On Dec. 31, the recycling location at the Westgate Shopping Center saw its final day.
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“Down and Out in Asheville: The Many Faces of Local Poverty”
Reams of text are regularly devoted to Asheville’s beer, food, arts, local businesses, architecture and natural beauty — as well as whatever new development City Council is considering this week that will, we’re told, either save or doom everything we hold dear about our hometown. But a far more pressing topic is often completely ignored. […]
Room service
In limbo since 2008 due to a faltering economy, the 51 Biltmore project took a couple of steps forward at the Asheville City Council's Dec. 14 meeting. If the hotel/parking deck/retail development is approved, the target site — a large parking lot on Biltmore Avenue — could change dramatically. On a pair of 4-2 votes […]
Bottled in bond
Every hour she worked at the Buchi plant in Weaverville, the labels Kila Donovan pasted on the bottles of fermented tea drink touted the company's status as a certified living-wage employer. “I just wanted to go to work, get my paycheck and avoid drama, but after I'd been working there for a couple of months, […]
Read the APD’s rules for using force
In a 12-page set of guidelines obtained by Xpress, the Asheville Police Department spells out its rules for using force, including oversight, criteria for reasonable versus excessive force as well as what qualifies as deadly and non-deadly weapons.
APD use of force policy
In this 12-page set of guidelines, originally adopted in 1993 and updated in 2007, the Asheville Police Department spells out its policies on the use of force by officers, including deadly and non-deadly weapons, acceptable and unacceptable tactics and a review process. APDUseofForcePolicy.pdf
Shuler votes to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Back in May, Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler bucked his party and voted against repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Yesterday evening, however, Shuler joined the majority of his party (and 15 Republicans) in voting to repeal the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. The measure passed 250-175.
Asheville City Council preview: 51 Biltmore time
In its final meeting of the year tomorrow, Dec. 14, Asheville City Council will consider the 51 Biltmore project, including a hotel and parking deck. In addition to an update, Council will vote on leasing property for parking during the project’s construction and setting a public hearing on financing for early next year.
A primer on the “Asheville 11”
Eleven people stand accused in the May 1 vandalism spree in downtown Asheville, a group some anarchists have dubbed the “Asheville 11” and tried to turn into a cause célèbre. On Monday, Dec. 6, their trial was set for Jan. 24. Here’s an analysis of what’s happened so far.
A rough night at the Reid Center
Despite the rainiest, nastiest weather in recent memory, more than 80 people gathered at the W.C. Reid Center Nov. 30 for a special community meeting hosted by the Asheville City Council. Perched on folding chairs in the auditorium, the audience, mostly residents of the neighborhoods just south of downtown Asheville, had braved the weather to […]
AFD extinguishes Turtle Creek Apartments fire
Early this morning, the Asheville Fire Department responded to a three-alarm fire at the Turtle Creek apartments. More than 50 firefighters, including several from other fire departments, battled the blaze for over an hour. According to the AFD, 31 people lost their homes, but no one was killed or injured in the fire.
Photos courtesy of Asheville Fire Department
To comply with zoning rules, three residents will leave Montford home
To avoid fines, Bernard Carman, a Montford landowner involved in a dispute over city zoning rules that prohibit more than five unrelated tenants from living in his eight-bedroom house, says three tenants are leaving in order to comply with the rules.
Photo by Jonathan Welch
Anarchists march in protest of APD, gentrification
Chanting “cops, pigs, murderers,” and “smash the state, burn the prisons, anarchy and communism,” about 40 people gathered in Pack Square early this evening to protest police actions (including the arrest of 11 alleged vandals on May 1) and gentrification. The group marched down near the Buncombe County jail and up to Pritchard Park.
Photo by Jerry Nelson
Good news, bad news
On a warm autumn day in the Burton Street neighborhood, the community center is bustling. It's a far cry from just a few years back, when members of the historically African-American West Asheville community were fighting off drug dealers and the center, once the pride of the neighborhood, had fallen into disrepair. Up on the […]
Size matters
Asheville City Council Nov. 23 meeting City sales-tax revenues higher than expected Council endorses ethics code After two years of discussion, debate, committees and consultants, the first major changes proposed by the Downtown Master Plan came before the Asheville City Council Nov. 23 and were approved with only one dissenting vote. But not without controversy. […]
LIVE coverage of City Council community meeting
Asheville City Council is meeting at the W.C. Reid Center tonight to get input from residents of the central and southside areas parts of the city. The agenda includes reports on riverfront development, greenways and street improvements, as well as a Q&A facilitated by Mayor Terry Bellamy. Follow live Twitter coverage here.
Anarchist group claims responsibility for Department of Corrections vandalism
An anonymous group of anarchists has claimed responsibility for a Nov. 24 vandalism of the Department of Corrections building on McDowell Street. Police say the vandals slashed several vehicles’ tires and painted slogans like “Burn Prisons” on the building.
Landmark River District graffiti space now off-limits
An announcement from the Asheville Police Department warns that a landmark community graffiti wall in the River District is now off-limits.
Asheville City Council preview: All in the plan ***UPDATED: Live Twitter-based coverage***
At the Nov. 23 Asheville City Council meeting, the first major changes to come out of the Downtown Master Plan — new design standards that will result in less projects going directly before Council — come up for a vote.
Soil and water recount over: Israel, Hubbard keep leads
A two-day recount in the Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation district supervisors’ race is over. Incumbent Elise Israel, along with newcomer Chase Hubbard, have retained their leads.
Higher calling
Asheville City Council Nov. 9 meeting “Transformational development” incentives narrowly approved Enka Center rezoning OK’d For a proposal to allow cell-phone towers in residential areas under certain conditions, the third time was not the charm. An amendment to the city’s cell-tower ordinance, coming before the Asheville City Council for the third time Nov. 9, once […]