Parking on downtown Asheville’s southside could become much easier in the near future. While County Commissioners were approving plans for a 650-space parking deck on county-owned land along Coxe Avenue at their Sept. 16 meeting, City Council members gave an informal OK to a proposed mixed-use development on Biltmore Avenue that would add an additional 437 hourly and monthly spaces.
Buncombe County has decided not to appeal Judge Marlene Hyatt‘s ruling that a parcel of disputed public parkland cannot be used for private development, a release announced this morning.
The Mountain Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence is a group of professional counselors, business leaders and recovering persons with the shared mission to provide advocacy, information and referral, education and training both to chemically dependent individuals struggling to access recovery services and to support the provider in better serving the consumer. An effect of … Read more
Much as FedEx revolutionized the delivery of letters and packages, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? (and a growing cadre of copycats) are putting a new spin on large-scale trash removal for those without trucks or the patience to wait on their municipal curbside service or private hauler to make the rounds. Dirty work: Local 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchisee David Pennebaker and … Read more
Sure, every comedian wants to make people laugh. But it’s a rare one that will go so far as to create a festival devoted to doing just that. Last year, Brown launched Laugh Your Asheville Off, a recurring spasm of standup comedy that will soon grace Asheville stages for the eighth time (see details below). … Read more
For downtown residents who need something fast—be it some aspirin, feminine-hygiene products, toothpaste, batteries, film, sunglasses or even a Red Bull to power up for the drum circle across the street—the CVS drugstore at 15 Haywood St. is a godsend. Closing up shop: The CVS store on Haywood Street, a downtown fixture since the 1970s … Read more
The first time you visit the Merrimon Avenue ABC store, it’s easy to be surprised. This is not the spartan spirits shop of yesteryear: There are ornate displays and a considerable selection of liquor of all sorts. And a bottle of … : A selection of some of the best deals available at the ABC … Read more
