City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, March 22 at 5 p.m. will be preceded by a budget worksession at 3 p.m. in the first floor conference room of City Hall.
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Arancini Italian Kitchen brings fresh casual to West Asheville
A new fast-casual Italian eatery is taking over the Haywood Road space previously occupied by Pineapple Jack’s.
Walkable West Asheville: Fostering a sense of neighborhood
It’s walkable, artistic, neighborly, inspiring and it’s not filled with tourists. It has grit and its own unique spirit. It’s not downtown — it’s West Asheville.
City rolls out new zoning plan for Haywood Road tomorrow night
After months of preparation, city of Asheville staff will present a new “form-based” zoning plan for the Haywood Road corridor at a meeting tomorrow night, Thursday, March 27. The new plan is a very different approach from the city’s previous development rules, and could provide a model for overhauling other neighborhoods’ zoning as well.
A plan for everything
Late last month, Asheville City Council passed the Haywood Road Vision Plan, a years-long effort by community members and city staff to outline the future of the corridor. It’s not a one-time event either: Such plans for different areas of the city are a main way city leaders hope to shape the Asheville of tomorrow, and it’s a plan they want to extend to more neighborhoods. Sometimes, however, these plans can also prove controversial.
Asheville City Council preview: from Haywood to Avalon
From grand plans for the future of the Haywood Road Corridor to the Avalon housing development, Asheville City Council will face both still-forming designs and more concrete building efforts at its meeting tomorrow, Feb. 25.
Haywood Road overhaul: Asheville City Council takes up plan for area’s future
After months of development, a new plan for the future of West Asheville’s major corridor comes to Asheville City Council at its next meeting, Feb. 25. The plan calls for a new form of zoning, improved pedestrian infrastructure and keeping the area’s historic feel to make “a neighborhood leader for sustainability in the city.” If successful, other neighborhoods might get similar development overhauls.
Discussions and observation as city drafts new rules for Haywood Road corridor
At an open house last night on the city of Asheville’s plans to change development rules on the Haywood Road corridor found many community members taking a “wait and see” approach, even as they discussed some goals with planners and consultants.
Lovin’ Tenders food truck opens this week on Haywood Road
The truck, which will also visit The Lot, serves an idiosyncratic mash-up of global cuisines and novelty meats.
New Belgium brewery project comes to Asheville City Council
The much-talked about New Belgium brewery project comes before Asheville City Council Jan. 22, along with $220,000 in road improvements intended to help with traffic in the area.
Tell ‘em Cadillac sent ya
It’s a week before the grand opening of the Double Crown bar on Haywood Road, and the place is bustling. Carpenters and painters fin- ish crucial remodeling; inspections are passed; equipment, delayed by Superstorm Sandy, arrives and is installed. (Photo of Chris Bower, left, and Steve Mann by Max Cooper)
After months of controversy, Council will decide fate of Haywood property
At its meeting tonight, Sept. 11, Asheville City Council will decide an issue which has fueled months of debate: whether or not to sell city property across from the Basilica of St. Lawrence to the McKibbon Hotel Group. The public hearing on the matter is the only major item on Council’s agenda.
Oyster House Brewing to move into Haywood Road space, become standalone brewpub
Brothers Billy and Jim Klingel will open The Oyster House, a stand-alone brewpub, at 625 Haywood Road in West Asheville (where Viva Deli was until last week).
Hank’s BBQ brings Texas-style fare to West Asheville
The new Haywood Road eatery serves breakfast, lunch and (starting this weekend) dinner at 373 Haywood Road, behind BattleCat Coffe Bar. Roman Vinson, pictured, presents steaming waffles covered in fruit with a cup of vegan chili. (Photo by Bill Rhodes)
Tractor-trailer collides with building in West Asheville
A driver misjudged the turn from Haywood Road onto Brevard Road after apparently missing the “no trucks” signs on Haywood Road today, May 25.
UPDATE: April 4 West Asheville knife spree leaves three — including killer — dead
An apparently intoxicated man who had been earlier asked to leave a Haywood Road bar returned with knife in hand and turned the evening into chaos.
(Photo by Bill Rhodes)
WALK is now open in the former Rocket Club building in West Asheville (updated)
After a thorough renovation, the building at 401 Haywood has a new lease on life. (Photos by Bill Rhodes)
Get Down back up
After a recent scare and temporary closing, The Get Down is back up and running, alive and well in its West Asheville location.
Grove Corner Market open for business in West Asheville
After losing its lease in downtown Asheville’s Grove Arcade last month, the Grove Corner Market wasted no time in setting up shop elsewhere. The grocery, which has kept its name, opened its doors June 3 at 771 Haywood Road in West Asheville (which formerly housed the Haywood Road Market). A grocery transported: Grove Corner Market, […]
West Asheville co-op faces eviction; calls community meeting
The Haywood Road Market, which has a history of financial struggles, now might have to leave its location of six years.
Haywood you have a lookee here?
The Haywood Road Corridor Committee will host an open house concerning rezoning along West Asheville’s main thoroughfare on Monday, June 25.