A new bar is now open to the public at the downtown boutique hotel. Also in local food news: French Farmhouse Dinners with Susi Seguret, AVL Food Series’ Wing Wonderland, an Ashley English workshop on preserving strawberries and more.
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Around town: ABSFest turns 15
ABSFest celebrates 15 years, Womansong unveils spring concert, Dirty Logic performs benefit concert at Salvage Station and more!
Why I volunteer: Creating a safe place for individuals to address their social service needs
David S. Leader, a volunteer at Jewish Family Services of Western North Carolina, discusses the organization’s clinical and social support services.
Letter: TDA funding could go further
“We need to protect visitors’ experiences with more police patrols, a continuous downtown shuttle originating from a satellite parking lot, better sidewalks, turning the pit of doom into a busking zone, etc.”
Letter: Let’s get profit out of health care
“Research reveals public hospitals and nonprofit hospitals produce better patient outcomes than the for-profit ones.”
Should we just stop building?
“Yet what of that distinguished legacy is reflected in our current and utterly unremarkable boom?”
Letter: Please move Downtown After 5
“I suggest that the Asheville Downtown Association please use Roger McGuire Green for Downtown After 5.”
Letter: Send BID bill to the tourism bureau
“Since much of this effort revolves around cleaning up downtown to make it more desirable for tourists, demand that the funds come from the tourism bureau and their grossly overfunded budget.”
HCA hands itself a clean bill of health for Mission sale agreement
The 13-page report, filed April 30, runs counter to allegations made by Josh Stein in his 2023 lawsuit against HCA.
Council candidates share life on the campaign trail
With the general election six months away, Xpress asked each candidate about campaign strategy and lessons from the trail thus far.
County considers raising taxes to balance budget
Less than two weeks before County Manager Avril Pinder must present a balanced budget to commissioners on Tuesday, May 21, the county has a $13.9 million funding gap in its projected operating budget, without considering requested increases for schools.
From CPP: State report reveals more details about child’s death at Trails Carolina
The exact cause of death is still under investigation, according to the Transylvania County Sheriff’s Office, although an autopsy conducted Feb. 6 showed the death appeared not to be natural.
Exploring the great outdoors, 3,600 feet at a time
Our reporter and his musician friend see what Navitat Canopy Adventures is all about.
Asheville, Buncombe become ‘epicenters’ of hemp, the accidental industry bigger than marijuana
Asheville and Buncombe County are among the “epicenters” of hemp nationally, said Rod Kight, an Asheville lawyer who advises cannabis businesses.