“A huge thank-you to the tireless crews who worked day and night to rebuild our neighborhood Walmart on Bleachery Boulevard.”
Letter: Housing ‘policy’: Make it up as you go along
“The Council should identify the areas along urban corridors suitable for development and then find developers to develop. Instead, they let the developers run them around by the nose.”
Letter: Reimagine commercial strips to add housing
“Asheville is going to need thousands of new housing units over the next decade; our commercial corridors are the best place to provide them, but only if the streets are ‘complete’ — safe and appealing for bicycles and pedestrians as well as the car, and safe and convenient for the young and the elderly who can’t or don’t wish to drive.”
Outta here
Letter: Thoughtful zoning can help small homes fit in
“It is not necessary to face off protection of ‘legacy’ neighborhoods against those seeking to free up buildable lots for more accessible and affordable homes.”
Letter: Still waiting for new trash bins in Buncombe
“I’m hoping if some media attention can be brought to this, that maybe they will actually step up and get people’s trash and recycling bins to them or at least publicly address the situation.”
Curb services
Letter: Great idea: harvesting downed trees
“I absolutely love the idea of harvesting the wood instead of having it decay over time or burned up in a pile.”
Letter: Save UNCA’s woods
“This spot holds the community together.”
Drying out
Letter: Ask governor to preserve woods
“UNCA is public and technically belongs to the people of North Carolina, not to the UNC board or senior officers.”
Letter: Asheville chef’s dish was one to remember
“One of my top three personal food stories comes from chef Brian Canipelli of Cucina 24.”
Letter: Neighborhood woods can’t be destroyed
“With so many of Western North Carolina’s hiking trails ruined in Asheville by Hurricane Helene, we just can’t destroy the Five Points Woods!”
Cold mountain
Letter: When people don’t face the facts
“Frankly, it would be nice to hear from some local conservatives who have voiced support for cops in the past when it was convenient but now sit by in silent complicity.”
Letter: Plane crash brings back local memories
“When I was 16 growing up in West Asheville, there was a very similar accident on July 19, 1967, when 82 people died when Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 hit a Cessna near the Asheville airport.”
Letter: Why so many accidents on Hendersonville Road?
“I believe that the situation on Hendersonville Road is worthy of discussion, even if no solution seems to be inevitable.”
Letter: Divert tax breaks to Helene survivors
“Building more military bomber jet engines is mostly an ‘essential part’ of shredding the lives of children caught in war zones beneath these jets’ targets.”
Asheville residents deserve homes in resilient, sustainable neighborhoods
“Creating a greater variety of housing options would mean that more city residents’ children and friends could afford to stay nearby as their housing needs grow and change.”
Letter: Buncombe County needs to rethink priorities
“I think they should worry about getting the money for the schools back to normal and luring big companies to relocate here.”
Letter: FEMA’s good work deserves support
“The team of workers has been compassionate, kind, helpful, supportive, responsive and organized during our months of the Helene recovery experience.”
