July 23, 2010 – Page 2 – mountainx.com

Bele Chere festival style

June 20, 2014July 23, 2010 by Alli Marshall

Some Asheville Streetstyle booth faves at Bele Chere

July 23, 2010 by Alli Marshall

There’s more to Bele Chere than bratwurst, bands and beer. There’s shopping!

Shadows

June 20, 2014July 23, 2010 by Alli Marshall

Photo by Halima Flynt

CIBO discussion: Property values and the state of the local economy

July 23, 2010 by Jake Frankel

About 50 local business owners gathered over grilled chicken yesterday for a discussion about property values and the state of Asheville’s economy. The monthly “Power Lunch Meeting” was sponsored by the Council of Independent Business Owners and featured a panel of city, county and business leaders, including County Tax Collector Gary Roberts, County Attorney Michael Frue, Asheville City Manager Gary Jackson and the owner of Spake Real Estate, John Spake.

Tweet for beer (at Bele Chere)

July 23, 2010 by David Forbes

Xpress is inviting Tweeters, photographers and videographers to join us in telling the tales of this year’s Bele Chere festival. Do so, and we’ll buy you a beer on Sunday.

Keepin’ it pretty

July 23, 2010 by Michael Muller

Troy Brown of Tops for Shoes on College Street tends the window boxes of flowers and hanging potato vines. Bob Carr chaired the ~~first~~ Bele Chere festival back in 1982 — Carr and his family own Tops for Shoes. The festival had just a $40,000 budget and it rained all weekend. Photo by Michael Muller

Bele Chere Thursday night setup

July 23, 2010 by Jonathan Welch

Photos of the setting up of Bele Chere festival in downtown Asheville on Thursday night, July 22.

Photo by Jonathan Welch