Announcement from the N.C. Department of Transportation: The N.C. Department of Transportation is collaborating with the city of Asheville to improve pedestrian safety along Merrimon Avenue and throughout the city. NCDOT will be working with the city and an engineering firm to conduct a study on pedestrian safety. The study will analyze available data and identify trends and patterns to determine primary […]
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Asheville takes a bite out of Orkin’s bed bug list
For the third year in a row, Asheville placed in Orkin’s list of the top-50 cities in the U.S. that have the biggest bed bug infestations.
Community group near toxic CTS site hosts Valentine letter writing campaign in Asheville
Announcement from organizers: ASHEVILLE — This Valentine’s Day, area residents and friends will call on CTS officials to “have a heart” by immediately cleaning up all the poisons the corporation left in Arden decades ago. POWER Action Group will deliver signed Valentine’s cards, video messages and a petition with more than 1,200 signatures to CTS […]
New Belgium Brewing’s Clips Beer & Film Tour seeks submissions
Announcement from New Belgium Brewing: Approximately 20 Short Films Will Make the Cut for the Coast-to-Coast Tour Ft. Collins, Colo., – January 23, 2015 – New Belgium Brewing is now accepting film submissions for its 2015 Clips Beer & Film Tour. Selected films will travel to about 20 cities across the U.S., starting in May; […]
Asheville Angels announces its first investment in local startup, Plum Print
Here’s the announcement from the Venture Asheville entrepreneurship initiative. The news was recently reported on the popular national Tech Crunch website. Asheville Angels, a group of angel investors formed in 2014 to invest in startups and high-growth companies in Asheville and across the Southeast, today announces that it has made its first investment, which is […]
Law enforcement leaders to discuss minority community policing at UNC Asheville
Announcement from UNC Asheville: Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan and Asheville Deputy Police Chief Wade Wood will present Policing and Minority Communities at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 13 in UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. This lecture and discussion comes in the wake of months of protest and unrest across the United States following police killings […]
Pedestrian safety rally set for Jan. 24 at corner of Merrimon and Coleman avenues
Organizers announced via Facebook that they’re holding a Jan. 24 rally at the corner of Merrimon and Coleman avenues to draw attention to pedestrian safety issues. It begins at noon. Here’s their message via the “5 Points for Pedestrian Safety” Facebook event: The hazards of crossing Merrimon – caused mainly by a crosswalks that are […]
Civitas unveils new website ‘exposing vast left-wing activist network in NC’
Announcement from the conservative Civitas Institute: Civitas Unveils New Website Exposing Vast Left-Wing Activist Network in NC “Mapping the Left” project shines a bright light on coordination between more than 140 liberal organizations in the state RALEIGH – The Civitas Institute today launches a new website that will, for the first time, expose the full […]
New study outlines pedestrian safety issues on NC streets
The Safe Routes to School National Partnership is a nonprofit organization that improves the quality of life for kids and communities by promoting active, healthy lifestyles and safe infrastructure that supports bicycling and walking. The group recently produced a report outlining pedestrian safety issues on North Carolina streets and highways. Here’s an excerpt: In the […]
Asheville musicians rally to support beloved West African family
Asheville’s music community is coming together to support one of the city’s most beloved percussionists in the wake of a tragedy that befell his family in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Adama Dembele moved to Asheville several years ago from Ivory Coast and has since made a name for himself as a member of Zansa and […]
City of Asheville celebrates Black History Month
Announcement from the city of Asheville: Asheville, NC – February is Black History Month. In recognition, the City of Asheville Parks and Recreation Department is producing a number of events at recreation centers across the city. Below is a list of activities for the month of February. All events are free and the public is […]
UNC Asheville partners with ABIPA, African-American churches, to promote health
Press release from UNC Asheville: Promoting exercise, encouraging healthier eating, and increasing participation in health screening programs among members of Asheville’s African-American community are the goals of a new program undertaken jointly by UNC Asheville, ABIPA (the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement) and many area churches. The new program is supported by a $25,000 […]
Study highlights Asheville housing challenges
Patrick Bowen has evaluated housing issues in hundreds of cities across the country. But he’s never seen the mix of extremely low apartment availability and high population growth that confronts Asheville.
Asheville celebrates Martin Luther King Day with march, rally
“Don’t let Martin Luther King’s death go in vain,” Joseph Fox told the crowd gathered at Pack Square Plaza Jan. 19. He urged them to work in whatever ways they can to spread justice.
Video: Martin Luther King speaks in Montreat 50 years ago
Today, Jan. 19, marks Martin Luther King Day. The civil rights leader delivered a local address nearly 50 years ago in Montreat as part of the Presbyterian Christian Action Conference. The Aug. 21, 1965 speech was titled “The Church on the Frontier of Racial Tension” and you can listen to it here via a video […]
Harvard Scholar and PBS ‘Finding Your Roots’ producer to speak at UNC Asheville Feb. 19
Announcement from UNC Asheville: Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of America’s most prominent intellectuals and an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, will give a free public talk, Genealogy, Genetics and African American History, at UNC Asheville at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 in the Lipinsky Auditorium. The author of 17 books and creator of 14 documentary films […]
Asheville Council considers incentive deals with White Labs, Highland Brewing, Tutco Farnam
At their next meeting on Jan. 27, Asheville City Council members will consider economic incentive deals with White Labs, Highland Brewing and Tutco Farnam. Before voting, Council will hold public hearings to solicit feedback. Here are details on each proposed deal: White Labs A leader in the fermentation sciences industry, White Labs specializes in creating yeasts […]
Conde Nast Traveler: Asheville is #2 beer city in America
In a list of “America’s Best Beer Cities,” Conde Nast Traveler picks Asheville as number two, behind Cleveland, Ohio. Here’s what Joshua M. Bernstein writes about Asheville: “Over the holidays, I spent several pleasantly buzzed days in Asheville, North Carolina, which has a dense, walkable collection of world-class breweries. I ditched the car and strolled […]
Pisgah Legal offers free health care enrollment help MLK Day
Announcement from Pisgah Legal Services: Need health insurance coverage for 2015? Pisgah Legal Services and Western Carolina Medical Society will have a free enrollment event for those interested on January 19th, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with both scheduled and walk-in navigator appointments from 11 am to 4:30 pm at Pisgah Legal Services, 62 […]
CPP: Previously unknown photo album of Asheville in 1904 surfaces
Here’s an excerpt from the Carolina Public Press story. Click here to see the historic photos of Asheville as it was in 1904. At first, the notebook-sized cardboard box that arrived in the mail was inconspicuous. But when it was opened, at Pack Memorial Library’s North Carolina Collection, local librarians’ jaws started dropping. Inside were the delicate, […]
Are We All Charlie? Local panel on terrorism and freedom of speech in the modern world
Announcement from UNC Asheville: Are We All Charlie? Terrorism and Freedom of Speech in the Modern World The UNC Asheville Department of History will present a panel discussion, Are We All Charlie? Terrorism and Freedom of Speech in the Modern World, at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22 in Karpen Hall, room 038. This event […]