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Letter: Join in to rebuild playground and forge unity
“The project motto has become: ‘The community builds a park; the park builds a community.'”
Former motel offers homeless folks a fresh start
Compass Point Village, a renovated Days Inn motel on Tunnel Road, will provide one-room apartments and supportive services to 85 people, many of them considered to be chronically homeless.
Letter: North Asheville’s parking lot
“Congratulations! To the City of Asheville and all the others involved in deciding and implementing the changes that have turned Merrimon Avenue into a parking lot!”
Letter: City should provide public toilets and more in West Asheville
“The public toilets and drinking water access points are exactly what our tax dollars should support. No excuses, Mayor Esther Manheimer!”
Letter: How about a new auditorium on the South Slope?
“Why not buy the finished ghost garage on the South Slope from troubled developers for pennies on the dollar and use the balance of the land for a new Thomas Wolfe?”
Buncombe to allocate COVID relief funds for more beds for homeless
As part of an interlocal agreement, the City of Asheville will administer $875,000 in county funds, as well as an equal city match, to three area shelter providers for extra beds.
Letter: Now’s the time to reimagine monument spot
“Before we rush headlong into anything we may have to tear down again in a few years, shouldn’t we at least give creative minds a chance to come up with some fresh concepts?”
Letter: City must act now on water system
“It’s time for the city to consider the consequences of their decisions, check their priorities and do what’s right now.”
Letter: Venue’s noise pollution makes life unbearable
“As a longtime downtown resident, I must leave my home and impose on friends each time this venue has a concert because of the noise in my home.”
Letter: Heat pump water heater plot twist
“I was getting conflicting information about whether or not the heater needed to be elevated on a stand in my garage.”
Letter: City should get serious about bearproof bins
“I think one way to increase the number of folks who have bearproof garbage bins is for the city of Asheville to put this high on the priority list and fund it with tourist tax dollars.”
Around Town: Celebrating Juneteenth
A week of events to celebrate Juneteenth. Plus, a new rom-doc’s premiere episode set in Asheville; and a Blue Ridge Heritage festival.
Asheville considers ban on single-use plastic bags
“A third of microplastics we’re seeing in the French Broad watershed is coming from these plastics that we might use for 12 minutes and end up throwing away. So anything we can do to curb the input of that into our daily lives the better,” said Anna Alsobrook, watershed science and policy manager for MountainTrue.
Letter: Thumbs-up on freezing water fees
“Can the Water Department collect a new user tap fee or tie-in fee?”
Letter: Keep those residential water rates frozen
“If they need more money, why not raise the prices on industrial usage?”
Letter: Include zoning and development in climate policy
“One idea that’s missing is: ‘Audit our zoning and development regulations for their ability to support climate-friendly development patterns.’”
Is Western North Carolina ready for coming EV surge?
Electric vehicles are popular in Buncombe County, a trend that will continue for years to come. As more drivers enter the world of EVs, doe the area have enough places for people to charge?
Letter: Sidewalks project shows little cooperation with neighborhood
“I am afraid the city of Asheville is not interested in neighborhood input.”
Letter: Goodbye, Tourists, hello Pirates?
“How about the Pirates relocating to Asheville if the Tourists bolt?”
Development roundup: Northridge Farms proposes 577 units for Weaverville
The proposed development on 88.12 acres would include 118 single-family homes, 163 townhomes or casitas and 296 multifamily apartments across 11 buildings. The single-family homes would be for sale; all other units would be rented out.