Robin Lenner has volunteered with Girls on the Run for 10 years. The organization inspires girls of all abilities to strengthen confidence and other important life skills through physical activity.
Why I volunteer: Building relationships with local farmers
Lisa Fields is a volunteer with Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project. The nonprofit helps link farmers to markets and supporters and strives to build healthy communities through connections to local food.
Why I volunteer: Aha moments!
Leland Arnsdorff is a volunteer at the WNC Nature Center. The organization works to connect people with the animals and plants of the Southern Appalachian Mountain region.
Council to hear update on TDA takeover of Sports Commission
A study commissioned for the TDA by the Huddle Up Group, a Phoenix-based sports consulting firm, recommends consolidating the sports commission into the tourism body. The TDA already funds the bulk of the commission’s work, at roughly $230,000 per year. (The city of Asheville and Buncombe County each pitch in about $45,000 annually, while UNC Asheville offers its facilities as in-kind contributions.)
Wellness roundup: Mercy Urgent Care extends hours
Mercy Urgent Care, a nonprofit urgent care network, expanded hours at two locations April 23. The South Asheville clinic, 1833 Hendersonville Road, and the East Asheville clinic, 1272 Tunnel Road, are open 8 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
Q&A: A developer’s perspective on value of conservation
Andy Baker has spent the last 17 years building a home for himself, his family and many others through his development projects in Western North Carolina. Originally from Michigan, Baker graduated from Purdue University with a degree in forestry before pursuing a career in real estate development. Earlier this year, the Southeast Regional Land Conservancy […]
Thinking green: All hands on deck
Joe Franco is a senior at UNC Asheville, majoring in international studies with minors in political science and environmental studies.
Thinking green: Take heed
Anne Craig is an environmental activist.
Gardening with Xpress: Managing tiny but formidable flea beetles
Tiny flea beetles are here to stay, and will affect your garden to some extent. But organic gardening is about finding balance, not controlling nature for our benefit alone.
Thinking green: adaptiveness and resiliency
Roger Helm is an instructor on global climate change at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville.
Q&A: Woman creates Mon-stors to ‘eat’ toys
“I knew that if I wanted my child to use whatever toy storage solution we had, it needed to be fun and like a game. “
Dr. Mollie Scott on contraception and public health
“Focusing on access to contraception so that women can plan their family — when and if they want to have a family — is really important,” says Dr. Scott.
Plan charts future of Pisgah, Nantahala forests
The latest Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests Land Management Plan was implemented last month and outlines land use for the next 20 years.
Thinking green: Sunrise on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Simone Adams is the founder of Color My Outdoors, which works to change the outdoor narrative to celebrate people of color.
Thinking green: Keep food out of the landfills
Marisha MacMorran first joined Food Connection in 2015 as a food donor partner. Today, she serves as the organization’s executive director.
Thinking green: Ways to promote sustainability in WNC
McKee Thorsen, a senior prefect at Asheville School, shares ways people in WNC can promote sustainability.
Bailey Mountain Trail ‘Geezers’ build a legacy
The passionate group of retired volunteers spent three years building the trail.
From Asheville Watchdog: In Asheville, options for treating mental illness are limited
Untreated mental illness is the nexus of many of the problems contributing to a perception that downtown Asheville has become less safe.
Thinking green: Kudos to the city
Jane L. Laping is a member of Asheville GreenWorks’ Oakley TreeKeepers.
Q&A: Anthony Coppage of ‘Naked and Afraid’
Waynesville man shows off his bushcraft skills as a contestant on the reality show
‘Naked and Afraid.”
Thinking green: Educate students on solutions for environmental issues
Adam Edge, a senior at Martin L. Nesbitt Discovery Academy, shares his thoughts and concerns about the environment.