A list of unanswered questions has stalled the Asheville Downtown Commission’s ruling on the Ellington, a proposed 23-story luxury hotel and condominium building planned for 35 Biltmore Ave. Oversized or right for the skyline?: One of the developers’ renditions of what Asheville would look like if the Ellington Hotel were built. The structure is depicted […]
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Asheville Downtown Commission plans big meeting Friday, June 8
With several A-list topics on the agenda and a possible crowd in attendance, the city of Asheville has decided to move the meeting to a larger venue. The agenda is rife with high-profile discussions and high-rise proposals.
Staying the course
When Bill Kaye used to play Asheville’s Municipal Golf Course, says longtime friend Chuck Chiavaras, he used to look around and see the course it could be, rather than the course it was. “He used to say, ‘Golly, somebody should do something with this place,’” Chiavaras remembers. Tee off (and get a haircut) at the […]
The bid goes on
The bidding battle for airspace rights next to a Patton Avenue building being redeveloped continues, as the group People Advocating Real Conservancy submitted a new bid today.
The Residents’ residence: A local response to the Pumpkins
The moans of the ticketless are still audible in the wake of the Orange Peel’s Smashing Pumpkins ticket sale, but local bands are already organizing to provide an alternative music … ahem … alternative.
Balcony bidding war
An Asheville conservation group is confronting developers on their own turf—fighting money with money. Trying to draw attention to the city’s policy of selling the airspace over public rights of way, People Advocating for Real Conservancy has gotten into a bidding battle with a high-profile downtown developer. Second look: An extensive renovation of the First […]
Asheville City Council
A local campaign to spur Asheville City Council to formally adopt a living-wage policy for city employees gained some ground at Council’s May 22 meeting, but specific proposals to mandate an annual wage increase or to favor conforming private contractors caused concern. It’s a living: Living-wage proponents got some — but not all — of […]
Asheville City Council update: It Lives!
Asheville City Council yesterday approved a living wage — calculated by the local Asheville/Buncombe Living Wage Campaign as $10.86 per hour for employees without health-insurance benefits or $9.50 an hour for those with benefits — for all of the city’s full- and part-time employees. The rub, you ask?
Shades of red and blue?: Asheville City Council May 22 meeting preview
Some say it clarifies candidates’ standings. Others say it alienates third-party contenders. The possible switch to partisan elections for Asheville’s Council and mayoral seats is sure to fire up some commentary.
What’s the plan, Stan?
The Asheville Downtown Association will host a community meeting to kick around the idea of a downtown master plan on Thursday, May 24.
See how it grows: Register today for Asheville development forum this Friday, May 18
Anyone who wants a big-picture look at the city’s development trends can attend Asheville’s Development Forum this Friday, May 18.
Asheville City Council
With six months to go before the next election cycle, Asheville City Council took a peek at two measures that would change the way municipal elections are run, shooting down an instant-runoff option but vowing to look at restoring party designations for candidates. Movin’ on up: Ridership is up almost 20 percent since last year’s […]
Coming around again
For decades, they roared around the blacktop oval down by the French Broad River. They might not have known it at the time, but racing legends were being born, machines were defining and redefining top speed, and the seed was being planted for what would become the nation’s fastest-growing spectator sport. At the Asheville Speedway […]
Waking a landmark
The For Sale sign in the front window of the S&W Cafeteria Building in Asheville may be coming down soon—and a new floor going up. Patton Avenue’s iconic terra-cotta-roofed landmark, designed by Douglas Ellington in the 1920s, has stood dormant since the departure of Shotzy’s bar a few years back. “We kind of want to […]
A Rove by any other name
Whatever could bring Karl Rove to an auditorium at West Henderson High School? The White House senior advisor and deputy chief of staff won thunderous applause and standing ovations with a short appearance at the April 28 convention off the 11th District Republican Party. The GOP’s district party chairman David Sawyer told the crowd that […]
Jay-Z didn’t die here!
Rumors build quickly in the universe of gossip blogs, as do reports of celebrities in Asheville. Sometimes they burn so fast that they supernova and die before you have even heard them.
Asheville City Council
If someone new to Asheville wanted a crash course on the city’s top concerns and hot buttons, City Council’s April 24 meeting would have served as a suitable primer. In the six-and-a-half-hour session, Council members touched on a greatest-hits package of Asheville’s perennially controversial topics, including homelessness, development, traffic and the environment. Whose park?: A […]
Coming around again
Coordinating 1,500 competitors at the Mountain Sports Festival may seem a bit like herding cats, but the momentum of the event—plus a tight-knit community of nationwide and regional athletes—makes the task a whole lot easier. James Trombly, a first-time event host for Diamond Brand’s “Against the Flow” race—where boaters, as the title suggests, fight their […]
A-Roving we will go
Deputy White House Chief of Staff (aka “Bush’s Brain”) Karl Rove worked up the crowd at the 11th District Republican Convention last Saturday, April 28, at West Henderson High School.
First meet for Pritchard Park group
The Pritchard Park Committee will hold it’s first meeting on Friday morning (April 27) at 9:30 a.m. in the Asheville Civic Center banquet hall.
Asheville slope vote postponed
Before hearing public comment on three amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (dealing with steep-slope development, retaining walls and open space), at its meeting yesterday, Asheville City Council decided to wait until its next meet to deliberate and vote on the changes.