CTS contamination spreads New storm-water rules approved The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners sold a piece of parkland to developer Stewart Coleman; now they want it back. But they’re asking the city of Asheville to make it happen. At their June 24 meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved a resolution encouraging the city to agree to […]
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Buncombe Commissioners
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners sold a piece of parkland to developer Stewart Coleman; now they want it back. But they’re asking the city of Asheville to make it happen. At their June 24 meeting, the commissioners unanimously approved a resolution encouraging the city to agree to a land swap so that Coleman’s controversial Parkside condominium project would not intrude into the adjacent Pack Square Park.
Commissioners endorse Parkside land swap
The Buncombe County Board of Commissioners sold a piece of parkland to developer Stewart Coleman. Now they want it back, and they’re asking the city of Asheville to make it happen. The board unanimously passed a resolution last night encouraging the city to agree to a land swap, so that the controversial Parkside project would not be on parkland.
Buncombe Commissioners preview: June 24 meeting
Parkside once again dodges vote
Once again, the controversial Parkside condominium project has avoided the need for local-government approval. On June 24, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners had been scheduled to consider whether to issue an affidavit enabling the project to proceed adjacent to county property. If approved, that would have been the last step before the project advanced […]
Parkside will still need city, county approval for permits
Despite changing plans twice to avoid a vote before Asheville City Council or the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners, the controversial Parkside project will still need city and county approval for road and emergency-services easements.
Buncombe Commissioners
Affidavit becomes latest Parkside flash point County approves 2008-09 budget New storm-water rules provoke debate Auto parts company gets $1 million incentive deal Normally, it would have been no big deal—a routine piece of red tape needed for a proposed development bordering county property to advance to the city’s Technical Review Committee. But this was […]
Poisoned fruit
Developer Stewart Coleman apparently thinks to use a legal loophole to do an end run around public and City Council opposition to his proposed Parkside condos adjacent to City Hall. Here’s what’s wrong with this picture: Aside from the litany of serious problems with his plans, citizen scrutiny of Parkside this past year has exposed […]
Buncombe Commissioners
Full coverage of the June 3 meeting
Parkside will dominate June 24 county commissioners meeting
On Tuesday afternoon, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners heard the tip of the iceberg of the controversy surrounding the proposed nine-story Parkside condominium project. The board will discuss the issue at length during its June 24 meeting.
What now?
Two weeks before his Parkside project was due to come before City Council in what promised to be a contentious public hearing, developer Stewart Coleman lopped two stories off the design. Beneath the bar: Originally planned as an 11-story condominium building (above), the developer now proposes a nine-story design (below) — a move that reduces […]
Anatomy of a land deal
The controversy surrounding the Parkside proposal and the land involved has been brewing for years. Here’s a look at some of the key dates in the project’s history, culled from numerous news stories and hundreds of pages of documents obtained under state open-records law by Mountain Xpress and People Advocating Real Conservancy, a local watchdog […]
Ripples continue from Parkside redesign
Asheville City Council will meet in closed session Tuesday to discuss the Parkside issue, and a Technical Review Committee meeting on the project will have to wait until July.
Taking sides over Parkside
When the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners sold a small piece of land to developer Stewart Coleman‘s Black Dog Realty back in November 2006, the transaction attracted little notice. Originally packaged with a slew of other items on the consent agenda, it was pulled, briefly discussed—and then unanimously approved. By any means: Candidate Cecil Bothwell […]
Clean clear through
When elected officials conduct their business in the sunshine of public scrutiny, their constituents can have full faith and trust that the decisions made are aboveboard, well-considered and in the best interest of the general public. At the local level, maximizing the public’s access to government empowers communities and builds leaders. Over the last couple […]
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Witch?
Ever since we led a protest rite against Buncombe County officials’ sale of public parkland graced by a pair of magestic old magnolia trees to developer Stewart Coleman, the über-Republican Carolina Stompers have aimed religiously bigoted attacks at our Coven Oldenwilde—first through a video ridiculing City Council candidate Elaine Lite for participating in the protest, […]