Walk into the West End Bakery & Cafe on Haywood Road in West Asheville and you can quickly sense that something is afoot. On a balmy evening in early April, the place fairly crackles with energy as 30-some neighborhood residents shoot the breeze over a potluck dinner before tackling a discussion about launching a new … Read more
Both the heartstrings and the budget strings got tugged at Asheville City Council’s April 16 work session. Council members voted 4-3 to give the Asheville Youth Sports Program $15,000 to replace football/cheerleading uniforms and concession equipment destroyed in an electrical fire last Thanksgiving in a city-owned building at Memorial Stadium. The split vote reflected disagreement … Read more
One woman alone can make a difference — but a group of committed women can bring about real changes in their lives and in society as a whole. That’s the word from the Western Carolina Women’s Coalition, which held its “Women Cultivating Change” conference March 8-9 at UNCA. “This conference is a time to explore … Read more
“And the least that those who are fortunate enough to be dwellers of the French Broad country can do, out of humble thankfulness for nature’s bounty to them, is make certain that their town, their city and their industries around them at last shoulder their responsibility.” — Wilma Dykeman,The French Broad An abundance of water … Read more
