History Planned Housing Project Valley Trails Heritage Park Disc Golf Course Gateway Project Small Towns Revitalization Program Broadband Project Freedom Memorial Pavilion Partners and Funders Home Town of Andrews Andrews Chamber of Commerce Valleytown Cultural Arts Center One Dozen Who Care, Inc.		The Andrews Valley Initiative (AVI) is a grassroots 501(c)3 non-profit organization located in Andrews, NC, whose mission is to plan for progress in the Andrews valley while preserving its heritage and protecting its beauty for generations to come. All of our community projects focus on a "triple bottom line" - sustainable economic development, environmental stewardship and social justice. AVI came into being in 1987 when local citizens established initiatives that focused on the revitalization of downtown Andrews and the valley in which the town lies. Over the years, these goals fell by the wayside. In 2003, in response to local citizens' requests, Jerry Pullium and Lee Nichols formed AVI, a not-for-profit corporation, whose goal was to breathe new life into these original initiatives. Since then, a dedicated group of volunteers have worked together to bring many enhancements to Andrews. Calaboose Cellars Wins Gold September 4, 2009, Andrews, NC -- All of the wines submitted by Calaboose Cellars received awards at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Southeastern Wine Competition being held at the Dixie Classic Fair in Winston-Salem, NC. And for the first time in its second year of selling wine, the smallest complete, free-standing winery in the America took home a gold medal. Revinoor's Red, a fruity, semi-sweet wine made from Concord grapes, won a Gold Medal in the Sweet Other Red Category. Revinoor's Red had earlier won bronze medals at the 2008 Wines of the South and the 2009 Finger Lakes Competitions.		View Calendar AVI Board of Advisors: Becky Anderson, Consultant & Founder of Handmade in America, Asheville NC Mary Ann Anderson, Reports Specialist Region 4, FEMA, Atlanta GA/Andrews NC Ronda Birtha, Independent Photography Professional, Marble NC Eric Carlson, President of Web-sites.com & Calaboose Cellars Winery, Andrews NC Robert Hawk, Area Specialist Agent for Community Resources Dev. NC Cooperative Extension Service, Waynesville NC Elizabeth D Hay, Board of Directors Valleytown Cultural Arts & Historical Society Abraham Kadushin, Kadushin Associates, Architects-Planners, Ann Arbor MI Edwin Terrel Meek, Architect, Asheville NC Eve Miranda, Serenity Shoppe, Andrews NC & Smokey Mountain Native Plants Association, Stecoah NC Callie D Moore, Executive Director Hiawassee River Watershed Coalition, Peachtree NC W. Lee Nichols, Outsider Artist, Shanghai China, Andrews NC Billy Parrish, Director of Downtown Development, Community Dev. and Finance Division, GA Dept of Community Affairs, Atlanta GA David Quinn, Director of Small Towns Program of Handmade in America, Asheville NC Gary Roper, MD, Andrews Internal Medicine PA, Murphy NC Donna Tipton-Rogers, PhD, President Tri-State Community College, Murphy NC Prof. James (Jay) Tomlinson, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University Kevin Welch, Center for Cherokee Plants, Cherokee NC Keith Wood, Agricultural extension Agent, North Carolina State University, Murphy NC Ann Woodford, Director, One Dozen Who Care, Andrews NC AVI EMERTUS BOARD of DIRECTORS Jerry C Pullium, Chairman T. Robert Hay Frank Jones Tom O'Brien Jeanne Powell Glen Tatum Chuck VanGorder AVI BOARD of DIRECTORS…Officers Jerry Kilpatrick, Chairman Jack Faulkner, President Lillian Threlkeld, Secretary Jim Miller, Treasurer Member Representatives Ed Cloud, President Andrews Chamber of Commerce Bill Green, Town Administrator, Town of Andrews AVI Executive Committee Jack Faulkner Lillian Threlkeld Jim Miller Jerry Pullium, ExOfficio Bob Ferreira, Executive Director Regular Board Members Eddie Adams Akwasi Agyeman Bryan Hughes Michael Porterfield Mike Shiedy Geneva Zargarnaga For more information about the Andrews Valley Initiative (AVI) please call: Bob Ferreira Executive Director (828) 644-3471