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    Tag:  parking

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    Letter: Parking problems expose a divided city

    Posted on September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 by Letters

    “All of this begs the question: Who is this city built for? “

    2.6 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Solving Asheville’­s parking woes

    Posted on September 3, 2019September 2, 2019 by Letters

    “The parking is tough, and this is not unusual for many cities, but we need to come up with a solution for local folks just trying to utilize our wonderful independent restaurants, shops, etc.”

    3.3 K views15LettersOpinion

    Bleak to the Future

    Posted on August 31, 2019August 23, 2019 by Brent Brown

    ASHEVILLE, N.C.

    2.6 K views+Community NewsHumorLocal GovernmentNews

    Asheville Archives: Early motorists overwhelm downtown roads, 1919-25

    Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019 by Thomas Calder

    On Aug. 29, 1920, The Sunday Citizen asked readers, “Why should the city provide places in the streets for the prolonged parking of motors?” Responses to the question varied.

    5.7 K views+HistoryNews

    Summertime and the parking’s not easy

    Posted on August 16, 2019August 12, 2019 by Brooke Randle

    “There’s not a simple solution,” says Sage Turner, who chairs both the Downtown Commission and its Parking and Transportation Committee. “The reality is, at peak hours when everyone wants to be downtown, there is just not enough parking.”

    3.4 K views2Community NewsLocal GovernmentNews

    Letter: Return lodging tax dollars to city

    Posted on June 5, 2019June 4, 2019 by Letters

    “My suggestion is that you return at least half of the $23 million to the city for pothole repair, public services and maybe even some wage assistance.”

    2.0 K views3LettersOpinion
    Vehicles on the Memorial Stadium field

    Council hears update on Memorial Stadium parking

    Posted on April 11, 2019April 12, 2019 by Brooke Randle

    Parks and Recreation Director Roderick Simmons fielded criticism over the parking changes from multiple community members and athletic groups. The city’s efforts to reduce the burden of event parking in the East End, Edgehill, Hunt Hill and Oakhurst neighborhoods, they said, had hampered their access to the athletic facility.

    3.7 K views2Community NewsLocal GovernmentNews

    Letter: Paying parking fines locally

    Posted on February 27, 2019February 25, 2019 by Letters

    “Parking is becoming more and more a racket in Asheville.”

    2.0 K views3LettersOpinion

    News in brief: Parking fines to go up in new year

    Posted on December 6, 2018December 3, 2018 by Virginia Daffron

    Asheville City Council will hear public comment on two proposed hotel projects and an economic development incentive grant at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 11. City parking fines will rise on Feb. 1, 2019.

    2.9 K views+BusinessCommunity NewsLocal GovernmentNews

    Letter: The sterile decline of Reynolds Village

    Posted on September 24, 2018September 23, 2018 by Letters

    “I was hoping the village would become a vibrant community of businesses, restaurants and shopping. That has not happened.”

    4.4 K views6LettersOpinion

    Terminal atrocity

    Posted on July 6, 2018July 5, 2018 by Brent Brown

    ASHEVILLE, NC

    2.2 K views1HumorOpinion

    Letter: Urge change in airport parking choices

    Posted on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 by Letters

    “Like others, I have been deeply offended by the heavy-handed manner in which our airport authority has coerced more people to park in the new parking deck: by closing off 300 spaces in the long-term surface lot.”

    2.3 K views6LettersOpinion
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    Budget public hearing to take place at May 22 Council meeting

    Posted on May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 by Daniel Walton

    City residents will comment on Asheville’s $180 million spending plan at Council’s regular meeting in council Chambers at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22. Police equity concerns and Strategic Partnership Fund grants are also on the agenda.

    2.4 K views+Local GovernmentNews

    Council to consider developmen­t in the RAD

    Posted on October 22, 2017October 22, 2017 by Carolyn Morrisroe

    City Council will shine a spotlight on the River Arts District at its Oct. 24 meeting, with agenda items including a proposed 70-room lodging reuse, parking problems and adoption of a zoning code intended to encourage vibrant mixed use in the area.

    2.7 K views1Local GovernmentNews

    Inclined not to park

    Posted on September 23, 2017September 21, 2017 by Molton

    Asheville, N.C.

    2.4 K views1HumorLocal GovernmentOpinion

    City Council paves way for temporary parking lots

    Posted on September 13, 2017September 15, 2017 by Carolyn Morrisroe

    A proposal to provide more parking prompted a plethora of public comments at the Sept. 12 Asheville City Council meeting. Council also considered a subdivision in the Shiloh community and learned about the possibilities and pitfalls of bond refinancing.

    5.2 K views14News
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    Asheville City Council to look at Shiloh subdivisio­n

    Posted on September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 by Carolyn Morrisroe

    On Sept. 12, Asheville City Council will dive back into discussion of a proposed subdivision in the Shiloh community and will tackle a proposal to ease the parking crunch downtown by allowing temporary gravel lots.

    2.5 K views+Local GovernmentNewsPolitics & Elections

    A hole new world

    Posted on March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 by Brent Brown

    Asheville

    4.0 K views2HumorOpinion

    Park place

    Posted on February 10, 2017March 6, 2017 by Brent Brown

    Asheville

    3.0 K views+HumorLocal GovernmentOpinion

    Parking rates likely to go up on street, in city garages

    Posted on February 2, 2017February 1, 2017 by Virginia Daffron

    Street and garage parking rates could rise downtown starting April 1 if City Council approves a proposal to increase its hourly charges by 25 cents.

    6.0 K views6Local GovernmentNews

    Resident challenges city’s enforcemen­t of towing ordinance

    Posted on December 30, 2016December 29, 2016 by Able Allen

    Dave Mittler says he’s been parking in the little lot at 70 S. Market St. for years. But when he slid in there on the evening of Sept. 30 so he could grab a slice of pizza from Barley’s, he found out the hard way that it isn’t public parking. He saw the sign that […]

    9.0 K views12Local GovernmentNews
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