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Special Events! Where We Make You Feel Special at Opossum Creek Retreat

We host lots of special events here at Opossum Creek Retreat. Want to take part or plan one of your own? Read on…

This event starts tomorrow and you can still get in, so DO IT. We do a fair number of these specialty events each year.

You may not believe this but I practice yoga, and way back when I climbed too. These two activities belong together, and Elaina Erinz Smith and Erin Larson blend them wonderfully.

This is the second year for this ossum, intimate, expertly organized weekend. See you on the mat but not on the rock.

Run Around the Gorge

I am not a runner, but this looks like fun and Mark Lattanzi is a pro at organizing and running an event.

Even the guy who pulled a muscle and was laid up on the couch was smiling and having fun at last year’s event. He did not get to run but came anyway because he loves the camaraderie, the area, and the food.

So he got to relax at Opossum Creek Retreat all weekend cheering his friends new and old to the finish.

Meetings

If you have to be in a meeting, you should do it here.

Why? Because even though you need to get some work done, you can do it in one of the prettiest conference rooms around. It’s almost like you’re working outside; huge windows let nature right in.

Weddings

It’s a no-brainer that Opossum Creek is a place where lots of couples want to host their weddings.

Beautiful outdoor space? Check.
Plenty of nature and pretty views? Check.
Room for lots of guests to stay? Check.
Great indoor space too? Check.
An unique venue unlike any other? Check.

Who could ask for more?

Family Reunions

We’ve already given you plenty of reasons why Opossum Creek is THE place to host a family reunion. Simply put, we’re the perfect spot for reconnecting, rejuvenating, and remembering what’s important.

Some Other Fun Events

In 2013 there’s the Todd Norian yoga retreat weekend. My yoga teacher BabaRANBOYD has been studying with this guy for almost a decade. I am excited to be able to attend one of his weekend sessions on my home turf.

And of course the big one: The New River Birding and Nature Festival. This has grown into an amazing week with hundreds of people enjoying our hospitality and the Spring migration of birds.

We may not be all that special. But when we host events like these our guests tell us we are.

Okay, all are guests are special. I was just trying to say we do special events really well. Now, I am not bragging, Just repeating what I have been told. Why else would they keep coming back?

Want to feel special too? Just come to Opossum Creek Retreat.

Fire Up Your Next Corporate Retreat

For tens of thousands of years mankind has been intrigued by fire. It has been used to heat, cook and forge metal. Also for some a place to meet and relax.

Relax
One of my favorite ways to kick-back, reflect and relax is to strike a match and light a campfire. This is when I like to open my box of nothing, er brain.

Meet
It wasn’t too long ago, we had the opportunity to host a unique corporate retreat here at Opossum Creek.

Every evening some of the group would strike a fire and gather ‘round. I overheard one say “what is it that attracts us to fire?”. Watching the guys around the fire, some talking and some just gazing at the embers is a scene played out around fire-rings all over.

It was noted that the time spent around the fire was often, more productive than any other time during the meeting. In fact, some business-altering decisions were made around that fire as they gathered in the evenings.

Bonds were formed and personalities were defined. This quote pretty much sums it up, “We arrived as a team and left as a family”

Opossum Creek Retreat offers an unusual form of corporate retreat. We are nestled in the middle of some of the country’s best outdoor activities and, in my opinion, the most beautiful scenery anywhere.

Next time you have a corporate meeting, ask yourself, “How much more could we accomplish around a campfire?”.

4 Reasons You Shouldn’t Choose Us for Your Corporate Meeting (And 5 Why You Should!)

Corporate meetings. Everyone has them from time to time. Not many actually enjoy them. Lots of time sitting in a chair, plenty of artificial light and often terrible catered-in food. Face it, the thought of another corporate meeting is painful.

Know what’s even more painful? Planning them. The logistics, the meeting space, the food, activities. Just another side of corporate meetings that most folks don’t like.

Are you in charge of planning your next corporate meeting? If so, we like to think we can help (and psstttt….make you look like a star!). Before we tell you about why you should consider us for your next meeting, I’d like to save us both some time and tell you why you shouldn’t choose us. Simply put, we aren’t for everyone.

Why You Shouldn’t Choose Us for Your Corporate Meeting

No valet parking
No cabs
We don’t have much of a club-scene or “night life”
Our Meeting Room isn’t art deco, euro or feng shui

Why Opossum Creek is Perfect for Your Next Corporate Meeting

NO Suite NO Shoes No Problem!
Personalized Service

We provide personalized service with attention to detail (Yes, we can do that for you!)

The Only “Traffic” is at the Deer Crossing

You can park your car at the door of your cabin rental and you won’t need it again until you decide to go home. A stroll through the woods to your meeting? Yes.

A Better Kind of Night Life

We have very little light pollution which makes for great star-gazing around the campfire (Ever finished a day of meetings with a S’more?)
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Natural Surroundings

We do have a beautiful Timber Frame Great room with big windows that actually open! Sunlight and fresh air…at a meeting?

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting a corporate meeting with a group of folks that wanted to truly “step outside of the box”.

“This is not the hotel setting we are used to working in and just the setting will require us to think differently.”

We think they did just that. Take a look at their itinerary and decide for yourself.

Day 1
Arrive as flights permit. Dinner is on your own. Simply choose from any of the great local restaurants in Fayetteville. We will provide list and directions.

Day 2

7 to 8 AM fresh homemade Breakfast
8 to Noon meeting
Noon to 1 break-outs over fresh homemade lunch
1 to 5 Zip line Canopy Tour
5-7 happy hour with fresh homemade snacks
Dinner. You get the idea every meal is fresh-made with seasonal local ingredients
Campfire

Day 3
Same plan different adventure:

7 to 8 AM fresh homemade Breakfast
8 to Noon meeting
Noon to 1 break outs over fresh homemade Lunch
1 to 5 River trip in The New River Gorge National Park. Everyone can do this section of the river.
5-7 happy hour with Fresh homemade snacks
Dinner, fresh-made with seasonal local ingredients
Campfire

Day 4
Departure day

7 to 8 AM fresh homemade Breakfast
8 to Noon meeting
Noon to 1 break-out sessions, fresh homemade Lunch
Depart or not. Insert a team building program add another adventure and a night out on the town. Or have your family join you for a mini vacation after your successful Corporate off site meeting.

Where was you last meeting? Was it memorable?