Day: May 30, 2011
City Council West Asheville community meeting tomorrow night
Tomorrow, May 31, Asheville City Council will hold a community meeting at Vance Elementary. Topics of discussion will include plans for the Haywood Corridor, initiatives in the Burton Street neighborhood and transit route changes affecting the area.
Getting some breathing room, slightly west of Asheville
As we’ve recently said, the RAD is getting rather, well, rad. With the addition of several new restaurants joining an ever-burgeoning food and entertainment scene, there’s plenty to do in east-West Asheville.
Xpress photographer Chris Wood was on hand to capture the goings-on in the district on the fairly busy Thursday night before Memorial Day Weekend. View the slideshow after the jump.
Where’s the buzz? Local beekeepers hope to help ailing insects (and ourselves)
The threats facing honey bees have not changed in recent years, with almost one-third of the managed beehives in the U.S. dying each year, according to entomologists. Fortunately, the local group Friends of Honeybees is stepping up with some solutions. In addition to its ongoing restaurant campaign, the group is assisting with some new outreach projects including Center for Honeybee Research’s “Black Jar” honey-tasting competition. It’s novel, organizers say, in that the judges will not actually see the honeys as they judge the entries: they will compare on taste alone. Entries are being accepted now through August 15.
