They’re coming: Climate change drives homebuyers to WNC
Volume
27
/ Issue 4
Cover Design Credit:
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Climate migrants may well be the newest category of transplants flocking to Western North Carolina. In this week’s special Real Estate issue, Xpress looks at that possibility, as well as exploring our booming real estate market, a projected surge of evictions, how homeowners are rethinking their cooking spaces and more.
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Area board game cafés adapt to keep customers entertained
Well Played and The Kingmaker's Draft owners discuss the challenges of providing tabletop recreation during a pandemic.Orgatroid and Adi the Monk release new albums
Synth duo Orgatroid crafts ethereal, deep-groove synthesizer music, while Adi the Monk makes instrumental guitar-based soulful jazz/blues/funk. Even with pandemic-related shutdowns, both Asheville-based acts have new releases.A&E roundup: Bostic celebrates new book, Flood Gallery show
The Fairview-based artist examines women's roles in society; plus information on upcoming works, contests and the return of movie theater popcorn.food
Homeowners rethink cooking spaces during pandemic
Local contractors say kitchen remodels have seen a significant uptick since stay-at-home orders went into effect this spring.Beer Scout: Archetype head brewer Erin Jordan follows her own path to top spot
The West Asheville establishment's new head brewer discusses her quick but well-earned rise at the brewery.living
Owners install filtration systems to limit potential COVID-19 spread
Despite a lack of definitive evidence that COVID-19 can spread through heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, residential and commercial property owners are looking for ways to preemptively protect themselves…news
Pandemic hasn’t cooled red-hot real estate market
Despite high unemployment and ongoing uncertainties related to the pandemic, Asheville’s real estate market is booming. Local agents and lenders say a majority of their new clients are leaving densely…Asheville Archives: Real estate interests raise funds to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1926
In 1926, North Carolina and Tennessee needed to raise $1 million as part of a federal prerequisite for the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. As the deadline…Climate migration could bring influx to WNC
“Folks are really starting to get weary of the pattern of hurricanes and extreme weather and are looking for more stable environments such as Western North Carolina,” says local real…Community members prepare for coming wave of evictions
The looming eviction crisis has threatened renters for months, teasing tenants with temporary relief measures that end just when cash-strapped residents need them the most. In North Carolina, up to…Vance Monument Task Force gets to work
Per the joint city and county resolution that established the group, a “recommendation regarding the removal and/or repurposing of the Vance Monument" must be delivered to Asheville City Council and…One Buncombe Fund distributes over $1.3M in COVID-19 relief
Nearly 1,050 households have received over $453,000 in emergency assistance from the fund for necessities such as housing, utilities and transportation. And roughly $853,000 has been loaned to 92 area…opinion
Letter: Contact legislators to support renewable energy
"This is a call to action for the citizens of North Carolina to contact their legislators and demand a necessary change to support 100% renewable energy by 2050."Letter: A new prescription: health care for all!
"No one foresaw the COVID-19 pandemic, a condition that has now made Medicare for All a much more urgent issue."Letter: Wadsworth would put conservation first
"She is a breath of fresh air for our state, clearly up to facing our fiercest challenges."Letter: Keep community in mind when publishing articles
"Parvin’s article is not relevant to most people's experience living in Asheville at this time."Letter: Davis will bring honesty and integrity to Congress
"[T]he residents of the 11th District deserve someone who will put the integrity of the U.S. Constitution and the interests of the people of Western North Carolina first."Big money, no whammy
Letter: Ask Burr and Tillis what they’ll do about Trump
"I wonder if Thom Tillis and Richard Burr would like to go down in history as the senators who let our country to lose its valued form of government."Letter: Now that you’re here, it’s time to help out
"Asheville residents struggle to buy houses here because of stagnant wages, under- and unemployment, and ballooning home prices due to folks from other places buying homes 'sight unseen.'"Letter: On-campus life offers more safety from virus
"I am a student at UNC Asheville, and I have witnessed firsthand the prompt measures that the university has taken to ensure our safety."