After two days of swirling rumors, it’s official: President Barack Obama and his family will visit Asheville next weekend. There will be no public events.
Billing the event as a “Sidewalk Summit,” East Asheville residents are holding a community meeting to make the case for pedestrian improvements in their neighborhoods. The public gathering will be held at Bell Elementary School on Monday, April 19, at 7 p.m.
With the political season heating up, Buncombe Democrats and Republicans are both gearing up for a party this Saturday, with Dems holding their annual convention, and the GOP celebrating the grand opening of their new headquarters.
The city of Asheville has appointed John P. Smith, a former city manager of Fayetteville, N.C., and North Myrtle Beach, S.C., as interim finance director as the city faces the tricky task of closing its budget gap.
Action Fest 2010 got off to a rousing start, as captured in a video by Pommeemmop, in which the festival’s pumped-up organizer took a larger-than-life approach, mocking this week’s competing Hatchfest and promising “awesome” action films and live stunt shows by the best in the industry.
