The jousting and jockeying by developers hoping to build a retirement village atop Beaucatcher Mountain — and the return volleys by neighborhood opponents — have been reported twice before in these pages (see Aug. 31 and Oct. 5 Xpress). But the Asheville City Council’s Nov. 9 formal session was marked by the most intense legal … Read more
In the course of an unusually brief Nov. 8 public meeting, the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners quickly ran through an agenda that was lacking most of the usual components: no county manager’s report, no new or old business, no proclamations. No one rose to speak during the public-comment period, and even the consent agenda … Read more
New digs for the ACRC Local community-service and activist group the Asheville Community Resource Center recently relocated to a new location at 135 Hilliard Ave. The group has been seeking a larger space than their last home, a comparatively cramped office on Carolina Lane. The Hilliard location is the third for the group in the … Read more
Let’s see a Christian Pride Day As a pagan high priest and ordained minister, I challenge Asheville’s Christian community to hold a Christian Pride Day. I have heard and read much criticism from the Christian community about Asheville’s recent Pagan Pride Day. The pagan community (which includes Native American, Celtic, African, Asian and many other … Read more
I consider myself very fortunate to have spent nearly five years in Asheville (October 1999 to August 2004), and my wife and I hope to return to this beautiful and vibrant city after I complete my graduate studies in ecology at UNC-Chapel Hill. But unless city residents band together to save it, one of my … Read more
