Day: June 9, 2010
Scenes from a vegetarian restaurant
Dr. Rolland Blake, 86, a geologist originally from Minnesota, is realizing a lifelong dream today as he closes on property here in Asheville. He was spotted eating with his daughter Elizabeth at the new Green Light Café at 18 North Lexington Avenue. Flipping through the latest edition of the Xpress, which hit the streets today, Blake said he “couldn’t believe what a happening place” Asheville is. Photo by Michael Muller
Asheville City Council approves a stormwater plan and endorses public finance of elections
At it’s June 8 meeting, Asheville City Council:
• endorsed a state bill that would allow the option of public financing of elections and
• approved enforcement rules and penalties for its new stormwater-plan, voting to require undisturbed 30-foot stream buffers while not approving the requirement of larger buffers.
Four Council members may have violated North Carolina’s open meetings law when they met at Pack’s Tavern after the Council session. State law considers any gathering of a quorum of elected officials to be an official meeting. Council member Esther Mannheimer said that the gathering was purely social and therefore would not be a violation of that law.
Buncombe Commissioners: No comment
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners June 1 meeting Homelessness down but so is funding URTV going broke The June 1 public hearing on Buncombe County's proposed $327 million budget for fiscal year 2010-11 was marked by a lack of public input. Summing it up: County Manager Wanda Greene presented the $327 million budget to the … Read more
Making the A list
From "Beer City USA" to the "Best Place to Retire," Asheville keeps racking up the ratings. Over the last decade, national media outlets have been shining a bright light on our city, and the consensus is clear: Asheville rules. Dogfriendly.com says Asheville is a top place to bring the pups. Photos by Jonathan Welch We've … Read more
Broke
Unless additional funding is received, public-access channel URTV — and the WNC Community Media Center of which it's a part — will cease operations in September, according to a May 24 memo addressed to the city of Asheville and Buncombe County. Both city and county officials say the nonprofit is receiving funding as it always … Read more
