The City of Asheville, in partnership with Buncombe County, continues to take proactive steps to keep our community safe and healthy during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. To bring our community in closer alignment with Governor Cooper’s Executive Order 138, Buncombe County Public Health has issued a superseding Stay Home, Stay Safe [...]
Top priority is the safety of our community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19 while conducting City business The May 12 Asheville City Council meeting and budget work session will be held remotely. Due to the locally declared State of Emergency and Stay Safe, Stay Home order, there will be no public attendance at these meetings. [...]
The City of Asheville, in partnership with Buncombe County, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the management of the Blue Horizons Project. The RFP seeks to fund a local organization to oversee the implementation of the Blue Horizons Project. The goal of the project is to make a clean energy [...]
As state and local public health officials begin to ease restrictions, and outline what businesses can reopen, we wanted to share with you some necessary water information and precautions. Although water has been flowing continuously through the City of Asheville’s water system, private plumbing lines at local businesses closed during the Stay Home, Stay Safe [...]
The bell atop of Asheville City Hall will ring at noon each day this week in observance of Public Service Recognition Week. (Listen to the bell ring at this link.) Since 1985, Public Service Recognition Week has been celebrated the first week of May to honor the people who serve our nation [...]
The Asheville Police Department is excited to announce an upgrade to our Police to Citizen (P2C) tool. The upgrade includes a new look, ease of access to incident, crash, and arrest reports, and includes the new ability for individuals to report incidents online. You can access the Police to Citizen Tool by visiting
Asheville City Council will hold a special called meeting at 5 p.m. April 28 to consider a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for and receive funds from Federal Emergency Management Agency funding to recover costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic event and to designate the applicant agents. You can find related documents
The City of Asheville continues its support of the creation of clean energy by signing an Amicus brief criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Rule. The rule, we believe, fails to reduce dangerous air pollution and address climate change, increasing health and safety risks for Americans, including [...]
Short-term pain for long-term gain. Please keep that in mind during road closures coming up for two transportation bond projects. In March, the City of Asheville shared information regarding a general construction schedule for the Kenilworth Road and State Street bond projects. (Find that announcement at this link.) Now we’re getting closer [...]
The construction phase of the Charlotte Street road diet is underway and the timeline is being adjusted to do the work during the day rather than at night. There have been significant reductions in traffic volumes on Charlotte Street because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so the City has worked with its contractor to revise the [...]
You may be staying home this Earth Day, but there’s still action you can take to honor and support Planet Earth April 22 — and every other day of the year. Emphasis on the word “action.” That’s the message from EarthDay.org, which lists tons of ways you can advocate for Mother Earth from [...]
Updated information: The City of Asheville brush, trash and recycling collection are all operating on schedule. Thank you to everyone as we sorted out logistics for the safety of our employees and the community in the first few months of the pandemic. For the most up-to-date City Sanitation information or notification of any delays, Asheville residents can [...]