City of Asheville government offices will be closed Friday, March 25, as part of spring break. City of Asheville Parks and Recreation Department recreation centers will be closed except for the Montford Recreation Center, which will be open for Fun Day Out. The following recreation facilities will be open: City parks, the Riverside Cemetery, Asheville Golf [...]
Join the City of Asheville Parks and Recreation Department for the area’s largest free egg hunt at the Bojangles’ Easter Eggstravaganza from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at Carrier Park on Amboy Road. The day will be full of fun with free inflatables, crafts, face painting and family-oriented entertainment. An Easter egg hunt for [...]
The online platform offers the public more ways to weigh in on Asheville projects and issues Today, the City of Asheville is pleased to announce the launch of Open City Hall, an online platform designed to engage citizens in conversations about important Asheville projects and issues. The first topic on Asheville’s Open City Hall is a [...]
The City of Asheville will hold a drop-in meeting about development issues in downtown Asheville from 4 to 6:30 p.m. March 23 in Lord Auditorium in Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood St. City Council is interested in making changes to development rules for the Central Business District. These rules were last written in 2010, after [...]
Mayor Esther Manheimer speaking at the March 8, 2016, City Council meeting. On March 8, the City of Asheville received many calls related to misinformation that City Council was voting on measures to address bathroom use as it relates to gender identity. While there was discussion at Tuesday’s Governance Committee and an update from Mayor Esther Manheimer [...]
The Neighborhood Advisory Committee of the City of Asheville invites Central Asheville residents and businesses to a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. March 21 at the Public Works Building, 161 S. Charlotte St. Please join us for this opportunity to hear updates on City services, express your ideas for improving your neighborhood and share neighborhood accomplishments. This is [...]
Someone is handing out bogus parking citations in downtown Asheville. Two were discovered , March 4, when a person who received the alleged citation contacted Asheville Parking Services, and another time when a parking enforcement officer noticed one on a car and removed it. The false citations have the City of Asheville logo on them, making [...]
Greenways are beneficial to community members because they provide safe and fun ways for everyone to get around town. The Asheville Greenway Committee and the City of Asheville will be hosting two drop-in style informational open houses for upcoming greenway projects. French Broad River West and Beaucatcher are the two longest pieces of the River to Ridge Greenway [...]
We are excited to announce a City Channel 193 citywide premiere — “Walk Into History: Asheville’s Urban Trail,” which will be shown before the March 8 Asheville City Council meeting. Tune in to the City Channel at 4:44 p.m. before the March 8 City Council meeting to see the beautiful Urban Trail documentary, funded by the [...]
The City of Asheville is wrapping up planning to improve Livingston Street and a portion of Depot Street to make them safer and more comfortable for pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users. Based on input from the community at meetings in September, the engineers have made revisions to their preliminary plans, which addressed the physical structure of [...]
As part of the River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project (RADTIP), the City of Asheville is asking residents to help determine how public art will be integrated into the RADTIP project area. The project area is a 2.2-mile corridor along Riverside Drive that runs from Hill Street to Amboy Road. The City of Asheville is committed [...]
The Asheville Police Department invites Buncombe County residents to apply for the spring semester of the Citizen’s Police Academy. Classes will begin on March 3 and will be held from 5:30-9 p.m. every Thursday for 14 consecutive weeks. The Citizens Police Academy is a free course that provides citizens with insight into the philosophies, policies and guiding [...]