A presentation intended to unveil a draft Downtown Master Plan for Asheville may get bumped back, project manager Sasha Vrtunski told Xpress. The presentation, the next step in a series of meetings intended to engage the public in the design process for a comprehensive downtown development-and-transportation plan, may be delayed so more work can be […]
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Motivational event to lock up downtown parking
The city of Asheville is warning drivers away from downtown on Tuesday, Sept. 9, when the nationally famous Get Motivated seminar drops in at the Civic Center.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
OK, you win. We at Blog Log usually like to keep the conversation turned toward local matters, but some high-profile national news has dominated the local blog world this week.
Asheville City Council
Asheville water supply still OK City offices may move to Innsbruck Mall Despite earlier reports that an alternative bridge design produced by a local volunteer group was on track for consideration by the N.C. Department of Transportation, it’s actually still a step or two behind the other options, a DOT engineer told Asheville City Council […]
Asheville City Council
Highlights from the August 19 work session.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Man has it been hot and dry, dry and hot. But it’s all gotta break soon, right?
Record catfish on a Barbie Doll rod
That’s how we do it in North Carolina: A Wilkes County man landed a state-record catfish on his granddaughter’s Barbie Doll fishing pole.
Feds arrest 57
The impacts of an Aug. 12 raid on the Mills Manufacturing Corp. plant in south Asheville that netted 57 suspected illegal workers continue to ripple through the community, the plant’s executive vice president and immigration activists say. Your papers, please: A federal raid at Mills Manufacturing, which makes parachutes for the Defense Department, has touched […]
Asheville City Council preview: Aug. 19 meeting
Council will hears about the water supply, I-26 and the transit system.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Change. In August, it can seem like nothing ever does. Like the drought, things seem to just drag on.
Rallies to respond to ICE raid
Two rallies have been planned for this weekend in the wake of the Aug. 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid that netted 57 suspected illegal workers in Asheville.
Weathering the storm
They were on full alert in the building just off City/County Plaza that houses Asheville’s Police and Fire departments. Preparing for the worst, extra staff was on board, equipment was at the ready, and the Emergency Operations Command Center had its supplemental communications systems fired up. In short, both departments were on standby for disaster. […]
Magnolia on notice; activists gear up for civil disobedience
An Aug. 6 letter from developer Stewart Coleman to protesters beneath a magnolia tree at the heart of the Parkside controversy effectively gave notice that Coleman plans to cut the tree down sometime after 35 days from that date. Made in the shade: Dixie Deerman, aka Lady Passion, speaks at a press conference held in […]
Immigration raid at parachute plant nets 57
A raid by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at an Asheville-based defense contractor resulted in the arrest of 57 suspected-illegal immigrant workers, an ICE official told Xpress Tuesday afternoon.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Oh, blogworld. We don’t know how to quit you. But this week, you seem pretty good at quitting, or at least fishing for advice on how to drop your habits.
Parkside protesters demand eminent domain, plan demonstration training ***UPDATED 2 p.m. TUESDAY***
Responding to a letter from Parkside developer Stewart Coleman, protesters beneath the magnolia tree adjacent to City/County Plaza are planning “direct action” workshops and demanding that either the city of Asheville or Buncombe County declare eminent domain to return the property to public hands
Magnolia on notice; Parkside protesters plan response
A letter delivered by developer Stewart Coleman to a group of demonstrators holding a vigil beneath the magnolia tree that sits on the controversial Parkside property states his intention to cut down the tree “sometime after 35 days from today’s date.”
Hammer time
The city of Asheville’s tearing up of a sidewalk at the corner of Battery Park Avenue and Wall Street resulted in a flurry of complaints from business owners, but the city public-works director now says things are going to change.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Asheville has a certain reputation regarding the type of people who flock to our fair city. This week, our bloggers weigh in on the matter.
Easley’s fist bump with Obama final straw for shoulder
The Raleigh News & Observer is reporting that Gov. Mike Easley’s June appearance with presidential hopeful Barack Obama, in which the two engaged in the candidate’s trademark fist-bump, led him to finally get shoulder surgery
Downtown Commish tackles construction concerns
The future impact of new buildings in downtown Asheville is a frequent topic of debate these days, given its effect on the skyline, traffic and the general downtown atmosphere. But what about the here and now? Construction on large projects—both by the city and by private developers—can block sidewalks and streets for extended periods of […]