Commercial Filming and Photography The Community & Economic Development Department manages permitting, location agreements, and city service coordination for all commercial filming and photography work involving city-owned property, sidewalks, streets, and parks. Commercial filming and photography is permitted under the same conditions as other outdoor special event uses of public property in Asheville. A permit may not be required for small scale projects that do not require the reservation of public space, closure of streets/sidewalks/parking, use of generators, structures or unusual scenes. Notice: To begin, please review the City of Asheville’s Outdoor Special Event Guide and contact our office at your convenience. Application Forms Commercial Filming Directives Outdoor Special Event Permit Application Emergency Action Plan (required only when area of work is confined or roads closed) Documentation of Street Closure Notification (required only when streets will need to be fully closed) Outdoor Special Event Permit Amendment (a cover sheet for submitting a revised application) Contact Information Click Here to schedule an appointment for consultation, or application review and intake. Jon Fillman, Outdoor Event Manager 828-259-5738 Angelica Driver, Event Coordinator 828-259-5844 Community & Economic Development Department 70 Court Plaza, 5th Floor Asheville, NC 28801 Mailing Address PO Box 7148 Asheville, NC 28802 Notice: All commercial filming activities in national parks require a permit. National Park Service – Blue Ridge Parkway Matt Micale, Permit Coordinator 828-348-3441 blri_permits@nps.gov Commercial Filming and Still Photography Permits Updated 11/14/2019 Related Services Business Inclusion The Business Inclusion Office for the City of Asheville actively seeks to identify minority and women-owned businesses for an opportunity to participate as providers of goods and services to the city. Apply for a commercial film or photography permit Information about commercial filming and photography work involving city-owned property, sidewalks, streets, and parks. Apply for a special event or festival permit Information about hosting an event on city-owned property, sidewalks, streets and parks. Cold weather emergency shelter When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold. To find out when Code Purple is in effect, visit the Homeless Coalition’s Code [...] Find financial support for your Asheville business Learn about financial support that may be available for your business. Find or register a minority, women or disabled-owned business Resources for finding or registering a minority, women or disabled-owned business. More Related Services Commercial Filming and Photography News City of Asheville provides hand washing stations to help reduce spread of COVID-19 Posted on March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Update: For a map of temporary, portable hand washing stations and restrooms, visit this link. The map is being updated as new stations are installed. Original post: With the COVID-19 public health emergency going on it has never been more important to be able to wash your hands. Besides keeping 6 feet of distance [...] Giant animatronic sculpture to go on display in Asheville’s South Slope Posted on March 11, 2020March 13, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Acclaimed work was engineered, sculpted and fabricated by an interdisciplinary UNC Asheville team Republished from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Wake, Mel Chin’s giant animatronic sculpture, installed in New York City’s Times Square last summer, will be on view from March 15 to Sept. 7 at 44 Collier Ave., in Asheville’s South Slope. Chin, a WNC-based conceptual artist, [...] Housing market report looks at challenges in Asheville and surrounding counties Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Polly McDaniel The City of Asheville is releasing the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. The purpose of this report is to conduct a Housing Needs Assessment of the four-county region that includes and surrounds the city of Asheville. The four counties evaluated in this report include Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania. This evaluation takes into account the demographics, [...] More Commercial Filming and Photography News
Business Inclusion The Business Inclusion Office for the City of Asheville actively seeks to identify minority and women-owned businesses for an opportunity to participate as providers of goods and services to the city.
Apply for a commercial film or photography permit Information about commercial filming and photography work involving city-owned property, sidewalks, streets, and parks.
Apply for a special event or festival permit Information about hosting an event on city-owned property, sidewalks, streets and parks.
Cold weather emergency shelter When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold. To find out when Code Purple is in effect, visit the Homeless Coalition’s Code [...]
Find financial support for your Asheville business Learn about financial support that may be available for your business.
Find or register a minority, women or disabled-owned business Resources for finding or registering a minority, women or disabled-owned business.
City of Asheville provides hand washing stations to help reduce spread of COVID-19 Posted on March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Update: For a map of temporary, portable hand washing stations and restrooms, visit this link. The map is being updated as new stations are installed. Original post: With the COVID-19 public health emergency going on it has never been more important to be able to wash your hands. Besides keeping 6 feet of distance [...]
Giant animatronic sculpture to go on display in Asheville’s South Slope Posted on March 11, 2020March 13, 2020 by Polly McDaniel Acclaimed work was engineered, sculpted and fabricated by an interdisciplinary UNC Asheville team Republished from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Wake, Mel Chin’s giant animatronic sculpture, installed in New York City’s Times Square last summer, will be on view from March 15 to Sept. 7 at 44 Collier Ave., in Asheville’s South Slope. Chin, a WNC-based conceptual artist, [...]
Housing market report looks at challenges in Asheville and surrounding counties Posted on March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 by Polly McDaniel The City of Asheville is releasing the Regional Housing Needs Assessment. The purpose of this report is to conduct a Housing Needs Assessment of the four-county region that includes and surrounds the city of Asheville. The four counties evaluated in this report include Buncombe, Henderson, Madison, and Transylvania. This evaluation takes into account the demographics, [...]