Exit Strategy: Why are Asheville’s police officers leaving?
Volume
27
/ Issue 49
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Officers continue to depart the Asheville Police Department, leaving more than 85 positions open since June 2020. Of more than 50 former officers, only two were willing to discuss their motivations for quitting with the Xpress.
arts
Recent grants generate new arts and culture initiatives
A pair of recent grants to Warren Wilson College and Western Carolina University’s Bardo Arts Center focus on the region’s cultural history and traditions.Art in Bloom and Midsummer Market highlight rural creators
Black Mountain Center for the Arts continues a long-running tradition while the Madison County Arts Council starts a new one.Around Town: Urban Renewal Impact website goes live
The findings of Priscilla Robinson’s 14-year project are published, a recent Asheville High graduate earns a spot in the prestigious GRAMMY Camp and more area arts news.food
Improving with age: Visionary restaurateurs, architects and designers work to rejuvenate Asheville’s old buildings
As Asheville began reimagining itself over the last 20 years, its dense urban core of older yet viable structures has allowed local, independent restaurants and breweries to obtain affordable —…What’s new in food: Yancey County Farmers Market to find a new permanent home
Yancey County Farmers Market prepares for a new site. Plus, Barn Door Ciderworks invites local home cooks to show off their chops in the cidery's tasting room, Eda Rhyne pops…living
Q&A with Justin McVey, regional wildlife biologist with NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Justin McVey of Horse Shoe looks at the world differently than do most people. A bird feeder and a trash can are a potential buffet for urban black bears scavenging…Wellness roundup: Local domestic, sexual violence nonprofits lose funding; Dogwood invests $25M into Pisgah Fund
State funding for local domestic, sexual violence nonprofits to end Sept. 30 The N.C. Governor’s Crime Commission informed four WNC nonprofits on June 16 of the discontinuance of nearly $2.3…news
Asheville Archives: Workers go on strike at American Enka, 1941
Demanding higher wages, better working conditions and paid time off, workers at American Enka went on strike in late March 1941.Following up on the 2019 Flatiron sale
After pandemic-related financing and permitting delays, work is now underway on the conversion of downtown Asheville's Flatiron Building into a hotel, with a grand opening planned for 2023. Xpress reached…Why are officers leaving APD?
It’s no secret that officers are quitting the Asheville Police Department in droves, but what's less certain is why officers are leaving. Xpress reached out to more than 50 former…Local Democrats reluctant to support government transparency bill
When Xpress asked each of Buncombe County’s state-level representatives if they would support the new transparency measures contained in House Bill 64, only Republican Sen. Chuck Edwards gave an unequivocal…BCTDA approves $15.3 million for tourism marketing
Nearly all of the members of the public who commented on the issue expressed concern over the amount of money being spent to draw more tourists to the area and…opinion
Letter: Beasley is a sincere and discerning leader
"She has been a public defender, a District Court judge, the first African American woman to lead the N.C. Supreme Court and the only candidate who has won statewide in…Letter: Thumbs-up for attention to local issues
"Substantial opinion letters such as those in your June 23 issue are why I'll turn first to the Xpress in Asheville or Bill Moss’ Lightning in Hendersonville for thoughtful attention…Letter: Are activist welcome wagons the solution?
"What activists need to organize is partisan welcome wagons and moving vans to welcome allies to vote for mayors to fund abortions to reduce school tax and housing demand. ..."Letter: Clamp down on noisy vehicles
"I’d love to see the police stop some of these drivers and issue tickets for violating the noise ordinance."Pain management
Letter: The reality of the Asheville job market
"They always tell you what you want to hear to get their foot in the door."Letter: Missing the old Asheville
"Downtown did need help, but it didn’t need to be turned into the tourist-oriented, overbuilt, overdeveloped mess that it has become."Man handlers