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City brings slander lawsuit against ParkMobile

Posted on December 5, 2024December 10, 2024 by Greg Parlier

“ParkMobile knows that it is spreading misinformation. ParkMobile knows that it is in the wrong. And ParkMobile has had every opportunity to stop. Yet ParkMobile refuses,” the lawsuit says.

4.1 K views7Community NewsNews

Why downtown Asheville is dominated by half-empty parking lots

Posted on August 2, 2024July 31, 2024 by Greg Parlier

According to Rob Robinson, 57% of buildable surface area in the Central Business District, not including parks or streets, is surface-level parking lots. That doesn’t include parking garages or on-street parking.

5.5 K views4Local GovernmentNews

Letter: Neighborho­od takes hit from errant disc golfers

Posted on July 27, 2024July 26, 2024 by Letters

“I believe that a fence or some sort of permanent barrier needs to be put up around the affected areas to keep Highland Brewing’s patrons from being able to go into our neighborhood.”

2.9 K views2LettersOpinion

Food and beverage workers union eyes future growth

Posted on March 13, 2024March 11, 2024 by Jessica Wakeman

Asheville Food and Beverage United seeks to interrupt “the abusive culture that just keeps being perpetuated,’” explains Jen Hampton, the union’s lead organizer. Her work in the service industry spanned over 30 years, with the last 16 in Asheville.

5.5 K views6BusinessCommunity NewsNews

Letter: Parking is what downtown needs

Posted on April 10, 2023April 9, 2023 by Letters

“Yes, parking spaces are so rare from overdevelopment (that I disagree with), it would be nice to consider multilevel parking spaces.”

2.3 K views2LettersOpinion

Letter: Asheville’­s issues stem from poor leadership

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023 by Letters

“In my view, the overly tolerant approach to vagrancy and lack of concern relative to soaring bond issues, financed by property taxes, in Asheville can be traced to poor leadership.”

4.8 K views6LettersOpinion

Letter: Build a new stadium with better parking

Posted on February 6, 2023February 3, 2023 by Letters

“For that much money, they should just build a new stadium in a part of town with better parking where they want more people to go.”

2.3 K views2LettersOpinion

Can Asheville draw on the past to build its future?

Posted on December 4, 2022December 1, 2022 by Xpress Contributor

“Today, Asheville’s a tourist destination fueled by wealth-take-all capitalism beset with growing urban issues such as parking, pollution, land use, development, affordable housing, crime and allocation of tax revenues. Yet are all these intractable problems with only temporary solutions? Not really.”

6.0 K views5CommentaryOpinion

Letter: Solution needed for parking woes

Posted on August 6, 2022August 5, 2022 by Letters

“I have watched as the number of small and larger businesses have grown in the once-residential neighborhood. With that has come the frustration of chronic parking issues and escalating traffic volume.”

3.9 K views4LettersOpinion

An ugly turn

Posted on July 3, 2022June 30, 2022 by Molton
2.3 K views1HumorOpinion
Parking on Cherry Street in Montford

The ripple effects of downtown Asheville parking costs

Posted on June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 by Edwin Arnaudin

Downtown representatives, transit experts and Montford residents discuss the various impacts of Asheville’s parking woes.

10.5 K views16Community NewsNews
Asheville Rides Transit bus

Council discusses budget priorities­, concerns in work session

Posted on April 14, 2022April 18, 2022 by Brooke Randle

Members of Asheville City Council discussed transit, parking revenues, personnel costs and weighed funding options for the newly approved updates to Memorial Stadium.

4.3 K views+News

Letter: Charlotte Street project will actually help Asheville

Posted on August 14, 2021August 13, 2021 by Letters

“Preservation at all costs is not the answer.”

6.9 K views20LettersOpinion

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? “

3.6 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.”

5.2 K views15LettersOpinion

Bleak to the Future

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

ASHEVILLE, N.C.

3.5 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.

11.9 K views+HistoryNews
Grove Arcade parking

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.”

4.8 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.”

3.0 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.

5.0 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.”

3.1 K views3LettersOpinion
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