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Parkside road discussion tonight at Council meeting
Developer Stewart Coleman is proceeding with a request for a construction easement for a road through Pack Square park land at tonight’s Asheville City Council meeting.
Asheville City Council preview: March 10 meeting
The Crowne Plaza Resort is looking to expand in a big way, adding 364,700 square feet, but the level III project will require a public hearing and consideration by Asheville City Council.
West Asheville I-26 forum tonight; Bellamy and Gantt to speak
A Monday-night forum in the Burton Street neighborhood will look at the I-26 project’s impact on homes in that area and other parts of West Asheville.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Yeesh. Slim pickings out there. We started the week off buried in snow and ended it in full-tilt spring, but in between, bloggers must have had better things to do.
Asheville City Council
Council pitches compromise on water laws Parks plan needs more work Bele Chere ‘09 scaled back Asheville City Council’s Feb. 24 meeting—all seven hours of it—was book-ended by dollar signs and question marks. It started with a city budget update and ended with a report on the federal stimulus package, both of which presage more […]
A burning controversy
When last discussed before Asheville City Council, the prospect of a pet crematory next to an incoming condominium project left some Council members queasy. Back to back: The field behind this Forest Lawn entrance is the future home of the Main Street at Enka Village, a mixed-use development by Tony Fraga’s FIRC Group. Photo by […]
Legislators paint grim picture
Expounding the state of the nation’s crippled economy to a room full of the area’s top employers and revenue generators is no picnic. But that’s what state Sen. Martin Nesbitt and Reps. Susan Fisher, Bruce Goforth, Jane Whilden and Ray Rapp did at the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative luncheon on Feb. 20. […]
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
OK, so maybe we shouldn’t peruse the blog rolls while we’re hungry, but this week food was definitely on our minds and online.
Bellamy to meet with Obama
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy is headed to Washington, D.C. ,on Thursday for a meeting with President Barack Obama.
Asheville City Council
Council approves veterans memorial Multilingual signs here to stay Asheville City Council members are still settling into 2009, tweaking the priorities laid down at their January retreat and adjusting to the ramifications of a slumping economy. Nonetheless, they took two votes during their Feb. 10 meeting that showed strong support for the city’s developing greenway […]
Putting a name on the I-26 debate
There has been no shortage of stances in the I-26 connector debate. Resolutions have been passed, endorsements made. Buncombe County and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce have supported the option known as Alternative 3. Asheville City Council and several community groups and developers have backed the Asheville Design Center-initiated Alternative 4b. (See Xpress ongoing […]
Root Shock: Weighing the cost of urban renewal
Urban renewal, once hailed as the savior of urban areas, has often led to unintended consequences. The drastic reshaping of a city can prompt the demolition of entire neighborhoods, often including homes that were historically owned by African-American families. Asheville has its own history of troublesome urban renewal, especially in the East End neighborhood, where […]
Asheville posts street closure info online
The city of Asheville is going online to help drivers, pedestrians and affected businesses get a leg up on upcoming street closures.
Asheville City Council
Coverage of the Asheville City Council Feb. 10 meeting
Council’s Downtown Master Plan review pushed back
The draft Downtown Master Plan will not appear before Asheville City Council in March as planned, says the city’s project manager.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Thanks, bloggers, for all you do. If it’s not current events, it’s discussions on current events. And if it’s not that, then it’s rants about your own blo
Mayor pitches savings bonds
Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy is urging residents to buy savings bonds to combat the national economic crisis.
The eye of the storm: Hearts With Hands
While many international aid organizations focus long-term efforts and energies on a specific population or location, Hearts With Hands’ work is determined by the disaster du jour. From hurricanes to tsunamis, the group turns its attention wherever the latest large-scale crisis has erupted. Healing touch: Dr. Maureen McLaughlin-Grant examines a patient at the Hearts With […]
A million orphans: World Camp
The small southern-African nation of Malawi is considered one of the world’s most impoverished places. Apart from malnutrition due to lack of food, the country also suffers from an extremely high illiteracy rate and an HIV/AIDS epidemic that has left the country with an orphan population estimated at more than 1 million. A giant leap: […]
Immense opportunities, overwhelming needs: Christian Friends of Korea
When the Rev. Billy Graham made his much-touted visit to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in 1992, there wasn’t much information flowing in or out of a country devastated by war and in the grip of a dictatorship. Opening doors: Top row, left to right: the Rev. Bill Moore, the Rev. John Somerville (Montreat), Lee […]