This document gives an overview of the proposed $316.8 million Buncombe County budget for the next fiscal year. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for June 3. Click here to download a PDF of the document.
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Asheville annexation resolution
This May 27, 2008, staff report to Asheville City Council includes a resolution that explains how the City of Asheville approaches annexation, and how a proposed moratorium on involuntary annexation would impact the city. A state House committee is considering an annexation moratorium bill that would put a moratorium in effect until June 30, 2009. […]
Vietnam, through an Asheville photographer’s eyes
Asheville photographer Paul Jackson wants to take you on a trip to Vietnam, a journey of the urban and rural, the war-ravaged and the modern-day, the public and personal.
Asheville Humane Society new center
This document, produced by the Asheville Humane Society, outlines the organization’s case for a new adoption center. In the fall of 2007, the Asheville Humane Society and Buncombe County broke ground for a new animal-adoption center at Pond Road, off Brevard Road in the vicinity of the WNC Farmers Market. The joint venture will consist […]
Asheville Area Center for the Performing Arts
This document is the introduction to a March 2005 report in which the Asheville Area Center for the Performing Arts (AACPA) contracted with Surale Phillips of Decision Support Partners, Inc. to conduct a geodemographic analysis of a 22-county region, as well as additional analysis of audiences representative of 13 producers and presenters of performing arts […]
North Shore Road
This document is the 1948 Agreement of Transfer between Tennessee Valley Authority and United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service relating to property in Swain County. The agreement was required by the 1943 Memorandum of Agreement. The road issue dates to 1943, when Fontana Lake was created to generate hydroelectric power for the […]
Leicester incorporation
This January 2008 document explains that a group of Leicester residents have been talking with Asheville City Council about incorporating a town since 2007. To create a town, the group needs City Council’s blessing, then action from state lawmakers. This staff report to City Council outlines the discussion and offers a proposed resolution regarding the […]
Asheville Civic Center Commission
The Asheville Civic Center Commission studied various aspects of the needs regarding the aging Civic Center in downtown Asheville. This February 2005 document outlines the infrastructure needs of the Civic Center. Click here to download a PDF of the document. This is a 2006 resolution recommending that the Civic Center director, Asheville city manager and […]
N.C. Budget and Tax Center report on who pays taxes in North Carolina
This February 2008 newsletter of the N.C. Budget and Tax Center explores how much North Carolina residents pay in state and local taxes. According to the publication: “This issue of BTC Reports analyzes who pays taxes in North Carolina, explains the impact the state’s tax system has on low- and moderate-income households, and makes recommendations […]
Waiting for Pack Square Park
With the start of the summer tourist season almost here, downtown-Asheville business owners met with representatives of the Pack Square Conservancy last week to hear an update about the next phase of construction on the long-awaited Pack Square Park. About 50 people gathered at Windows on the Park on Pack Square to press for specifics […]
AMJam rocks on
Question: How do you keep a small regional music festival viable? Answer: Invite top-notch talent, keep your core audience happy and stress the local economic impact of the festival. Sounds familiar: Ex-Biscuit Burner turned solo artist Shannon Whitworth makes her presence known at AMJam. That appears to be the path for the Asheville Music Jamboree, […]
Protesters pose at Pack Square
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals gathered at Pack Square Monday afternoon to mark World Vegetarian Week. Described another way, the protesters covered one nearly nude young woman in fake blood, wrapped her in cellophane and stuck a big sticker across her chest that read “FLESH.”
Cinebarre to screen ‘Indiana Jones’ outside
The movie theater at the Biltmore Square Mall claims it will be one of only a few in the country to screen the summer blockbuster outdoors on opening night.
Asheville City Council Strategic Plan update
This May 13, 2008, staff report to Asheville City Council offers a third update on strategic goals that Council outlined in January 2007. As background, the report notes: “City Council has asked city staff to provide quarterly updates on key strategic initiatives associated with the eight priority areas reflected in the City’s Strategic Plan. Staff […]
Digital billboard regulations for Asheville
This staff report and proposed ordinance, dated May 13, 2008, outlines considerations for regulating digital billboards in Asheville. The ordinance, which City Council approved, outlines rules governing everything from size and height to brightness and the duration of the changing content. Click here to download a PDF of the document.
Asheville financial report: 2007-2008 fiscal year’s third quarter
This document is the third-quarter financial report for the city of Asheville. The report gives a snapshot of the city’s financial health through March 2008 of its current fiscal year, which ends June 30. According to the report, city staff is estimating that the 2007-08 fiscal year’s revenue will exceed budget by $424,000. Expenditures are […]
Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office 2007 Annual Report
This is the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office’s 2007 Annual Report, issued by Sheriff Van Duncan. “This is our first year-end report which is a report card on how we are providing services to the citizens of Buncombe County,” he writes in the intro. “This report is designed to give you, the taxpayer, tangible measurements of […]
25-cent Asheville bus fare caps Strive Not to Drive week
It will only cost you a quarter to ride the bus on Friday, the last day of this year’s Strive Not to Drive effort to encourage people to stash their cars, trucks and SUVs and find alternate modes of transportation.
Evergreen students go sky high
Classmates Skyla Delerme, Syvanah Bennett and David Steinhoff couldn’t stop chattering as they hopped out of the Cessna four-seater. The Evergreen Community Charter School eighth-graders met their science teacher, Stuart Miles, on the tarmac. Bird’s-eye view: Evergreen Community Charter School eighthgrade teacher Stuart Miles, left, and student David Steinhoff check out the view on a […]
Pack Square Park construction update
The Pack Square Conservancy got some good news last week: A long-awaited $7.5 million contract on the next phase of construction of Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville will likely be finalized this week. Park construction update: At their May 7 meeting, members of the Pack Square Conservancy talked about details of the next phase […]
Medford takes the stand in his defense ***UPDATED 11:11 am***
Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford took the stand Monday morning in his defense. Medford is on trial in federal court, facing several charges relating to the illegal operation of video-poker machines.