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Jessica Wooten
Recycling/Solid Waste

Address:
WWC CPO 6216
PO Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000

Phone: 828.771.2035

Email: jwooten@warren-wilson.edu

Local Business Guide

Groceries
There are several local stores and markets where you can buy local, organic produce, tea, bulk foods, cereals, and anything else you may find in a regular grocery store. Some of them are located downtown within walking distance of the bus route.

French Broad Food Cooperative (90 Biltmore Ave)
Green Life Grocery (70 Merrimon Ave)
Earth Fare (66 Westgate Parkway)
French Broad Farmer’s Market (Wednesday next to the Co-op downtown)
Amazing Savings (on Rt 70 towards Black Mountain)
Haywood Road Market (771 Haywood Rd)
The Health Xchange (2298 US Highway 70—Swannanoa)

Cafés and Restaurants

Dripolator (221 W State St., Black Mountain; Downtown near French Broad Co-op) Nice coffee shop with couches and friendly people. Discount for bringing your own mug! A favorite for relaxing and doing homework.
Rosetta’s Kitchen (111 Broadway) Organic, vegetarian food with fair trade coffee and a friendly, family style atmosphere.
Laughing Seed (40 Wall St) Great all-vegetarian and vegan fare for your dining delight.
Green Light Café (205 W State St., Black Mountain) Vegetarian and vegan soups, salads, sandwiches, hot entrees, etc with fresh j uices and smoothies.
Table (48 College St) New American, seasonal, market driven menu; owned by WWC alumni.
Ophelia’s A new local foods restaurant downtown.

Books, Music, Art Supplies, Clothes, etc.

Malaprops Bookstore (55 Haywood St) Locally owned and operated independent bookstore and coffee shop. Nice music selection too.
Downtown Books and News (67 N Lexington Ave) A used bookstore downtown with great books and a nice atmosphere. Check out the new arrivals section for fresh selections.
Karma Sonics Music and Video (corner of Pritchard Park) An independent music shop downtown.
Spiritex (61 N Lexington Ave) sustainably produced and fair traded clothing
True Blue Art (30 Haywood St) Quality art supplies at discount prices
Salvation Army (45 Rankin Ave)
Goodwill (1011 Patton Ave; 86 S Tunnel Rd; 1616 Patton Ave)
Spiritex Sustainable Clothing Warehouse (61 1/2 Lexington Ave)
Holy Organic (http://www.holyorganic.com) An Asheville-based online store featuring organic cotton apparel, hemp, natural body products and more.

Caterers

Bearfoot Catering (828-230-4785) Full-service vegetarian fair, including all ethnic themes. They use only organic ingredients and available locally-grown food. All food is made from scratch and they recycle and compost, never using styrofoam. www.bearfootcatering.com
Delicious Abundance (828-669-8467) A locally owned catering service dedicated to providing you with a convenient, healthy, & wholesome way to eat and live. They provide organic, creative & diverse vegetarian meals made from scratch.
Laurey’s Catering and Gourmet-to-go (828-252-1500) Proudly serving carefully made "Gourmet Comfort Food" featuring locally-grown products wherever possible, Laurey's, established in 1987, was an early downtown Asheville pioneer. www.laureysyum.com
Michael Gentry (828-298-5789) Warren Wilson’s gardening, cooking, and catering extraordinaire. He caters vegetarian, vegan, and omnivorous meals using local, organic foods and teaches Everyone Cooks classes on campus.

Printing

Handcranked Letterpress Company (00 Tingle Alley, Asheville) Specialists in finely printed, hand-crafted ephemera of all varieties.
Daniel’s Printing The Admissions Department and the Environmental Leadership Center use this company for printing on 100% post consumer paper and soy inks.

Online Resources
Want to find out more about living sustainably, buying sustainably, or environmental news? Here are a few interesting websites to check out:

Orion: www.orion.org
Environmental News Network: www.enn.com
Grist Magazine: www.grist.org
Natural Resources Defense Council guide: http://www.nrdc.org/cities/living/gover.asp
Colby College guide: www.colby.edu/environ/glpg.html
Co-op America: www.coopamerica.org
Greenpeace guide: www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/green-living-guide
The Green Guide: www.thegreenguide.com