the Heritage Antique Mall of Brevard, one of my favorite antiques shops anywhere. They've got a good selection of old fishing gear, including rods, reels, and just neat stuff.