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Asheville community centers host Green Book exhibit highlighting Black life during Jim Crow era

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Christy Edwards

In November, three Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) community centers host “Navigating Jim Crow: The Green Book and Oasis Spaces in North Carolina,” a traveling exhibit about sites important to, and personal memories about, African American travel using The Negro Motorist Green Book during the Jim Crow era of legal segregation. Published from 1936 to 1966, the book was used as both a travel guide and a tool of resistance to confront the realities of racial discrimination in the United States and beyond. The self-guided exhibit is free and open to the public at select APR community centers.

Asheville Transportation Director Ken Putnam announces retirement

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Christy Edwards

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City of Asheville announces appointment of Michael Cayse as Fire Chief

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Kim Miller

The City of Asheville is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Cayse as the new Fire Chief of the Asheville Fire Department. He joins us from Cincinnati, Ohio where he has spent much of his 34-year public safety career. Chief Cayse will officially start his role on January 2, 2024.

Asheville Parks & Recreation announces community-powered comprehensive plan input opportunities

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Christy Edwards

As Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) update’s the city’s comprehensive plan for public leisure spaces and recreation programs, that’s the question its team is asking at public input events around the city and through a community survey that can be taken from the comfort of home.