ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County’s annual Fourth of July fireworks celebration is getting a new home this year, and organizers say the move from Lake Julian to North Buncombe High School won’t just preserve the county’s biggest fireworks show — it could make it even better.
For years, thousands of residents gathered at Lake Julian Park for the county’s Independence Day celebration. But according to fireworks contractor Jim Wright, of PyroWright LLC, construction near the lake limited access to the traditional launch site, forcing organizers to find a new location.
“We exhausted every option around the lake,” Wright said. “We worked with the county and looked at a lot of different sites before settling on North Buncombe. It was the place that gave us enough room to put on a show that’s equal to — and actually bigger than — what people have seen before.”…