The conversation around the housing challenges in Watauga County in the High Country has been engaged for decades. The issues here are not unique to our area, as rural communities across the State, region, and country find push points when it comes to affordability, safety, access, and other factors.

What are the tools needed to start solving these challenges? Where has this conversation stalled before? How can you have your voice heard.

This week's episode of Mind Your Business is the first of a three-week conversation about our community housing opportunities and challenges. We'll hear about a recently completed comprehensive research project that provides fresh data across dozens of categories, helping us see the true housing picture across the entire High Country.

As that data is released, a community effort to centralize housing conversation into accessible discussion forums has brought dozens of leaders and organizations together to work toward solutions in a realistic manner.

Please visit wataugahousingforum.org to find out how you can engage in this community project as we listen over the next few weeks to what the data says while hearing from who may be most impacted.

Mind Your Business is a weekly production of the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce, made possible through a partnership between Appalachian Commercial Real Estate and High Country Radio.

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