Have you ever wondered where the water in the French Broad River goes? Or where it comes from, for that matter? A new tool created by the City of Asheville Stormwater Services GIS team titled “Wandering Your Watershed” maps out the waterflow — from its many local tributaries, to the Tennessee River, then through [...]
This 1951 aerial map shows an Asheville before interstates were built. The Asheville Through Time webpage tracks their development as well as other aspects of the city, such as deforestation. An online tool recently developed by the City of Asheville shows how the city has grown and changed in the past 66 years. The City of Asheville unveiled a [...]
As part of the City of Asheville’s Disparity Study, the City has launched a community conversation about this issue on Open City Hall Asheville. On this platform, we invite area residents and businesses to share insights related to working in the local marketplace. The goal of the disparity study is to help [...]
The Asheville Police Department is investigating a sexual assault incident that occurred on July 24, 2017, involving a male posing as a driver for hire. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 30s with a goatee. He drives a white newer model sedan and speaks broken English and Spanish. APD encourages anyone [...]
The Asheville Police Department invites residents to apply for the Fall semester of the Citizens Police Academy. The Citizens Police Academy is a free course that teaches citizens about the philosophies, policies and guiding principles of law enforcement and the ethical conduct governing police services in the community. It gives citizens an opportunity to appreciate and [...]
Photo courtesy of VeloSports Racing Team and Boyd Cycling Ring of Fire Attention bicyclists who use the velodrome in Carrier Park: The velodrome renovation is about to begin. The great news: We’re going to have a better-than-ever velodrome for our community when the project is completed. The other news: There will inevitably be some down time for bicyclists [...]
The City of Asheville has cleared gravel off the City-owned property at 68 Haywood Street and is making other modest improvements to make way for public access and temporary uses of this City-owned site. The City has now issued a “Request for Expressions of Interest,” seeking ideas for organizing temporary programs in the space. It [...]
The City of Asheville’s River Arts District (RAD) Form-Based Code is currently in the final review and approval stage of the adoption process. As opposed to traditional zoning code, which keeps uses (like residential and commercial) separate from one another, form-based code focuses more on the look and placement of new buildings to help maintain [...]
The Shiloh Community garden is located at 59 Hampton St. Photo courtesy of Bountiful Cities, a partner agency with the City of Asheville. The City of Asheville is excited to announce that the Office of Sustainability has launched the Asheville Edibles Program. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity [...]
This rendering shows what the western edge of Pritchard Park along Patton Avenue will look like once the landscaping improvements are installed. With spring, the drum circle is back in Pritchard Park each Friday night in downtown Asheville. Also this month, Pritchard Park landscape improvements began, with the goal of making this vibrant community gathering spot [...]
Ashley Traynum-Carson, Interim Neighborhood Services Coordinator, has a passion for working with neighborhoods that stems back to her childhood. She vividly recalls walking around the neighborhood with her grandparents and feeling a sense of pride and a real connection to where she lived, a feeling that she believes every citizen should have. “I firmly believe [...]
