Day: May 21, 2008
Into the Vault: What’s new in the Xpress Files
Now online: A new staff report on Asheville City Council’s Strategic Plan, the city’s new digital-billboard regulations and its latest financial report, excerpts from the UDO “book of interpretations,” and the first annual report from Buncombe County Sheriff Van Duncan
Sprung
Glen Edward Chapman, 41, pulls on a leather jacket, tugs at the sleeves and rolls back his shoulders: a perfect fit. Out and about: Ed Chapman bikes around the UNCA campus, a few weeks after being released from 14 years on death row. Photos By Jonathan Welch Susan Shandor, the office assistant in UNCA’s psychology … Read more
Wrong place wrong time
After a seven-hour hearing on May 14, the Board of Adjustment unanimously denied a conditional-use permit for a controversial concrete plant proposed for north Buncombe County. The hearing came after a string of cancellations and reschedulings during the 10 months since Asheville Concrete (now Blue Ridge Concrete) first submitted the application (see “Neighbors Question Cement … Read more
Waiting for Pack Square Park
With the start of the summer tourist season almost here, downtown-Asheville business owners met with representatives of the Pack Square Conservancy last week to hear an update about the next phase of construction on the long-awaited Pack Square Park. About 50 people gathered at Windows on the Park on Pack Square to press for specifics … Read more
Everything new is old again
Asheville’s struggle to define its identity downtown is not limited to recent debates, but has occurred again and again throughout its history. That was the message from panelists participating in the second installment of public meetings in the run-up to a new Downtown Master Plan. Despite a gray and drizzly evening on May 16, slightly … Read more
