The City of Asheville is taking a significant step forward in its infrastructure recovery efforts by posting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for design services to rebuild the parks system on the French Broad River. This milestone marks the beginning of a design plan to restore damaged City assets along the French Broad Riverfront parks [...]
The City of Asheville is pleased to announce that the remaining bus stops along Swannanoa River Road will resume service on Sunday, May 4. This service restoration comes after the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) completed repairs and officially reopened Swannanoa River Road. With the roadway now accessible, Asheville Rides Transit (ART) is ready [...]
Whether you ride the bus every day or have never stepped on board, Asheville Rides Transit (ART) and the City of Asheville want to hear from you. Today, the City is launching a community-wide survey to kick off the ART Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA)—a strategic initiative to improve Asheville’s public transit services and align [...]
Asheville City government offices will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025. Here is a look at City services affected by this holiday. ART bus service ART bus service routes and facilities will operate on a holiday schedule which is the same as the Sunday schedule. Good Friday is one of seven days ART runs on a reduced [...]
Asheville City Council votes to accept the Board of Directors slate proposed by the Asheville Downtown Improvement District (ADID) at their regularly scheduled meeting on April 8. The board will steer services and operations of ADID, the contracted operator of the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID). The board appointments follow the guidelines outlined [...]
City Council approves the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan for submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the April 8 City Council meeting. The Action Plan is the first step in the process to access $225,010,000 allocated by HUD on January 16, 2025, following [...]
The Walton Street Park Survery is open. Take the opportunity to help shape the future of Walton St Park. A community-driven process to determine a vibrant reimagined use may activate the pool area year-round while respecting the pool and bathhouse's historic fabric to serve present and future generations.
To provide greater transparency into Asheville’s ongoing recovery, the City has launched a Storm Debris Dashboard that is available by visiting the storm debris page on the Asheville Recovers website. This tool will provide debris collection totals and progress updates with data being updated every Monday. The new dashboard provides the following data [...]
Southside United Neighborhood Association, with the support of Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) today launched its community-wide survey to gather input on reimagining the historic pool area within Walton Street Park. The survey is open until May 31 and aims to ensure preservation of the park’s historic character while integrating modern amenities to serve [...]
The City of Asheville will resume their regular schedule for brush collection services starting Monday, March 31, including bagged leaves and properly contained brush trimmings. Residents are reminded that storm debris and vegetative brush that do not meet city collection guidelines will not be collected through the City’s brush collection service. Storm [...]
The City of Asheville invites the community to celebrate Memorial Stadium’s renovation with a community fair and ribbon cutting ceremony. The Asheville Sports and Fitness Fair aims to ignite community passion for wellness and will have many opportunities for residents to connect to Asheville’s vibrant local sports and fitness scene. The Sports and Fitness Fair [...]
The City of Asheville is taking a significant step forward in its infrastructure recovery efforts by initiating the first in a series of Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for major rebuilding projects. This milestone marks the beginning of a strategic and coordinated approach to restoring and enhancing the city’s infrastructure following recent storm impacts. The first storm [...]