Asheville Neighborhood Services Coordinator Marsha Stickford is on a mission. She wants to get to know every neighborhood in the City! Marsha has a knack for connecting people with helping organizations and vice versa. Think of her as a concierge for City neighborhoods. Marsha works with the City’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee, a nine-member [...]
The City of Asheville Neighborhood Advisory Committee invites West Asheville residents and businesses to a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. September 26 at the West Asheville Library, 942 Haywood Road. Please join us for this opportunity to hear updates on City services, express your ideas for improving your neighborhood and share neighborhood accomplishments. Councilman Gordon Smith [...]
Carney Place, a Habitat for Humanity community in West Asheville, was built from early 2011 through late 2013. The 22 Habitat houses line all of Trellis Court and a portion of Brotherton Avenue. The name Carney Place was chosen by one of Habitat’s donors in honor of his family home in Alabama. A Habitat neighborhood is [...]
With the help of the City of Asheville and the Kenilworth Residents’ Association (KRA), RiverLink’s Name That Creek program is set to name a new stream. This one flows through the Kenilworth neighborhood, which is located between downtown Asheville, Biltmore Village and Biltmore Estate. Name That Creek is a long-time project whereby RiverLink asks local neighborhoods [...]
Givens Estates is a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located on a 215-acre campus in south Asheville. Founded as a United Methodist retirement community, Givens Estates offers a continuum of residential and health care options to senior citizens of all faiths and walks of life. Approximately 680 seniors live independently in houses, duplexes, or [...]
The Neighborhood Advisory Committee of the City of Asheville invites residents and businesses of North Asheville to a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. May 23 at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Avenue. Please join us for this opportunity to hear updates on city services, express your ideas for improving your neighborhood and share neighborhood accomplishments. This [...]
The East End / Valley Street Neighborhood Association represents the oldest African-American neighborhood in Asheville. Once the center of African-American life in Asheville, the neighborhood was connected to The Block (Eagle, Market Streets) and Valley Street (now South Charlotte), which was the heart of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is one of the most historically significant [...]
Lakeshore Heights is in north Asheville and includes areas west of Merrimon Avenue to Reynolds Place and Horizon Hill, bounded on the south by Sandon Road and on the north by Beaver Lake. The neighborhood consists of mostly single family homes with a few rental apartments. Most significantly Lakeshore Drive is used as a cut through for traffic [...]
Asheville’s Haw Creek Community Association (HCCA) was formed in 1983 in response to proposed development neighbors felt was out of character with the neighborhood, and a desire to ensure residents had a say about the future of their community. HCCA is a 501 C-3 (non-profit) incorporated in 1984. Haw Creek is located in a beautiful valley [...]
The Burton Street Community Association, established in 1967 as the Burton Street Advisory Board, was formed for the purpose of promoting the educational, social, economic and cultural welfare of its members, improving the neighborhood through democratic citizen participation and involvement in activities which affect our everyday lives. The Burton Street neighborhood, founded in 1911 by [...]
As soon as you enter Albemarle Park, you know that you are in a special place. It’s not like any other neighborhood in Asheville. It’s more than an interesting neighborhood of curving streets, towering trees and old houses. It is a nationally recognized landmark in residential design, a rare surviving example of late 19th century [...]
There will be lots of Halloween happenings around Asheville Saturday night but one of the biggest parties around town involves a street closing. Hundreds of costumed trick or treaters converge on Vermont Avenue in West Asheville each year for candy-filled extravaganza. And while the children are tricked out in their costumes so are the houses. All [...]