Earth Month Is Almost Here!
Winter felt especially cold this year, making the arrival of Spring and Earth Month extra sweet. Check out some great ideas for getting out into the sun, soil, and community.
Department: Sustainability
Boost your garden with biochar: Free workshop and giveaway March 27
Spring planting is just around the corner, and this year you can treat your soil to some carbon-rich biochar charged with compost.
Food scraps program adds new drop-off location
The newest drop-off site at the North Asheville Community Center is accessible 24/7 and uses locally made Bearicade Bins to keep curious and hungry wildlife from exploring.
Resilience Hubs Mapping Project Underway to Inform Network Development
To better understand and strengthen these community-led efforts, the City of Asheville has contracted with Thrive Asheville to conduct a Resilience Hub Mapping Project as part of the Elevate AVL and Climate Resilience work.
Composting
Feed the landscape, not the landfill with fun and sustainable backyard composting.
Resilience Hub Mapping
In the wake of Helene, neighbors helped neighbors, community spaces transformed into distribution centers, and trusted local organizations rapidly mobilized to provide critical services. Now, we have an opportunity to learn from this organic response and learn from community and city-led storm response initiatives to build a more resilient future.
Stronger Together: Stories from AVL’s neighborhoods post-Helene
As Helene recovery continues to unfold, strengthening our ability to withstand and bounce back from future disruptions, our community continues to reflect on the ways that we came together as neighbors. As part of the reflection, city staff spent time interviewing community members to understand what happened in the aftermath of Helene and how people responded.
Come Take Part in the City’s Holiday Free Store!
Do you have items cluttering your home that are still in good condition? Or are you looking for some free items ahead of the holidays? If so, come to the City’s Holiday Free Store on Dec 13 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center.
Sustainability Department shares MCAP updates to performance measures and FY25 Department Annual Report
The Sustainability Department’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Report has been published along with annual updates to the Municipal Climate Action Plan (MCAP) webpage and performance measures. Tropical Storm Helene impacted our City, region, lives, and work in significant and lasting ways, including work reorganization to address emerging recovery needs alongside ongoing sustainability work.
Elevate AVL Engagement Agents implement community impact projects
In Phase 2 of the Elevate AVL project, Engagement Agents supported the distribution of Climate Action Toolkits in neighborhoods throughout the city and they designed and implemented individual community impact projects.
What’s Up AVL! This week learn more about the Community Upfit Project
In this episode of What’s Up, AVL!, take a close look at the Community Space Upfit Project — an exciting initiative helping to transform community spaces around Asheville into flexible, accessible, and tech-ready community hubs.