What’s Up AVL! The City of Asheville’s bi-monthly radio show gives the community the chance to take a deep dive with the City of Asheville staff and departments. Learn about different departments and what projects are taking place in your community. This week, the City of Asheville host Sam Parada will sit down with City of Asheville staff [...]
The next meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § 143-318.10 [...]
The City of Asheville introduces “chaptering” on its video replays of City Council meetings available for viewing on its YouTube Channel. This new feature allows the community to quickly access video points of interest without having to scroll and scan through an entire Council meeting. How does it work: Agenda item bookmarks allow viewers to [...]
Please be advised that all city of Asheville offices will be closed on Monday, June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Regular office hours will resume on Tuesday, June 20. See the City’s active services and schedules below. ART bus service Asheville Rides Transit (ART) holiday schedule will run on a Sunday schedule. If [...]
City Council received the report and presentation from the Independent Review Committee (IRC) at the Council’s scheduled June 13 meeting. The IRC was seated to review the water outage experienced by some City of Asheville water customers in late December 2022 and early January 2023. “We thank the IRC members for their diligent work and volunteer [...]
The next meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber on the 2nd Floor of City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § 143-318.10 [...]
The City of Asheville’s Office of Data & Performance (ODAP) will hold a community data training on Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. The training will be held at the City’s municipal building at 100 Court Plaza, Asheville, in the second-floor training room. Limited parking is available in the City Hall [...]
The City of Asheville offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, May 29, a federally designated holiday that honors military personnel who have died in the performance of their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The City of Asheville, Buncombe County, and the Veterans Council will host a Memorial [...]
The City of Asheville and Buncombe County will host a Memorial Day Ceremony at 2:00 p.m. May 29, 2023 at the Roger McGuire Green in Pack Square Park. The ceremony will feature a short reading by Jim Hernandez, USAF, Vietnam, Pilot. Lt. Gen. Walter E. Gaskin (Ret.), USMC, Secretary of the NC Department of Military and [...]
The next meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, located on the 2nd Floor of City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § [...]
City Attorney Brad Branham, in consultation with City Manager Debra Campbell and the Asheville Police Department, is moving immediately to seek the required Court Order to release body camera footage of the arrest of Devon Whitmire. Whitmire was involved in an incident Saturday, May 13, which led to the use of force by several APD [...]
Want to get get the latest information on the City of Asheville Downtown Safety Initiative? You can do this through the City of Asheville website. What’s the Downtown Safety Initiative Due to a number of incidents impacting public safety, the City of Asheville is taking targeted steps to address the rise of crime especially in [...]
During Asheville City Council’s regularly scheduled meeting on May 9, City Manager Debra Campbell and Budget Manager Taylor Floyd presented the proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 budget. Once adopted, the FY 2023-24 budget will fund City operations from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget totals $239.7 million, a $22.1 million [...]
The next meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The meeting will be conducted in the Council Chamber, located on the 2nd Floor of City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § [...]
On Tuesday evening, members of City Council voted unanimously to convey City-owned property at 3 Hunt Hill Place for $1 to KL Training Solutions, a local non-profit that serves low- and moderate-income youth in Asheville. The site will host educational and mentorship programs, academic enrichment, community events and job training for youth ages 6 – [...]
Those of us who live, work, and play in and around Asheville know how magical our mountain city can be. We all have ideas and opinions on how to keep it that way – or even make it better. One way to share those ideas with City leaders is to take part in City issued surveys [...]
The next meeting of the Asheville City Council will be held 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The meeting will be held in the Council Chamber, located on the 2nd Floor of City Hall, 70 Court Plaza. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § [...]
