Members of Asheville City Council will hear an update on Tuesday, July 24, on efforts to boost transparency of policing data and will decide whether to approve an ambitious new plan for the city’s mass transit system.
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Letter: City Council’s brave, compassionate leadership
“Racial discrepancies in traffic stops have roused many in our community to stand up and speak out — and for good reason.”
City Council drives through policing changes in contentious meeting
By the end of a six-hour session, Council had approved multiple items showing an unprecedented level of urgency for policing reform. Multiple split votes, however, showed the concern of some members over the process of making those changes.
Asheville Council takes step toward police data transparency
“In the words of Bernie Mac, bust a move.” Asheville City Council member Keith Young summarized the sentiments of many in attendance at Council’s April 24 meeting as he encouraged interim City Manager Cathy Ball and other city staff to speed up their work on promoting data transparency for the Asheville Police Department. Council considered […]
After police beating, organizations want more data in hands of public
Code for Asheville delivered a presentation to the public safety committee on March 26 asking the city to make policing data more readily available to the public.
< / housing crisis > : Code for Asheville harnesses technology to help renters, homebuyers
Members of Code for Asheville, a local Code for America brigade, are taking steps to help alleviate one of the city’s biggest problems: the affordable housing crisis.
Local initiatives provide access to public records in WNC
Local organizations, municipal bodies and citizens groups across Western North Carolina have partnered to empower community members to play a direct hand in the management and accessibility of public records, and help create a virtual landscape where responsibility for the dissemination of these records is shared by everyone.
Online initiatives aim to increase engagement with Asheville Council
As Asheville City Council heads into an important election year, a variety of new local projects are in the works that aim to increase civic engagement.