Here’s a list of actions taken at the July 26 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
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Here’s a list of actions taken at the July 26 meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners.
In early July, we heard that World Magazine, a Christian publication, was moving from its longtime location at Innsbruck Mall on Tunnel Road near downtown Asheville. Readers (and tweeters) subsequently asked whether the mall might be closing. Assigned to look into it, I decided to first take a tour.
Xpress has confirmed that the Citizens Hardware Do It Best store on 310 Weaverville Highway will close its doors on August 31. The store’s owner says that details on the closing will be coming later in the month. Citizens Hardware was established in Asheville in 1941.
Linamar Corporation is hosting a management job fair July 5, from noon to 8 p.m. and July 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the A-B Tech Enka campus.
Here’s a video of the Spiritex solar-powered T-shirt cart, which can be found on the corner of Patton and Biltmore avenues in downtown Asheville. Spiritex sells locally made organic T-shirts; the cart is out on weekends, Mondays and other select dates. Conceived and designed by Spiritex employee Derek Sanders, the cart sports a rooftop solar setup that charges a battery for powering its evening lights and a small fan that keeps staff cool during the day. The custom-built cart also is composed of more than 60 percent recycled and salvaged materials.
Signs from county, city and state officials are pointing towards a possible big jobs announcement soon. However, many questions remain, including the details of Buncombe County’s plan to purchase the former Volvo plant at 2169 Hendersonville Road.
Tonight, two economists will lay out their forecasts for the coming year at the annual Crystal Ball Seminar at UNCA. Follow live Twitter coverage here.
Green living is healthy living Last year’s Asheville Earth Day was a busy, community-oriented shindig that packed Martin Luther King Jr. Park. This year will be even bigger, with the party moving to Pack Square Park in downtown Asheville and organizers teaming up with the YMCA and its Healthy Kids Day. The combined forces promise […]
Xeriscaping is becoming more and more popular — but what is it? The word xeros is Greek for “dry.” And “scaping,” obviously, comes from landscaping. Add them together and you get xeriscaping. You likely get the idea, too. Xeriscaping is a landscaping concept that allows for the minimization of water use in the garden. One […]
The Eastern White Pine, Pinus strobus, is a fast-growing native used for plantation plantings, screens (where there isn’t too much wind), specimen trees and hedges. Its needles are long, slender and soft, and they eventually cover the ground, making a downy woodland carpet. The trunks are stately and the branches whorl around it. A mature […]
August is over, but it's still warm for a bit, and okra is here for at least a little while longer in many of our gardens. I don’t particularly like okra, but I eat it because I'm a good Southern girl. I grew up eating okra, even picking it from a fussy plant that requires […]
When I first walk into Mark Olson's small River Arts District print shop (191 Lyman St.), it’s hard to tell whether anybody’s home. Steel cabinets and old wooden tables fill the cramped space, and stacks of handmade papers, party invitations and greeting cards cover every available surface. A comforting smell of machine oil hangs lightly […]
If you’ve ventured into any small, local business recently—whether it was a restaurant, retail store or other establishment—there’s a fair chance the proprietor or service provider got his or her start through Mountain BizWorks’ Foundations program. Cradle of business: These are just a fraction of the local businesess created locally thanks to Mountain BizWorks’ Foundations […]
As a traveler in Guatemala, Jamie Beasley was astonished by the level of hospitality he encountered in a country so poor and war-ravaged. And with Adelante, he aims to repay that generosity by helping the Asheville area’s burgeoning Spanish-speaking population. Come on in: Adelante, the creation of Jamie Beasley, isn’t just a business: It’s also […]
Every negotiation starts with a question: “This is what we want — what can you give us?” That’s how Asheville Assistant Attorney Patsy Meldrum sums up the first steps in working out a cable-franchise agreement with Intermedia Partners.