Dollar General

Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, is a scenic unincorporated community in Johnson County located along Tennessee Highway 91 between Mountain City and Damascus, Virginia. Known for its Appalachian mountains, secluded valleys, and Laurel Creek, the community offers a range of outdoor amenities including the Laurel Creek Trail, Gentry Creek Falls, nearby Cherokee National Forest lands, and access to hiking, fishing, biking, camping, and mountain recreation. Local amenities include a Dollar General, automotive services, a gas station, small businesses, an elementary school, volunteer fire department, and lodging/camping options such as Old Mill Music & RV Park. The area also has a distinctive heritage, with portions of the historic 1810 bloomery forge still remaining and the annual Old Time Fiddlers Convention providing a cultural attraction. From an investment perspective, Laurel Bloomery's primary opportunity is its outdoor-recreation and tourism potential, scenic mountain setting, and location along TN-91 connecting Northeast Tennessee with Southwest Virginia. Johnson County is actively pursuing tourism and recreation initiatives, including a proposed Trail Center in Laurel Bloomery, while the county's 2026 strategic planning efforts specifically identified lodging development and enhanced recreation as focus areas. The community's proximity to the Appalachian Trail, Virginia Creeper Trail, Doe Mountain Recreation Area, Watauga Lake, and other mountain attractions creates potential demand for cabins, campgrounds, hospitality, outdoor-recreation businesses, convenience retail, restaurants, automotive services, and other visitor-oriented properties. For commercial investors, the combination of limited local competition, highway exposure, established outdoor tourism, and potential growth in lodging and trail-related development provides opportunities for carefully selected income-producing properties serving both residents and visitors.Exclusive Realty is proud to present an exceptional Absolute NNN leased Dollar General investment opportunity located at 9172 U.S. Highway 19E in Newland, North Carolina, the county seat of Avery County and a scenic commercial center in the North Carolina High Country. Newland sits at approximately 3,589 feet in elevation, making it the highest county seat in the eastern United States, and serves as a convenient hub for residents, seasonal visitors, and tourists traveling throughout Avery County and the surrounding mountain communities. The property benefits from access to U.S. Highway 19E and convenient connections to U.S. 221, NC Highway 181, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Banner Elk, Linville, Pineola, Spruce Pine, and other High Country destinations. The surrounding market is supported by tourism and outdoor recreation, agriculture and Fraser fir Christmas-tree production, construction and real estate, healthcare, retail, hospitality, and small businesses. Avery County reports approximately $51 million in annual tourism and outdoor-recreation revenue and $22–$25 million in annual agriculture and Christmas-tree production, while major regional amenities include Grandfather Mountain, Linville Falls, Linville Gorge, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Sugar Mountain, Beech Mountain, hiking trails, waterfalls, golf, skiing, fishing, camping, and year-round outdoor recreation. Newland also provides essential community services including grocery shopping, restaurants, pharmacies, healthcare, schools, professional services, lodging, parks, and local government facilities. The surrounding Newland market includes established grocery, restaurant, lodging, healthcare, automotive, pharmacy, and professional-service businesses, while nearby attractions such as Grandfather Mountain, Linville Falls, Linn Cove Viaduct, Linville Caverns, Pisgah National Forest, and the Blue Ridge Parkway provide substantial year-round recreational and tourism activity.