Day: December 5, 2007
Listening Party: Ahleuchatistas, Tyler Ramsey and divineMAGgees
Here’s the idea: Each week, we pick three local musical acts, link to a site where you can listen to their songs for free, then ask you to spend a few moments of your time to tell us what you think about them. Some may be great, others may be middling or awful — that’s for you to decide — all we ask is that you listen with an open mind.
Asheville City Council
At its Nov. 27 meeting, the Asheville City Council unanimously approved a budget change to help fund the initial stages of a proposed renovation and expansion of the W.C. Reid Center for Creative Arts. Parks and Recreation Director Roderick Simmons said the move would enable the center’s “Raise the Roof at the Reid” capital campaign … Read more
Fighting mad
The Carolina Stompers Web page features an angry-looking, anthropomorphic elephant chomping on a cigar and flexing an extremely well-muscled arm emblazoned with the letters “USA.” An audio track of an elephant’s roar starts up, and a banner below reads, “stomping liberals and RINOs [Republicans in Name Only] for our children’s future.” Ready to rumble: The … Read more
Back to the drawing board
Limbed by lost grant funds and looming deadlines, Asheville has had to back off on planned improvements at Memorial Stadium and will seek a less expensive design for the facility’s long-delayed memorial to Asheville’s war dead. In limbo: Due to funding problems with Asheville Memorial Stadium’s restoration, a memorial wall paying tribute to Asheville’s war … Read more
The Green Scene
When the city of Asheville solicited public comment on upcoming revisions to its storm-water and erosion-control ordinances, there was no shortage of community members eager to weigh in. A Nov. 28 public meeting in the Public Works Building drew a large crowd, suggesting that a proposed clampdown on construction-related runoff remains a touchy issue. Under … Read more
Group to sue CTS; well sampling under way
Residents living near the former CTS of Asheville plant, a hazardous-waste site on Mills Gap Road, have upped the ante in an ongoing push for a full-scale cleanup, announcing that they intend to file a federal lawsuit. Meanwhile, both the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have launched … Read more
Salvage love
Gilbert Walker was in the Dumpster beside the old Rockola Motel on Patton Avenue in Asheville last Tuesday morning, looking for aluminum. He crouched low in the semi-darkness, lifting bags of trash up to the light to see if there were cans inside. His point exactly: West Asheville resident Gilbert Walker gets by with the … Read more
