Asheville’s Planning and Development Department will recommend that City Council approve the Parkside development adjacent to City/County Plaza if developer Stewart Coleman agrees to shave one floor from the design.
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Border wars: A proposed statewide moratorium on forced annexation could postpone a decision on four Asheville annexations that are currently tied up in court.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
Where were our heads at this week? Thank goodness there were bloggers all over the area taking note of the milestones, moments and murmurings from the past week.
Asheville City Council preview: May 27 meeting
Asheville City Council will hear a budget update leading up to that document’s final version in June, and a few other items of interest also show up on the agenda.
City announces venues for Downtown Master Plan meetings
Asheville has announced the locations for a weekend of Downtown Master Plan public-input sessions to be held at the end of the month.
Wrong place wrong time
After a seven-hour hearing on May 14, the Board of Adjustment unanimously denied a conditional-use permit for a controversial concrete plant proposed for north Buncombe County. The hearing came after a string of cancellations and reschedulings during the 10 months since Asheville Concrete (now Blue Ridge Concrete) first submitted the application (see “Neighbors Question Cement […]
Everything new is old again
Asheville’s struggle to define its identity downtown is not limited to recent debates, but has occurred again and again throughout its history. That was the message from panelists participating in the second installment of public meetings in the run-up to a new Downtown Master Plan. Despite a gray and drizzly evening on May 16, slightly […]
Asheville City Council preview: May 20 meeting
At its upcoming work session this Tuesday, Council will hear about immigration, sex offenders and annexation.
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
We don’t know what day you are reading this, but as we write it, it is Friday.
Board unanimously rejects concrete plant
After seven hours of testimony, public comment and deliberation Wednesday night, the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to deny a conditional-use permit for a concrete plant proposed for north Buncombe County.
Second Downtown Master Plan meeting on Thursday
The second in a series of meetings on a new downtown master plan for Asheville will be held Thursday evening.
Not your momma’s craft sale
Handmade crafts become hip again with the upcoming Which?Craft! fair. The event is the brainchild of Asheville artist Carley Dergins, who has been producing her own crafts under the name Mystery Hand for some time as well as visiting independent craft fairs in other towns. Rather than the confining themselves to the dusty crafts of […]
Buncombe Commish: the Democrats
The suspense didn’t last long, but that wasn’t due to any lack of candidates in the Democratic primary for the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners. It’s just that the results came in so fast there was hardly any time for the tension to build among the nine contenders and others tracking the returns. Within two […]
North Buncombe concrete plant hearing returns
A hearing on a proposed concrete plant on Murphy Hill Road will be held Wednesday evening at North Buncombe Middle School.
Jamaican restaurant to open in historic Asheville space this weekend
One Love II opens its doors on Sunday, May 11, in the space formerly occupied by soul-food eatery The Ritz
Blog Log: The week in local blogging
So the long wait for the North Carolina primary elections finally ended this week, and life goes on in blogworld.
PARC plans rally at master plan meeting
Asheville’s city-hosted Downtown Master Plan series begins Thursday at 6 p.m., but activists are planning to precede its kick-off with a rally protesting a possible hotel across the street.
Get out!
Need to get outside? There are 113 options in Buncombe County alone, according to a new map of parks and recreational facilities compiled as part of the Year of the Park project. The newly launched promotional campaign aims to call attention to the area’s many opportunities for getting a little cultural stimulation and fresh air. […]
Round two
The auditorium at North Buncombe Middle School holds a little more than 400 people. And when the Buncombe County Board of Adjustment meets there on May 14 to consider a concrete plant proposed for Murphy Hill Road, the folks opposing the idea will try to fill every seat. Crossroads: A school bus waits at the […]
“Book of interpretations” revealed
Xpress recently obtained a copy of the “book of interpretations”—more than 178 pages of memos, e-mails and handwritten notes that Asheville’s Planning and Development Department uses as a guide when ruling on specific points concerning the Unified Development Ordinance. Some documents in the book date back to the UDO’s creation in 1997. “A special place”: […]
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