The City of Asheville is moving forward with restoration efforts at Riverside Cemetery, with debris removal work scheduled to begin Monday, July 21. Crews will be on site Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., during this phase of the project.
The City of Asheville, in partnership with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the NC Department of Public Safety, North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, the State Historic Preservation Office, and Western Carolina University (WCU), is advancing debris removal and restoration efforts at Riverside Cemetery following damage from Tropical Storm Helene under the North Carolina Emergency Management SMART program.
Asheville City Manager, Debra Campbell, is pleased to announce that Amy Deyton has been named as the City of Asheville’s next Public Works Director. Amy will officially begin her duties as Public Works Director immediately.
The staff at City of Asheville wishes you and yours a fun and safe Fourth of July. READ MORE about the SOUTH SLOPE CELEBRATION, traffic impacts and any potential impacts to City services you may use.
Our offices will be closed Thursday, June 19, but regular hours resume the next day. Water plant production staff and Emergency Services personnell operate on a normal schedule on any oberserved holiday.
The City of Asheville offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, May 26, 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.
We’re thrilled to share some exciting news—Jes Foster has been named the winner of the American Public Works Association (APWA) Professional Manager of the Year in Solid Waste!
Do you have hard to recycle items that you need to dispose of? Join us for the next Hard 2 Recycle event on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at A.C. Reynolds High School (1 Rocket Drive, Asheville, NC). Hard 2 Recycle gives you a chance to keep these materials out [...]
Curbside Management is partnering with the Association of Plastic Recyclers to celebrate Recycling In Action Month this May — and you’re invited to take a behind-the-scenes look at how your recyclables are sorted and processed! Learn more about Recycling In Action Month here. Join us for a public tour of the Curbie Materials [...]
Happy Earth Month! Together, we have diverted over ONE MILLION POUNDS of food waste from the landfill! Thank you for your efforts in helping the City of Asheville/Buncombe County reach this important milestone! What a tremendous accomplishment! To celebrate, you are cordially invited to join us on Saturday, April 26th for a FREE, family-friendly event! At this event, [...]
To provide greater transparency into Asheville’s ongoing recovery, the City has launched a Storm Debris Dashboard that is available by visiting the storm debris page on the Asheville Recovers website. This tool will provide debris collection totals and progress updates with data being updated every Monday. The new dashboard provides the following data [...]
The City of Asheville will resume their regular schedule for brush collection services starting Monday, March 31, including bagged leaves and properly contained brush trimmings. Residents are reminded that storm debris and vegetative brush that do not meet city collection guidelines will not be collected through the City’s brush collection service. Storm [...]