The mission of the Peggy Crosby Center extends beyond the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau, to every corner of this portion of Western North Carolina.
Hello, Readers of The Laurel!
We at the Peggy Crosby Community Service Center appreciate The Laurel so much for providing a sense of community for all of us on the Plateau from Scaly Mountain to Lake Toxaway.
There are many extraordinary things about our home here in the Southern Appalachian Mountains – the outdoors, eating out, and the many highly effective nonprofits providing services in our communities.
We’re home to six of our super servers – The Center for Life Enrichment, The Counseling Center, The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation, The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, The International Friendship Center, and Pisgah Legal Services.
The Peggy Crosby Center team of staff and the Board of Directors proudly serve them by providing quality office space at affordable rates in the old original Highlands Hospital. We also have for-profit tenants who provide what many will consider vital services to their customers: Covenant Investments, Curtis Mathews Tax Preparation, Highlands Acupuncture, Highlands Home Health Care, the Kitchen Catering and Carry Away, Ross Landscape Architecture, and Toxaway Investments. Our for-profit rate is higher, but there is no argument that it is a bargain for all our tenants.
There is a lot to do in keeping an old building safe, comfortable and updated to make the rental space a quality space. We have seven area HVAC units, we have a sprinkler system charged with antifreeze as many of the pipes run through an unheated attic, we have four parking lots, and several former hospital spaces that can’t be used for much more than storage which need repairs.
This is not to say that our tenants feel exposed; quite the contrary, but as we seek to address problem areas, we raise funds through our annual appeal and through grants from these nonprofits who have helped us so much over the years: Cullasaja Women’s Outreach, The Laurel Garden Club and Mountain Findings. We also have the support of donors in the community; these are our Peggy’s Heroes we honor each year for their support. Without you, we couldn’t do it.
If you would like to join our supporters, it’s easy: make a donation on our website, peggycrosbycenter.org or mail us a check at 348 South 5th St, Highlands 28741. You may also request to be added to our annual appeal mailing list. We would be deeply appreciative of any inquiry.
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