Asheville City Development Plan

Asheville, NC...

The City of Asheville has a broad tradition of fine comprehensive planning. From the Asheville City Plan 1925 prepared for the City by the famed city planner John Nolen to the Asheville City Plan 2010 prepared in 1987 with widespread public input, the City has a history of effective and implementable comprehensive plans.

The Asheville City Development Plan 2025 was prepared under the direction of a diverse and dedicated group of volunteers, the City Plan Advisory Committee. This committee ensured that public involvement was maximized and that the resulting plan reflected the issues and concerns identified by the community. The committee also made sure that the plan focused on issues of critical relevance to the future of the City.

One of the great challenges for Asheville is how to accommodate growth. What type?; How much?; Where? These are the big growth questions. Public comments and independent analysis of land use, transportation, air and water quality, and economic development trends have told us that the citizens of Asheville need and desire growth in the following areas:

Skilled workforce, particularly high-tech and medical;
Entrepreneurship, especially local small businesses and home occupations;
Increased property investment, particularly along our commercial corridors;
Increased accommodation of population growth within the City, particularly along commercial corridors, in compatible neighborhood infill, and in urban villages;
Mixed-use land use pattern;
Multi-modal transportation opportunities;
Development reflecting the character of Asheville; and
Development that occurs in a pattern that is sensitive to air and water quality concerns.

Purpose of the Plan

The Asheville City Development Plan 2025 proposes a land use pattern, transportation network and system of City services and infrastructure that reflects the above community desires and wishes concerning the future growth of the City. The plan includes goals and strategies that will guide the City of Asheville in meeting those desires. These goals and strategies typically requires separate actions on the part of City Council, City staff, or other boards and agencies; consequently, periodic adjustments to the plan will be necessary to reflect the actual actions that are taken as the goals and strategies are considered, modified, and/or implemented and as circumstances change. To this end, the Asheville City Development Plan 2025 must be considered as a guide for decision-making, rather than the final decision on any particular issue.

Section	File Size/# of pgs
Introduction	973K/29 pgs
Vision - Smart Growth Section 1	760K/33 pgs
Vision - Smart Growth Section 2	660K/34 pgs
Communication & Coordination	123K/8 pgs
Land Use & Transportation Section 1	616K/31 pgs
Land Use & Transportation Section 2	393K/31 pgs
Air Quality & Water Quality	849K/20 pgs
Economic Development	311K/16 pgs
City Services	1361K/28 pgs
Implementation Matrix 1	103K/29 pgs
Implementation Matrix 2	76K/27 pgs
Appendix A - Public Comments	76K/9 pgs
Appendix B - Interview with Jackson Ward	77K/3 pgs
Appendix C - New Urbanism Charter	54K/3 pgs

The Center City Plan

The Center City Plan is a component of the Asheville City Development Plan 2025 as well as a stand alone document focusing on addressing the full range of downtown issues and to serve as a guide for the future growth and development of downtown Asheville.

Center City Plan

Plan Update Presentation (pdf file)