“So development will continue unabated in the county regardless of what the city does, but we have a say in how development will be regulated within the city limits.”
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Letter: Why do we need to reduce open space in Asheville?
“Do we really believe that reducing open space in order to build more units per development will actually produce more affordable housing?”
From me to we: The quantum leap we humans need to make
“As eco-theologian Thomas Berry stated, it will require a universal leap of consciousness — a group effort — if we Homo sapiens are to have any kind of real future here on this garden planet we were given.”
The future of Coolville
“By the end of the decade, I predict that … Newbies who, in 2022, called out longtime residents as NIMBYs for opposing unbridled development will, by 2029, be NIMBYs themselves.”
A revolting development
Year in review: In 2021, readers shared thoughts on pandemic, growth, Vance Monument and more
Xpress readers offered up a raft of thought-provoking letters to the editor, commentaries and comments about local affairs in 2021.
Letter: Say ‘no’ to city’s plan to gut open space requirements
“Many activists, citizens, eco-groups, the Urban Forestry Commission and the Neighborhood Advisory Committee are justly appalled by and formally opposed to PUDD’s machination.”
Pavement or paradise? Asheville’s future is yours to decide
“The name of the proposal is the ‘open space amendment,’ and the goal is to dramatically slash, and in some cases, eliminate, the open space that developers are now required to provide with larger construction projects.”
Letter: Poorly managed growth costs us
“The primary purpose of zoning laws should be to mitigate these externalized costs, to prevent development from being a burden on the community.”
Letter: Developers should pay infrastructure fees
“I hope that city leaders are also levying infrastructure fees on all past and future developers/landlords to pay for upgrades to city systems that are already stressed by all the new arrivals to our area.”
Letter: Can Hippie Girl still wear Chanel?
“Why can’t we have both? Sensible development with a conscience?”
Letter: Improving the 101 Charlotte St. project
“As someone who drives this stretch of road every day, I understand both sides of this controversy.”
Contested Woodfin election driven by development concerns
Eight candidates are vying for three seats on the governing body for the town of roughly 8,000 people to the northwest of Asheville. Challengers and incumbents alike agree that concerns over development, particularly The Bluffs at River Bend proposal, are driving interest in a normally quiet race.
Citizen guide to land development coming in January
As part of the Local News Ideas-to-Action Series, the Virginia-based national media nonprofit American Press Institute awarded Xpress a $9,300 grant to create a guide to local government decision-making for land development. The guide will cover the stages of review that projects face on their way from concept to final approval, what aspects are considered at each step and what avenues exist for public input.
Letter: Council should deny rezoning for Charlotte Street development
“City Council, we demand that you comply with the Unified Development Ordinance and deny the Killians’ request for a conditional zoning permit.”
Letter: Missing the old Asheville
“Downtown did need help, but it didn’t need to be turned into the tourist-oriented, overbuilt, overdeveloped mess that it has become.”
Letter: Today’s concerned citizens must stop The Bluffs
“We must protect our future and stop The Bluffs. In fact, the best use of Tourism Development Authority marketing dollars would be to buy the tract and put it into land conservation for future generations.”
Letter: Asheville area’s boom is ruining quality of life
“Ultimately, favoritism is handed toward developers and bottom lines, while major impacting projects are slipped past under the radar. People don’t get a fair chance to oppose such, let alone win.”
Sign language
Letter: Charlotte Street development won’t destroy neighborhood
“The development is to be built on a main road, in the middle of a long-established commercial strip; it will not destroy some quiet neighborhood.”
Letter: Charlotte Street development: Your quiet street is next
“Every visionary city plan with citizen input here was created exactly to prevent this type of intrusion and destruction.”