At their Aug. 9 meeting, Asheville City Council members approved a $2 million economic-development incentive for Canadian manufacturer Linamar. If the company fulfills construction and job-creation targets, it will get a 90 percent waiver on city taxes for the next five years. Council voted 5-1 to approve the deal, with Council member Cecil Bothwell voting against it and Council member Esther Manheimer absent.
In case you haven't noticed, Asheville and Buncombe County have been inundated by a political tsunami. As an amateur political seismologist, I can tell you that the underlying political earthquake came from several directions and still caught most of us by surprise. There were the national tremors caused by the bad economy, unemployment and huge … Read more
Summer may be flying by, but don’t worry: the heat of August and the cooler months ahead promise lots of festival fun. We’re making plans now for a full season of events. We’re wild about Goombay, that celebration of African and Carribean culture (the dancing! the costumes! the food!) that happens downtown on The Block. … Read more
Standing in front of a crowd of people awaiting a dinner of obscure meats, Elliott Moss admits, almost sheepishly, "This is our first time cooking all this stuff, so I hope it's good.” Drew Maykuth appends, matter-of-factly, "I'm surprised by how normal this stuff actually tastes,” as if to comfort the crowd. Moss and Maykuth, … Read more
I found it curious that there was no mention of arts and crafts at Bele Chere in the recent Mountain Xpress [“Bele Chere Island, July 27 Xpress]. In years past, your paper has promoted the Arts Park of Bele Chere. This year, though, an out of town visitor picking up Xpress to read about offerings … Read more
This edgy grandmama feels compelled to respond to the mean-spirited letter, "It's Time for Edgy Mama to Go"[July 27 Xpress]. I hold the opposite point of view, in that I find Anne Fitten Glenn’s column to be well written, entertaining and engagingly opinionated. From "helicopter parenting" to "the hair down there," the subject matter is … Read more
A-B Tech’s culinary chops have never been in doubt, and the school has, once again, come away from a national-level cooking contest with high honors. The WNC Culinary Association, a team composed of students from A-B Tech’s culinary program, took home a silver medal from the American Culinary Federation‘s Student Team Championship. The contest was … Read more
Ceviche and cerveza are a perfectly natural duo in the summertime. That’s something that this writer learned the rather easy way while sitting near the beach in Costa Rica with a frothy Imperial pilsner and the classic cold dish of lime-juice marinated seafood. While the Pisgah Brewing Company‘s taproom is nowhere near the beach (and … Read more
