Elkin is the geographic center of the gorgeous Yadkin Valley located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Visit The Best Small Town in America Discover other North Carolina wonders here. The Elkin area offers some of the best places to bike, hike and drive to see the color display. The Blue Ridge Parkway, considered the nation’s most scenic byway, draws thousands of visitors to our region each year during winter, spring, summer, and autumn.

Matthew and Ann Mayberry are Main Street Champs         On Thursday, January 28, Matthew and Ann Mayberry were honored as 2009 Street Champions at the North Carolina Main Street Annual Awards Dinner in New Bern, N.C. The Mayberry’s were selected for this special recognition by the Elkin Main Street program in appreciation of their exceptional contributions to the downtown revitalization process. Along with Champions from 33 other communities, they received a certificate commemorating their designation, presented by N.C. Secretary of Commerce J. Keith Crisco, Deputy Secretary Dale Carroll, Assistant Secretary for Community Development Joseph D. Crocker, Division of Community Assistance Director Gloria Nance-Sims and Office of Urban Development Director Liz Parham.        January 2005, Matthew Mayberry was driving home when his epiphany came – Shazam! He vividly saw every aspect of the Brushy Mountain Winery. His vision included the historic downtown building, which once housed his wife’s family canning business and later their electric company.          Being familiar with the viticulture industry and real estate, he began convincing his wife of 56 years. (She thought “he was out of his mind!”) He convinced their two sons and his 94-year-old mother to invest in his project of creating one of the Yadkin Valley’s premier wineries. Together they renovated the early twentieth century building, making it through all the building code issues, and the Brushy Mountain Winery emerged.          Their famous Booger Swamp wine made national TV in October 2007 when featured on the Jay Leno Show. National and international award-winning wines are produced on Elkin’s Main Street in their historic building, which celebrates two families’ legacy and a couple returning to their roots.         We celebrate and toast Matthew and Ann Mayberry for making their dream come true, and we are proud to honor them as Elkin’s 2009 Main Street Champions.

Elkin Is Getting a Workforce Development Center           In conjunction with the Town of Pilot Mountain and Surry Community College, the Town of Elkin submitted a request to the Golden Leaf Foundation for funding for new Workforce Training Centers in Elkin and Pilot Mountain. We are thrilled to announce we will be the recipients of a Golden Leaf grant of $200,000 for the Elkin Center. Surry Community College has also received funding from Golden Leaf for equipment and salaries for the first year of operation. In all, the towns and the college      read more