Greening Up the Mountains moved to summer The beloved Greening Up The Mountains Festival will once again be absent from its traditional date of the last Saturday in April — but the Sylva Board of Commissioners has pledged that the event will take place in 2021. “It is called Greening Up The Mountains, but I do feel like April is too soon,” said Commissioner David Nestler. “Moving it back to later in the year when we’re confident that a vaccine will be more widespread seems like a safe bet to me.” The event has taken place for 22 continuous years, and 2020 was slated to be the 23