The buzz you heard is true: Downtown Asheville’s Broadway Video will soon be no more. The longtime bastion of obscure film and locals-only attitude is currently liquidating its VHS stock in preparation for a new incarnation on Lexington Avenue.
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Asheville City Council
Law enforcement took center stage at the Asheville City Council’s Feb. 20 meeting, with Council members funding several new initiatives and giving the green light to a new high-tech arm of the Police Department. But a grant to fund seat-belt-enforcement checkpoints spurred some discussion. A wider web In November, a presentation on Internet child pornography […]
Asheville City Council
A proposed 162-unit gated community adjacent to the Asheville Country Club appears to be on hold after City Council indefinitely tabled the developer’s request for a conditional-use permit. Besides placing the ball squarely back in the developer’s court, the case also raised the possibility of updating of some of Asheville’s subdivision regulations. “This is one […]
The real appeal: Asheville City Council not taking “no” for an answer in water suit
Two weeks after a state Superior Court dismissed the city of Asheville’s lawsuit challenging legislation by the General Assembly, City Council has decided in closed session to appeal the decision to the N.C. Supreme Court.
The Kenilworth conundrum: City Council weighs subdivision rules
As they pondered a 162-unit development at Thoms Estate North Asheville last night, Asheville City Council noted similarities to another project reported in this week’s Mountain Xpress (see “Go Tell it on the Mountain”). The 65-acre subdivision going up on Beaucatcher Mountain bypassed council review, as it conformed to the Technical Review Committee’s subdivision ordinance.
Go tell it on the mountain
A 65-acre development on Beaucatcher Mountain has its Kenilworth neighbors up in arms about both its potential impacts and the lack of City Council oversight. Another concern is the site’s proximity to a historic African-American cemetery. Residents were alarmed when the large-scale development was first proposed a year ago. More recently, logging trucks cutting roads […]
A model Asheville?
Guess what, Asheville? Not only are you high on the list for retirement living, you may possess the kind of qualities ideal for a national model for real-estate acquisitions and development.
On its website, Global Development Resources Inc. (an Arden-based real-estate marketing firm that handles “high-margin, lifestyle communities, second homes, commercial and resort related properties”) lists a slew of characteristics about the baby-boomer set (the largest generation of consumers in U.S. history), and refers to its general fitness, desire to retire in an attractive location and love of SUVs.
Superior Court rules against Asheville in water dispute
This just in: Today a Wake County State Superior Court ruled against the city of Asheville,Aeos attempt to abolish Sullivan Acts II and III, passed in 2005 by the state General Assembly after the dissolution of the water agreement between Asheville and Buncombe County. Those acts prohibit Asheville from charging higher water rates to customers outside city limits, a move that City Council has called inequitable and inconsistent with the terms that other N.C. cities operate under.
Asheville City Council
“I can’t move without this [money]. I will end up in a shelter.” – McCormick Heights resident Julie Brown Asheville hasn’t pulled the trigger yet on buying the troubled McCormick Heights housing project, but on Jan. 23, City Council voted 5-1 to allocate up to $120,000 to help displaced residents find new homes. In December, […]
Not just any given Sunday
Let’s face it: Sports metaphors are overused in journalism. The touchdown/field-goal/home-run cliches ring all too familiar. Rest assured that in this piece, we will not need to resort to such methods. Any time we mention football, we will actually be talking about … football. And so, speaking of football … one has to wonder, during […]
Asheville City Council Extra
Getting away from it all: Asheville City Council members during their retreat at the Municipal Building. photo by Jonathan Welch It’s just not a new year until the Asheville City Council sequesters itself for its annual retreat. Historically, this is a time for Council members to state their individual goals for the next 12 months […]
Mayor Bellamy: Bedtime for Bele Chere?
Some say you can tell how long someone has lived in Asheville by his or her opinion of Bele Chere. Newbies seem to dig it, while longtime locals may go so far as to leave town to avoid the summer juggernaut. Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy has lived here her entire life, so her comments at […]
Getting (slightly) away from it all: Asheville City Council retreats
Asheville City Council will spend Friday and Saturday on its annual retreat. The time is traditionally spent charting priorities for the year and hashing out operational policies, and has even been known to include group exercises led by outside motivational counselors. This year, Council will “retreat” a few doors from City Hall to the municipal […]
Asheville bloggers convene this Saturday
It’s time again for local bloggers to get out from behind their monitors and meet up – you know – face to face. BlogAsheville is calling for a local-blogger roundup this weekend at downtown Asheville club Joli Rouge, according to Scrutiny Hooligans. The last major roundup of those who opine online – the Extravablogiversapaloozathon – […]
Asheville City Council
“We’re at the edge of that point where this becomes a reality.” – Council member Jan Davis on marketing city property It was a dark and stormy night … really. A sudden snowstorm Jan. 9 left downtown Asheville’s streets empty, but inside City Hall, Council pressed forward with its scheduled formal session. (Due to a […]
Pushing the envelope
Asheville’s would-be drug czar: City Council member Carl Mumpower. file photo by Jonathan Welch Carl Mumpower is no stranger to the streets. The Asheville City Council’s lone Republican has made news before with his forays into the city’s housing projects and low-income neighborhoods, and what he’s seen there has prompted repeated calls for a full-court […]
Asheville City Council
“I think we all believe in the Constitution. But I think the Constitution is used as a weapon to paralyze us sometimes.” — Council member Carl Mumpower on banning sex offenders from city parks McCormick Heights: City Council voted to buy the destitute apartment complex, raze it and replace it with new affordable housing. James […]
If you offer it, they will come
“Sometimes it’s kind of organic.” The statement may sound like quintessential Asheville, but the speaker isn’t referring to a new tofu dish or the latest additions to the produce section. Instead, Economic Development Director Sam Powers is talking about Asheville’s efforts to stir developers’ interest in city-owned properties while advancing some of City Council’s stated […]
Asheville City Council
It’s no news that Asheville is getting more crowded, so it’s a given that such perennially thorny issues as rezoning and large-scale development will be conspicuous at Council meetings. Throw in environmental and energy concerns, and you’re sure to make the current City Council sit up and pay attention. Meanwhile, recent events have demonstrated that […]
Asheville City Council
Sign off: Prudential Lifestyle Realty on College Place is now in compliance with Asheville’s sign ordinance, having removed the sign from its east side. photo by Jonathan Welch Old controversies never die — they just keep cropping up in progress reports. Asheville City Council Members heard updates on a number of long-running disputes at their […]
Incumbent Democrats to return to Raleigh
In local races for the N.C. General Assembly, both major parties held their ground. Reps. Susan Fisher and Bruce Goforth and Sen. Martin Nesbitt, all Democrats, kept their seats. Retiring Rep. Wilma Sherrill was replaced by fellow Republican Charles Thomas, who edged out Democrat Doug Jones by about 400 votes. Statewide, however, Democrats showed slight […]