[env-trinity] Vote Weaverville the coolest small town in America for Budget Travel!

[Joshua Allen]

Readers nominated a record 647
towns<http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/,8/> this
year – and now we’ve narrowed that list down to just 10 standout
communities across the country. Read all about them, and then vote for your
favorite! You can vote once daily, so be sure to get all your votes in
before the contest closes on January 31st.

Weaverville is currently 2nd on the list with 23.1%, which is only 0.7%
behind Hammondsport, NY. Vote now! Think of the much needed tourist $$$
this could bring to the county.

http://www.budgettravel.com/contest/americas-coolest-small-towns-2012,11/

Weaverville, CA

*(Population: 3,807)
*Coursing rivers, craggy mountains, vibrant wilderness—Weaverville’s
setting on the outskirts of California’s Shasta-Trinity National Forest
sells itself. It owns a nice slice of history, too: Unlike many gold-rush
towns, Chinese laborers in Weaverville in the mid-1800s were able to
cultivate a strong and supportive local community here. The result is a
town that, even today, comfortably spans cultures. There are strains of
Victorian America in antique residences such as the 1865 five-room Whitmore
Inn while the spirit of the frontier flavors the menu of the Old
West–styled La Grange Café. For a touch of California bohemia, try the
fair-trade coffee and organic tea served at Mamma Llama Eatery. Anchoring
it all is a strong history of Taoist tradition exemplified by the Joss
House—the state’s oldest continuously used Chinese temple, where the
faithful have worshipped since 1874. Religious and cultural tolerance
combined with 2 million acres of wild country? Sounds like heaven on
earth—a description that wouldn’t be out of place in the works of the
writer James Hilton, who compared Weaverville to a mythical paradise of his
own creation: a little place called Shangri-La.
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