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• Haw Creek Hustle

  • When
    05/17/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
  • Location
    Charlie Bullman Park, 719 New Haw Creek Road

  The Haw Creek Community Association is hosting our second annual 5k race, the Haw Creek Hustle, on Saturday, May 17. Join us at Charlie Bullman Park for a celebratory fun run, a timed 5k race, and the post-race celebration. This event is intended to bring the community together, not just to hustle, but also to socialize with neighbors, meet new friends, enjoy some fresh air, and make lasting memories.

  Runners will be entertained by the Haw Creek Pickers performing on the front lawn of St. John's Episcopal Church during the race. Neighbors are welcome to enjoy the music and cheer on the racers. 

  HCCA is working with Glory Hound Events to ensure a fun and successful event. They are handling registration and all race information is available on their Haw Creek Hustle page.

  The race fees are $40 5K run and $10 Fun Run. Please register online.

  If you'd like to support this community event but don't feel like participating in the race, you can register and just not run the race or you can make a donation. All the event proceeds will go to HCCA and support our work in the community.

  Race sponsor 'We Trade' is collecting gently used shoes and sneakers at the race. Please bring those donations to their table.

  All 5K runners will receive a custom race shirt. Fun runners will receive a fun prize at the finish line. Water and light snacks will be provided near the finish line. Please bring your own water bottle to fill to minimize environmental impact. 

  The awards ceremony for the 5K race will take place at approximately 10:15 am near the finish area. Special prizes will be presented to the top three overall male and female and top masters (40 and over) male and female. Awards will be given to the top 3 male and female finishers in various age groups, including 12 and under. Lots of awards mean lots of fun! 

  Don't forget to bring cash to buy a ticket for the HCCA raffle with the drawing held during the race awards ceremony. 

  Races like this can't happen without great volunteers. If you would like to be part of this event and be there for the runners and walkers, then please volunteer for any of the available spots.

  
  

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• Harvest the Rain: Create a Rain Garden

  • When
    06/17/2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    East Asheville Public Library, 3 Avon Road

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  Plan to attend this free presentation hosted by HCCA on Tuesday, June 17 to learn about creating a rain garden in your yard. Renee Fortner, Watershed Resources Manager and Director of Programs at Asheville's Riverlink, will show us how to create a rain garden on our property and "harvest rain" to nourish our landscaping.

  A rain garden is a depressed area in the landscape that collects rain water from a roof, driveway or street and allows it to soak into the ground. Planted with grasses and flowering perennials, rain gardens can be a cost effective and beautiful way to reduce runoff from your property. Rain gardens can also help filter out pollutants in runoff and provide food and shelter for butterflies, song birds and other wildlife.

  All of us in Haw Creek, along with all our Asheville neighbors, have experienced a lot of rainfall on our properties. Heavy rains generate excessive run-off from our roofs, streets, driveways and patios, the impervious solid surfaces that prevent rain from soaking into the ground. Instead, heavy run-offs not only erode our soil but end up in our creeks, streams, and watershed, picking up pollutants like fertilizers, petroleum products, trash, and sediment along the way, which strongly affects our community's water quality.

  Rain gardens are a cost-effective and resilient approach to managing stormwater that can bring many social, economic, public health, and environmental benefits to communities. Come learn what you can do to help keep polluting runoff out of our creeks, streams and watershed, while making your yard beautiful at the same time.

  Registration is not required but it helps us plan for a successful event.

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