Fines Creek Community Center

Fines Creek Community Center The heart of the Community

A BIG THANK YOU! The Fines Creek Community Association would like to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to The Cannon Foundation...
09/02/2026

A BIG THANK YOU!
The Fines Creek Community Association would like to give a heartfelt THANK YOU to The Cannon Foundation for their generous grant that made improvements to our gym possible!
We would also like to thank Metzger Enterprises for completing the electrical work and upgrades, including:
• Installing four new ceiling fans
• Installing a generator cutoff
• Relocating and upgrading the electrical panel
• Doubling our available electrical capacity
• Retrofitting lights and upgrading bulbs
• Installing exit and emergency lighting
• Repairing miscellaneous electrical issues throughout the gym
These improvements will help make our gym safer, more efficient, and more useful for our community.
We are incredibly grateful to The Cannon Foundation and Metzger Enterprises for helping improve the Fines Creek Community Center!
Thank you for investing in Fines Creek!

Come check out these upgrades and more at our Fish Fry, Silent Auction, and Gun Raffle on September 19 from 5–8 p.m.!

Save the date September 19th 5-8 Fish Fry, Silent Auction, Gun Raffle!!!!
08/31/2026

Save the date September 19th 5-8 Fish Fry, Silent Auction, Gun Raffle!!!!

Help Support Mike “Frog” Greene and his fight with brain cancer. This Saturday the 29th from 4-8 at the Fines Creek Fire...
08/24/2026

Help Support Mike “Frog” Greene and his fight with brain cancer. This Saturday the 29th from 4-8 at the Fines Creek Fire Department.

08/19/2026

Thank You, Dale & Patty!
The Fines Creek Community Center would like to give a big THANK YOU to Dale and Patty Henry of Maggie Valley for their generous donation of sports equipment!
Your generosity will help provide our community with more opportunities for recreation, fun, and staying active. We truly appreciate your support of the Fines Creek Community Center and our community!
Thank you, Dale and Patty, for thinking of Fines Creek!

The Fines Creek Community Associations August Board meeting will be on 8/25/2026 @ 6:30pm in the Cafeteria. Members meet...
08/17/2026

The Fines Creek Community Associations August Board meeting will be on 8/25/2026 @ 6:30pm in the Cafeteria. Members meeting to be held immediately after the board meeting.

Did you know that the Fines Creek Community Center is a Small Business Incubator? Come join Whitewoven Textile Art Studi...
08/10/2026

Did you know that the Fines Creek Community Center is a Small Business Incubator? Come join Whitewoven Textile Art Studio, Kat's Korner Hair Cuttery, This N That Thrift Store, Canine Detection Services, Livengood Studio, and IWC Wrestling.

Where the Mountains RememberStanding quietly above the Fines Creek valley, Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church is more t...
08/10/2026

Where the Mountains Remember

Standing quietly above the Fines Creek valley, Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church is more than a country church—it is part of the history of the people who built this mountain community.

The congregation was established in 1888, and by 1889 a church building committee was already arranging construction. Families such as the Greens, Rogers, Fergusons, Jameses, Nolands, Kirkpatricks, Ledfords, Fishers, Prices, Rathbones, McCrarys, McCrackens and Justices were among the longstanding families of the Fines Creek community whose names became woven into the church and its cemetery.

For generations, these families farmed the valley, raised their children, worshipped together and buried their loved ones on the hillside overlooking the creek. The cemetery became, in many ways, a family tree written in stone, with the same names appearing across generations.

The church survived war, the Depression, changing times and the departure of many young families after World War II. Yet it remained a gathering place for the people who stayed—and a place to which many who left eventually returned.

In 1940, Rev. Jarvis Teague began his first pastorate here. Decades later, he would be buried in the church cemetery.

Today, the brick church and its white steeple still stand against the mountains, surrounded by the graves of generations who helped shape Fines Creek.

More than 135 years after its founding, Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church is not simply a building. It is a living reminder of the families, faith and community that have called these mountains home.

Mike Fleming Photography

08/03/2026

Asheville Police Department

08/03/2026

Canine Detection Services in action during a training session with Asheville Police Department

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190 Fines Creek Road
Clyde, NC
28721

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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