Mental-health care in North Carolina has been towed into the garage for a major overhaul. At the moment, there are parts spread all over the workbench, grease spots and wrenches on the floor, and a cluster of experts poking around under the hood, shaking their heads. Some maintain that this baby will run better than … Read more
Given Kenilworth’s proximity to downtown and the hospitals, many would consider property in the neighborhood prime real estate. And tucked in a corner of this residential enclave is 8.8 acres of undeveloped land, owned by Alabama-based developers Batt and Associates and their Asheville partner, Thomas Wolfe. Developing it, however, is proving quite a challenge. Last … Read more
Local Olympian gears up Talmak Boyd is pretty excited right about now. And that’s a good thing, considering that everything has been going downhill for the 17-year-old Reynolds High School student lately. But going downhill is something Boyd loves to do — as long that hill is a snow-covered ski slope. Boyd is packing his … Read more
NIMBY is becoming a term of endurement Many Asheville citizens actually read newspapers; many serve on local committees (and unlike ex-mayors never called attention to the hours spent); many served on the committee that wrote the Unified Development Ordinance; many worked for the revitalization of the downtown; many fought and continue to fight ignorant plans … Read more
