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Snow recovery updates: Trash collection, bus service, streets and parking garages

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

The City of Asheville’s Sanitation Division has cancelled trash and recycling collection today due to snow-covered and icy roads. Here is the revised trash and recycling collection for this week: Tuesday collect on Tuesday. Wednesday collect on Wednesday. Thursday collect on Thursday. Monday collect on Friday. Normally there is no Friday collection. All routes are serviced Monday through Thursday. Brush collection has [...]

Winter Storm Information

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

Sunday, Jan. 24, 6 p.m. update ART bus service and trash collection updates for Monday, Jan. 25 If road conditions warrant, ART bus service may have a delayed start time of 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 25. Information about route service will be posted no later than 6 a.m., Monday morning on the ART Service Alerts page. Trash [...]

Asheville shelters continue CODE PURPLE activation, provide emergency cold weather services

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

ASHEVILLE — In response to the severe cold weather, Asheville area shelters are offering emergency cold weather services to people who are currently experiencing homelessness and would not otherwise have a safe, warm place to stay. To minimize risk to people in Asheville and Buncombe County, when the temperature falls below 32 degrees (or the equivalent [...]

City invites public to meeting on Asheville’s stormwater management

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

ASHEVILLE — The City of Asheville is performing a stormwater drainage assessment city-wide in order to identify capital projects that might be needed within the next decade. A public information meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 28 at the National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center (NEMAC) in the Grove Arcade on Page Avenue. The [...]

City of Asheville names new Development Services Department Director

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

Asheville City Manager Gary Jackson is pleased to announce that Assistant Development Services Department Director Jason Nortz will become DSD director, effective Jan. 22. Recently appointed Development Services Director Wayne Clark has decided to return Port Orange, Fla., where he served as community development director. Port Orange leaders launched a vigorous campaign for his return, and [...]

ART Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday service and detours

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

Asheville Redefines Transit bus service routes and facilities will operate on a partial holiday schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18. Also, during Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration/march, ART Routes E1 and E2 routes will detour from approximately 12:30-1 p.m., or until the march clears. These routes will use Biltmore Avenue, South [...]

City of Asheville seeks public input on Shiloh Recreation Center master plan

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Web Editors - CAPE

The City of Asheville Parks and Recreation Department will host the second public meeting in a series of participation opportunities to gain public feedback in the development of the Linwood Crump Shiloh Center Master Plan, 121 Shiloh Road, Asheville. At a public meeting in July, comment was taken on the facility and programs in preparation to [...]

City of Asheville to hold neighborhood meetings on proposed ART fare increases

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Web Editors - CAPE

The City of Asheville Transportation Department will hold a series of six neighborhood meetings to share information and receive feedback on several subjects, including proposed fare increases for ART (Asheville Redefines Transit). The last fare changes occurred in 2006 and 2010. The cash fare of $1 was established in 2006 and has not increased since. Fare [...]

Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket campaign to kick off

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Web Editors - CAPE

North Carolina’s Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket campaign will run from Nov. 22-30. The program, a statewide partnership between local agencies and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, aims to increase seat belt and child safety use rates through increased enforcement of the state’s seat belt law. On Nov. 23, the Asheville Police Department (APD) and the [...]

Asheville-Buncombe Housing Summit to focus on solutions

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Web Editors - CAPE

Looking for a solution-based conversation about how to meet Asheville and Buncombe County’s housing needs? Join us for the Asheville-Buncombe Housing Summit, 2-5 p.m. Nov. 16, US Cellular Center Banquet Hall. Hosted by Asheville City Council, the summit will feature two moderated discussions looking at challenges and opportunities and how public and the private sector can [...]

Questionnaire launches in wake of West Asheville parking study

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Web Editors - CAPE

West Asheville residents searching for solutions to overcrowded parking along the Haywood Road corridor said they supported better enforcement of parking violations. They also showed support for permitted residential parking zones. Both residents and business owners attended a West Asheville Parking Study meeting Oct. 22 at Hall Fletcher Elementary School. Hosted by the City’s Transportation Director [...]

City of Asheville names new Development Services Director

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Web Editors - CAPE

The City of Asheville is pleased to announce that, after a nationwide search, Wayne Clark will serve as the City’s new Development Services Director, effective Nov. 23. “We are pleased to fill the critical Development Services Director position with such a proven leader. I am excited about the proven track record Wayne brings to us in [...]

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