The causes of homelessness — and homelessness in Haywood County — are varied and numerous, but according to the Haywood Pathways Center more must be done locally to address the problem regardless of source.

The Town of Waynesville has selected an artist and an art piece for its latest public art installation.

A small assortment of businesses in the 400 block of Hazelwood Avenue have been flourishing of late despite suffering through decades of decline, but an expanded parking lot may just be the key to increased prosperity in the once heavily industrialized area.

Ingles Markets Inc. is growing in Waynesville again — this time, on Brown Avenue in Hazelwood.

The tiny but blossoming business community along Hazelwood Avenue is about to get a major boost from the town of Waynesville.

Hard-luck Hazelwood may be creating a more lucrative future not by building, but by tearing down.

From the outside, John Burgin looks like a lucky guy, a guy in the right place at the right time to cash in on the revitalization sweeping Hazelwood.

Hazelwood will soon be home to a sculpture of a Plott hound, the fabled bear-hunting breed steeped in local lore and history.

Waynesville is stepping up to the plate to solve a parking bottleneck in Hazelwood Village, with plans to double the size of the public parking lot and spiff up its curb appeal.

It was barely 11 a.m. and Hazelwood was hopping. The scent of freshly roasted coffee beans spilled out of Smoky Mountain Coffee Roasters. Two doors down, a pair of workmen on ladders balanced a sign for a new artist studio. Across the street, a pack of women with shopping bags on their elbows strolled out of Hazelwood Soap Company.

SEE ALSO:
• Maxed out: parking crunch in Hazelwood will soon be fixed
• Plans under way for Plott hound art piece in Hazelwood
• Meet John Burgin, the wizard of Hazelwood