City Plans The City of Asheville’s long-range planning involves the establishment, updating, and implementation of master planning elements. Long-range planning initiatives provide the vision and foundation for projects, activities and the overall direction the city pursues over an extended time frame. Plans are developed through extensive community engagement processes, and implementation is considered on an annual basis through the city’s budgetary and business planning cycle. Affordable Housing Plan Asheville in Motion Mobility Plan Charlotte Street Corridor Plan and Charlotte Street Transportation Enhancement Study Comprehensive Bicycle Plan Downtown Master Plan and Downtown Master Plan Appendices Historic Preservation Master Plan Homeless Initiative Five Year Plan Living Asheville: A Comprehensive Plan for our Future Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Arts Master Plan Pedestrian Thoroughfare Plan 2018 Sustainability Management Plan Transit Master Plan Wilma Dykeman RiverWay Plan Contact Information For information about City Plans, contact Neighborhood and Community Engagement Manager Brenda Mills at 828-259-5506. Updated 10/28/2019 Related Services Watch a live stream of the City channel View live televised Asheville City Council meetings, at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Sign up for city e-newsletter Receive City News in your inbox! Explore city data Public datasets and maps are available on the open data portal at data.ashevillenc.gov. Gun safety Learn how to prevent deadly gun accidents and teach your children what to do if they come across a firearm. More Related Services City Plans News City of Asheville to launch Neighborhood Grant Program Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 by Polly McDaniel As a part of this year’s budget process, City of Asheville staff heard from our community that new City investments in neighborhoods were very important. To respond to that need the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget includes $200,000 to launch a Neighborhood Grant Program. This program is designed specifically for neighborhood-based organizations: Neighborhood associations; Homeowners associations; Neighborhood coalitions; and Resident organizations [...] City of Asheville working to keep it easy to connect to your government Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Polly McDaniel There are many ways to connect virtually to City government (right now). And the City of Asheville is working on a sustainable model of even more remote access to City government. Connecting people to government and removing barriers to government has long been a core value of the City of Asheville’s Communication and Public Engagement Department [...] Asheville Reparations Speaker Series continues June 10 and 17, community urged to participate Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by Polly McDaniel On July 14, 2020, Asheville City Council passed a Resolution Supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville. The resolution calls for the City Manager to, “establish a process within the next year to develop short, medium and long term recommendations to specifically address the creation of generational wealth and to boost economic mobility [...] More City Plans News
Watch a live stream of the City channel View live televised Asheville City Council meetings, at 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month.
Explore city data Public datasets and maps are available on the open data portal at data.ashevillenc.gov.
Gun safety Learn how to prevent deadly gun accidents and teach your children what to do if they come across a firearm.
City of Asheville to launch Neighborhood Grant Program Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 by Polly McDaniel As a part of this year’s budget process, City of Asheville staff heard from our community that new City investments in neighborhoods were very important. To respond to that need the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 budget includes $200,000 to launch a Neighborhood Grant Program. This program is designed specifically for neighborhood-based organizations: Neighborhood associations; Homeowners associations; Neighborhood coalitions; and Resident organizations [...]
City of Asheville working to keep it easy to connect to your government Posted on July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 by Polly McDaniel There are many ways to connect virtually to City government (right now). And the City of Asheville is working on a sustainable model of even more remote access to City government. Connecting people to government and removing barriers to government has long been a core value of the City of Asheville’s Communication and Public Engagement Department [...]
Asheville Reparations Speaker Series continues June 10 and 17, community urged to participate Posted on June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 by Polly McDaniel On July 14, 2020, Asheville City Council passed a Resolution Supporting Community Reparations for Black Asheville. The resolution calls for the City Manager to, “establish a process within the next year to develop short, medium and long term recommendations to specifically address the creation of generational wealth and to boost economic mobility [...]