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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Pardee Home Health, upscale gun range, commercial zoning

By Bill Moss, Published: December 2, 2015

Pardee Home Health a 'best practice' agency

Pardee Home Health received a Patient Satisfaction Award of Distinction from Fazzi Associates and was named a national best practice agency for the second time, Pardee Hospital announced.

The award is presented to home health organizations that demonstrated superior performance in patient satisfaction in 2014. Recipients are determined based on a comparative analysis of agencies involved in Fazzi Associates' HHCAHPS system. Pardee Home Health ranked in the database's top 25 percent based on Overall Satisfaction and Likelihood of Recommending survey questions.

“I am proud of our Home Health Department because our team members bring excellent care into the home," Denise Lucas, Pardee's chief nursing officer, said in a news release. "This recognition shows that the care delivered through Pardee Home Health meets a very high standard and the registered nurses, rehab professionals, nursing assistants, and social workers make a positive difference in the lives of many patients and families. Behind the scenes, we are fortunate to have a great team in the office supporting this work.”

"Once again, Pardee Home Health is continuing its longstanding tradition of quality care and outstanding patient outcomes," added Pardee Home Health Director Bryan Brandon. "Our experienced staff and the quality of care we provide to each of our patients are the keys to our high patient satisfaction scores."

Bright’s Creek to open upscale Beretta Gun Club

MILL SPRING — Bright’s Creek, the upscale residential golf and sporting resort community overlooking North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, has begun the development of its 200-acre indoor and outdoor luxury shooting grounds, The Beretta Gun Club and Shooting Grounds at Bright’s Creek.

The Beretta Gun Club, which is expected to open in the spring of 2016, will feature a variety of ammunition sporting activities designed by championship shooters such as Anthony I. Matarese Jr. and will include two fully-automated 20-plus-station championship sporting clay fields; FITASC fields; Five Stand, five-person steel plate challenge courses; a tactical shoot house; skeet, trap and wobble stations; archery range; and multiple shooting ranges varying from 25 to 500 yards.
The club will offer exclusive services VIP members including access to an on-site gun valet, secure gun vault, camo-cart for clay course usage and firearm rentals. It will also offer firearm education and safety courses for first-time shooters as well as tactical and defense training.
The Beretta Gun Club is the culmination of a strategic partnership between Bright’s Creek developer Alianza Trinity Holdings and Beretta, the oldest and one of the most recognized firearms makers in the world.
Bright’s Creek has been undergoing expansion since 2013 when the mountain resort was acquired by Alianza Trinity Holdings. In addition to the gun club, the family-friendly community features a top-rated Tom Fazio golf course, an equestrian center, a lodging community and clubhouse with future plans for a swim and fitness club, wine tasting room, children’s activity center and multiple outdoor entertainment areas. To find out more about Bright’s Creek visit, www.brightscreek.com/.

HVAC company clears zoning hurdle

A heating and air conditioning company’s plans to move from Fletcher to Hendersonville advanced when the Henderson County Planning Board voted unanimously for a zoning change that would allow a new building on property currently zoning for houses.
Jeffrey Lemons of Bryant Heating and Air Conditioning asked for the rezoning of a 2.9-acre parcel of land on Hyder Farm Road, off Clear Creek Road just west of I-26. The change from R1 residential to industrial conditional use would allow the company to build its new office and shop at 619 Hyder Farm Road. Current owner of the property is Delinda Pressley. The Board of Commissioners will take up the request at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7.

Local UCB team honored for Q3

The Hendersonville branch of United Community Bank was recognized as one of
the top six bank teams among UCB’s 133 offices throughout the Southeast for its third quarter performance.
UCB, a Blairsville, Ga.,-based holding company with $9.4 billion in assets, honored the top performing employees and bank teams last month at an awards luncheon. Additionally, the bank chose the Hendersonville branch as a Champion, receiving $500 to donate to charity. The Hendersonville team selected Meals on Wheels and Blue Ridge Humane Society as recipients of the donation. John Goins represented the Hendersonville team.