• July 11th, 2011

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  Echota   

If you ask us, there’s no better place to have a mountain home than the High Country of North Carolina. And according to over 450 families, the finest real estate in the High Country can be found at Echota. Okay, so we’re a little bias. But we’re not alone. High praise for the area and for Echota keeps coming in.

Echota: The High Country’s Most Successful Mountain Community

• Echota Named “One of the Best of North Carolina’s Communities” – CarolinaLiving.com
• Echota developer Mark Harrill is “King of the Mountain” – Highcountrypress.com
• Echota named among the Top 100 Amenity Communities – Mountain Homes Southern Style, September 2008
• Mark Harrill named one of “5 Visionary Developers” – Mountain Homes Southern Style, September 2008
• Mark & Missy Harrill named “Employers of the Year” – Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, February 2008
• Echota. Creating Value in a Peaceful Haven - Builder/Architect Magazine
  “Naturally, location is a strong selling point. The unmatched beauty of the High Country, with its waterfalls, hiking trails, flora and fauna, attracts retirees and vacationers from all over the South. And the Grandfather Mountain area, with its recreational, shopping and educational opportunities, gives people a wealth of choices when it comes to downtime.”
• Echota on the Ridge Clubhouse was awarded “Architectural Award of Merit” – Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, August 2009
• Echota on the Ridge The High Country’s “Best Planned Community” – Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, 2003, 2004

Blowing Rock, NC

• Blowing Rock named one of the “Best Small Towns” – Southern Living Readers’ Choice (2009)
• Blowing Rock named “Favorite Mountain Destination” – Southern Living Readers’ Choice (2006, 2007, 2008)
• Blowing Rock named “Prettiest Small Town in North Carolina” in a poll of in-state travel professionals and writers. (2009)

Boone, NC

• 10 Great Small Towns With Huge Backyards.by Sarah Tuff, co-author of the new 101 Best Outdoor Towns:
  Unspoiled Places to Visit, Live & Play – USA Today
  “Boone has a built-in air conditioner for the summer months that turn the rest of the South sticky: the Blue Ridge Mountains, which keep temperatures at a lovely 75 degrees in August,” Tuff says. “The town, 100 miles north of Asheville, stays hip, thanks to Appalachian State University. Get jazzed at Espresso News before heading into the Pisgah National Forest for hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing. Rafters rollick along the Nolichucky and French Broad rivers.”
• Boone Is Named “One of the “50 Top Adventure Towns” In 2007 – National Geographic
• Boone, North Carolina: A Former Frontier Outpost That Has Lost its Rough Edges. – U.S. News & World Report
  “Dick Oehser, 77, experienced this firsthand days after moving to Boone from Jacksonville, Fla. Oehser picked out pastries at a doughnut shop, only to realize he had forgotten his wallet. The clerk told Oehser, “Take ‘em, and when you’re in town again, come back and pay me.”