It has been amazing to watch and be a part of the tremendous growth of our “little town,” Fuquay Varina. Way back when, I used to have to search and search for something for my kids and I to do on a beautiful fall weekend and it most likely involved leaving Fuquay and traveling to Raleigh, Cary or beyond. Now, I cannot keep up with all of the fun events the
Downtown Association,
Chamber of Commerce, and many other organizations have planned for us!
Don’t miss what I believe is the 1st annual
BBQ, Blues and Brews festival tomorrow, Saturday, September 26th on Broad St. in downtown Fuquay from 3 – 8 pm rain or shine. Come hungry!
This Sunday, September 27th, is the
Out of the Darkness Walk to heighten awareness of suicide prevention. 1:00 pm check-in time and 2 pm walk . (
Front Porch Realty is a proud sponsor of this event! )
Save the Date for Our Day in Downtown festival that has now turned into our
DAY AND NIGHT in Downtown festival. Saturday, October 10th, 12 – 7 pm in our downtown historic district. You do not want to miss this event, fun for all ages!
And of course there is always the
dog park and loads of
other parks. Both downtown and uptown shopping. And local restaurants and breweries galore!
I sometimes go a whole 2 weeks without ever having to leave Fuquay!
August was “back to school month”. So Front Porch Realty hosted a school supply drive to help local Fuquay Varina schools and the many area teachers that buy extra supplies for their students in need.
Originally this was a challenge to our fellow Fuquay Varina businesses to collect what they could, get a little free publicity, and then I would deliver the supplies to our FVMS and FVHS counselors.
To our pleasant surprise, we ended up getting several visitors from within the community. Many of them wanted absolutely no recognition for their donations and were thrilled to find a place where they could drop off extra supplies and know that local families would benefit! We collected book bags, calculators, markers, lots of paper and notebooks and even cash donations that got turned into Walmart gift cards. I wish you could have seen the looks on the counselors faces and heard their gratitude when I brought in 4 huge tubs of supplies to our schools.
I have promised the schools that we will do it again. Watch Facebook this winter for details and THANK YOU Fuquay Varina for supporting local schools. 
