The search for a consultant team to give form to a new Downtown Master Plan, kicked off by Asheville’s Office of Economic Development last fall, has ended with the selection of the Boston-based firm Goody Clancy.
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Civic Center gains and losses
The Asheville Civic Center came in slightly over budget on income and under budget on expenses during the first half of the current fiscal year—a cause for smiles at the Civic Center Commission’s Jan. 28 meeting. At the Center: City Council member Jan Davis (foreground) and Civic Center Commission Vice Chair Bill Lack discuss bringing […]
Passing the HandMade torch
HandMade in America, the Asheville-based nonprofit that brought Western North Carolina crafts new attention, was born in the mind of Becky Anderson in 1993. The area native married the idea of place-based economics to the artistry of the region’s craft tradition, placing new emphasis on how to support handmade crafts and their creators as an […]
Appeals court OKs suit against TVA
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower-court decision paving the way for a lawsuit to require TVA to clean up its power plants.
Malfunction junction goes high-tech
Does your road-rage quotient rise around construction sites? Have you long harbored smoldering anger at Asheville’s renowned “malfunction junction,” aka the approach routes to the interchange for Interstates 26 and 40? Are you baffled and perplexed by the construction going on there now? Life in the fast lane: Schedules and updates on the I-16/I-40 approach […]
Give my regards to Broadway
This season’s “Broadway in Asheville” series will be the last Nederlander production tour for the forseeable future at the Asheville Civic Center.
HandMade changes hands
A new executive director has just been named to take the reins of HandMade in America from founder Becky Anderson.
Lost and Found
Lost a dog? Found a ferret? Two local Web sites help animal lovers deal with the horror of having a pet disappear or the heart-tug of finding someone else’s strayed companion. One enables pet owners to immediately announce a lost or found animal free of charge; another offers step-by-step instructions for maximizing one’s chances of […]
State spending on Jackson County water line questioned
Funding for a two-mile water line in Jackson County wipes out a full year’s emergency drinking-water allocation for the entire state, but gives relief to families enduring cancer-causing benzene contamination.
MLK activities revive civil-rights focus
The 27th Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Prayer Breakfast will fill the Grand Ballroom of the Grove Park Inn on Saturday, Jan. 19, with music, a special award presentation and a keynote address by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit. The popular breakfast, sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe County, […]
Public speaks out on slope construction
Potential state legislation governing artificial slope construction scrutinized by interested parties
Want to buy a landslide?
Building on steep slopes is a pretty slippery topic in the mountains these days. Accordingly, the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has scheduled a regional hearing for Thursday, Jan. 10, to solicit public input on the state Legislature’s Safe Artificial Slope Construction Act (H1756). Three primary sponsors—all from Western North Carolina—introduced the bill […]
Coming soon to a downtown near you
Last August, the call went forth. Asheville’s Office of Economic Development issued a Request for Qualifications from firms that could guide a new Downtown Master Plan for the city, building on the existing City Center Plan of 2002. What’s next for downtown Asheville? A Downtown Master Plan will be developed in 2008 to guide the […]
Finalists chosen for Downtown Master Plan
Six finalists are under consideration to lead the Asheville Downtown Master Plan process in 2008.
A pretty good session: Local legislative update
North Carolina’s state legislators did a pretty good job for their lower-income citizens in 2007, according to analysts at a legislative briefing sponsored by United Way of Asheville-Buncombe County on Nov. 21 at A-B Tech’s Enka campus. Finding ways to “create strong communities for working families” was the framework for the analysis, explained North Carolina […]
Come on up to the governor’s house!
The view is great from the 3,140-foot-high, once-upon-a-time vacation home off Town Mountain Road. And this Saturday, Dec. 1, the public gets to roam inside and out what is now the North Carolina Governor’s Western Residence, during the facility’s annual Holiday Open House. Photo By Jonathan Welch The 60-year-old structure was purchased by the Asheville […]
Legislation matters: Local state goverment briefing
The United Way’s annual overview of the state budget and economic forecast takes place Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Score one for the Elktoe and Brookie
A strongly contested quarry permit for rural Jackson County has been nixed by the state.
Downtown Asheville lures uptown planners
The search for a consultant to help develop Asheville’s Downtown Master Plan has attracted what one local architect called “a veritable who’s who” in planning. By the Nov. 8 deadline, 33 mostly high-profile firms from across the United States and even Canada had responded to the city’s request for qualifications. A project of the Office […]
Back to the future
As a boy, Don Whitner worked for 50 cents an hour on the farm across the hill. And he used to tell the farmer, Fred Rogers, that someday he was going to own the place himself. It took him a while, but Whitner eventually bought that piece of his past and has since added two […]
Asheville voters: Don’t skip the ballot referendum!
Partisan or nonpartisan city elections? If you live in Asheville, today’s your chance to decide.