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21st Annual Tomato Disease
Workshop
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North Carolina
State University 455 Research Drive, Fletcher, NC 28732 |
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From Airport to Hotel
The Holiday Inn Asheville Airport hotel gives free shuttle rides to and from the airport. Once you collect your bags at the Asheville airport, look for the phone center in the baggage claim area. Select the button that says ‘Holiday Inn Asheville Airport’. The hotel is located less than 1 mile away, so you should not have to wait too long to be picked up. For additional questions, contact the hotel directly at (828) 684-1213.
From Hotel to Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center
For those who do not have their own transport, we will be providing transportation from the hotel to the research center and back. Please be ready waiting in the hotel lobby for shuttle van pick up by 7:15 am sharp on November 9 and by 7:30 am sharp on November 10.
For those who have their own transport, the MHCR&EC is located approximately west of Asheville, NC, in the mountainous western region of North Carolina. This facility is located adjacent to the Asheville Regional Airport and three miles form the Holiday Inn Airport. The printer friendly version of this document includes a map and detailed directions.
An hors d'oeuvre and cash bar reception has been organized from 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm on Wednesday evening, November 8, at the Holiday Inn Asheville Airport Hotel. All registrants are encouraged to attend. Free hors d'oeuvres will be provided, including domestic and international cheese and crackers, fruit and vegetables, carved beef and rolls, chicken fingers, stuffed mushrooms, quiches, eggrolls and dessert displays. Attire is casual.
The workshop registration desk will be available Thursday morning, November 9, at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center. To help us prepare, please sign up at the registration desk for the Friday optional tour as well as the van ride to downtown Asheville on Thursday evening. There is limited seating available for the Thursday evening trip.
If you will be presenting at the 21st Annual Disease Workshop, please have your electronic presentations already copied onto a CD disc or stick drive and have it loaded BEFORE your session starts. We will have a tech person available to assist you if needed. Preferably, you should be ready to load it before the workshop starts, by 8:00 am.
Remember, the MHCR&EC is located in the MOUNTAINS! It can get cold here in November. The average temperature expected for early November is:
The following companies have allowed us to keep registraton costs down by agreeing to help sonsor this event. We are very thankful to:
The phone number for MHCR&EC as well as for Kelly Ivors and Randy Gardner is 828.684.3562.
Please contact Kelly Ivors via e-mail if you have any additional questions at kelly_ivors@ncsu.edu.
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
455 Research Drive
Mills River, NC 28759
Phone: 828.684.3562 ~ Fax: 828.684.8715
Web Crafter: Anne S. Napier ~ Email: anne_napier@ncsu.edu
Updated November 1, 2006