Message from MountainTrue:
Save Richmond Hill. Stop The Bluffs At River Bend.
Help fight a planned mega-development that would be built on 92 acres of intact forest directly next to Richmond Hill Park, increase traffic, and pollute the French Broad River.
There are three important meetings coming and three additional opportunities to help protect Richmond Hill Park and our communities.
- Attend the February 9 Asheville City Council Meeting asking them to join the fight against this development. The City owns Richmond Hill Park, and the roads that would be impacted by the development are in the City. The City needs to get involved to protect its interests and the interests of its residents.
- Meeting details here.
- Attend the February 15 Community Meeting with the developers. Save the date. Zoom details coming soon.
- Attend the February 16 Woodfin Town Commission public meeting and voice your opposition.
- Meeting info will be posted here.
- Tell them that:
- no conditional use permits should be issued for the Riverbend development until we can have safe meetings that all members of the community, regardless of internet access, can attend.
- They should not approve any annexations or new developments until the Town has completed its ongoing review and revision of its development rules.
- They should allow public input on the review of development ordinances to make sure the revisions meet the needs of the community.
- Send a message to Asheville City Council asking them to join the fight against this development. The City owns Richmond Hill Park, and the roads that would be impacted by the development are in the City. Asheville City Council needs to get involved to protect our environment and the interests of our residents.
- Send a message to Woodfin Town Commissioners asking them to oppose the rezoning of this property as Multi-use High Density.
- Donate to Richmond Hill River & Rescue to help cover the legal fees and expert analysis needed to fight this development.
Click here for information on how to join the zoom call.
The proposed development includes 1,545 luxury residential condo units, a 250-room hotel, a 59,000-square-foot office space, and 30 1,000 square-foot buildings in Woodfin adjacent to Richmond Hill Park and on the banks of the French Broad River. MountainTrue opposes this project in its current form, because of the potential impacts to the public commons – places we all share like the French Broad River, Richmond Hill Park and roads unsuited for the additional increased traffic. We are partnering with Richmond Hill & River Rescue — a local community group — to oppose this project. We need your help.
Visit our Advocacy Page for information on how you can effectively oppose this harmful development and tools and talking points to make taking action easy.
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