Asheville City Council began its annual planning process Jan. 8, 2010, with a stark assessment from the city’s top management: The recession has exposed “structural weaknesses in the city’s financial foundation” that will require a long-term City Council strategy to repair. In a white paper titled “Asheville, NC 2010: A Financial Crossroads,” City Manager Gary […]
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Asheville City Council to discuss process, goals in upcoming retreat
Council will meet Friday and Saturday at Warren Wilson College.
Asheville City Council brief: Dec. 15 meeting
It’s the last meeting of the year, but the first for three new Council members.
Bothwell atheism “controversy” spreads on the Web
It seems the only place people aren’t shouting about this week’s swearing in of new Asheville City Council member Cecil Bothwell is Asheville. Blogs, including that of the Washington Post, have lit up about the “controversy” over Bothwell, a “post-theist” who earlier identified as an atheist, taking his seat.
Asheville City Council says goodbye to outgoing members, confronts budget woes
Here’s a Twitter-based summary of today’s City Council meeting.
Asheville City Council preview: Of master plans and development
Tomorrow is the last meeting of the current Asheville City Council, but among many other agenda items, they’ll begin discussion on one of the Downtown Master Plan‘s most controversial recommendations: reducing Council’s authority over large downtown development.
The write-in rundown
In last week’s election, Asheville City Council member Robin Cape received 4,478 write-in votes, according to figures from the Board of Elections. While Cape’s bid for a second term was serious, many of the other write-in votes were not (Squirt the Wonder Clam, really?).
Asheville City Council brief: Oct. 27 meeting
Transit Master Plan in city’s hands, and CTS neighbors hint at voluntary annexation
Asheville City Council preview: Oct. 27 meeting
Two years in the making, the Transit Master Plan will make its big appearance Tuesday evening.
Group proposes Riverfront Redevelopment Commission
Goal is to recommend policies for fostering growth along river
Asheville City Council brief: Oct. 13 meeting
URTV gets 90-day extension, Reid Center inches forward and the Montford Commons developer asks city for $9 million partnership.
Asheville City Council preview: Oct. 13 meeting
Montford Commons developers ask for city partnership, Council discusses URTV “action plan” and Reid Center funding.
Miller withdraws from Asheville City Council race
Asheville City Council member Kelly Miller announced today that he’s withdrawing from the November election, saying that he’s doing so to care for his wife, who has recently been diagnosed with cancer.
Asheville City Council brief: Sept. 22 meeting
Council bans all unattended tethering of dogs within the city, approves buffer between family-care homes, while GPI donates funds for fireworks again.
Asheville City Council preview: Sept. 22 meeting
A dog tether ban reappears and the city considers regulating signs on vehicles.
Asheville City Council brief: Sept. 8 meeting
Council confirms its direction for the W.C. Reid Center
Asheville City Council preview: Sept. 8 meeting
Can Asheville give preference on stimulus projects to local contractors?
Asheville City Council brief: Aug. 25 meeting
Just in time for the upcoming municipal elections, Council approves four new early-voting sites.
Asheville City Council preview: Aug. 25 meeting
Early voting and hazardous waste transportation stand out in this week’s agenda.
Robin Cape to seek write-in reelection
Less than three months after announcing she would not run for reelection, incumbent Robin Cape announced today that she will make a bid as a write-in candidate for Asheville City Council.
Asheville City Council brief: Aug. 11 meeting
In a 4-3 vote, Council declined to pass a proposed 100-foot zone around Pack Square Park that would force Council approval of new construction there.