"The City Council of Hendersonville recently hired Lew Holloway as the Main Street director and appointed an eight-member advisory committee.

According to Holloway, "Residents can expect a professional, enthusiastic and collaborative approach — based in historic preservation."

His approach is rooted in history.

"Stranger's Hand-Book of Henderson County and Hendersonville, N.C." was published in 1885. Within its 32 pages, the pamphlet provides a "glowing" description of what it must have been like to live here at that time.

There are commentaries on agriculture, education and morals, climate, soil, scenery, and business prospects. The final pages of the publication include a series of advertisements for hotels, commercial enterprises, livery stables and law firms."

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BlueRidgeNow.com (10/28/2011)