Day: May 26, 2010
Taylor, McCurry recognized for excellence and innovation
As part of its entrepreneurial development program, AdvantageWest has presented two of the region’s most successful entrepreneurs with awards honoring excellence and innovation, including John Taylor, owner of Taylor’s toy stores in Biltmore Park, and Chris McCurry, co-founder of Highland Craftsmen Inc., in Spruce Pine. Taylor is shown in the funny propeller cap with his wife, Susie Taylor, and Mark Burrows, director of the Transylvania County Planning & Economic Development and a member of the AdvantageWest Board of Directors. (Photo by Kathi Petersen for AdvantageWest)
City to Conservancy: Work out debt if you want to manage the park ***UPDATED Wednesday 12:30 p.m.***
A letter from City Attorney Bob Oast to the Pack Square Conservancy reveals that the city of Asheville wants the Conservancy to repay over the next year approximately $2 million that the city is owed. Until then, the city “cannot agree to allow the Conservancy to operate or manage the park to any substantial degree.” The city also wants an independent financial audit of the Conservancy.
Buncombe Commissioners: Doing more with less
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting May 18 Adult protective services demand up 62 percent City, county schools to get additional $231,000 At their May 18 meeting, the Buncombe County commissioners confronted a budget proposal that strives to reconcile dramatically increasing demand for human services with shrinking tax revenues. Making due: Though not as much … Read more
