The Neighborhood Advisory Committee of the City of Asheville invites residents and businesses of North Asheville to a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. May 23 at the North Asheville Library, 1030 Merrimon Avenue. Please join us for this opportunity to hear updates on city services, express your ideas for improving your neighborhood and share neighborhood accomplishments. This [...]
The East End / Valley Street Neighborhood Association represents the oldest African-American neighborhood in Asheville. Once the center of African-American life in Asheville, the neighborhood was connected to The Block (Eagle, Market Streets) and Valley Street (now South Charlotte), which was the heart of the neighborhood. The neighborhood is one of the most historically significant [...]
Lakeshore Heights is in north Asheville and includes areas west of Merrimon Avenue to Reynolds Place and Horizon Hill, bounded on the south by Sandon Road and on the north by Beaver Lake. The neighborhood consists of mostly single family homes with a few rental apartments. Most significantly Lakeshore Drive is used as a cut through for traffic [...]
Asheville’s Haw Creek Community Association (HCCA) was formed in 1983 in response to proposed development neighbors felt was out of character with the neighborhood, and a desire to ensure residents had a say about the future of their community. HCCA is a 501 C-3 (non-profit) incorporated in 1984. Haw Creek is located in a beautiful valley [...]
The Burton Street Community Association, established in 1967 as the Burton Street Advisory Board, was formed for the purpose of promoting the educational, social, economic and cultural welfare of its members, improving the neighborhood through democratic citizen participation and involvement in activities which affect our everyday lives. The Burton Street neighborhood, founded in 1911 by [...]
As soon as you enter Albemarle Park, you know that you are in a special place. It’s not like any other neighborhood in Asheville. It’s more than an interesting neighborhood of curving streets, towering trees and old houses. It is a nationally recognized landmark in residential design, a rare surviving example of late 19th century [...]
There will be lots of Halloween happenings around Asheville Saturday night but one of the biggest parties around town involves a street closing. Hundreds of costumed trick or treaters converge on Vermont Avenue in West Asheville each year for candy-filled extravaganza. And while the children are tricked out in their costumes so are the houses. All [...]
Here’s an update on the City’s recently adopted Neighborhood Sidewalk Policy for prioritizing construction of neighborhood sidewalks: Visit our Neighborhood Sidewalk Policy page, where you can click on a list of streets in alphabetical order and how they rank in terms of sidewalk replacement. City staff will be applying secondary screening factors to the [...]
West Asheville residents searching for solutions to overcrowded parking along the Haywood Road corridor said they supported better enforcement of parking violations. They also showed support for permitted residential parking zones. Both residents and business owners attended a West Asheville Parking Study meeting Oct. 22 at Hall Fletcher Elementary School. Hosted by the City’s Transportation Director [...]
The Neighborhood Advisory Committee (NAC) and the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods (CAN) are co-sponsoring a Neighborhood Plan Workshop from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 7 in Ferguson Auditorium at Asheville-Buncombe Community Technical College. The purpose of the workshop is to: • Help neighborhoods better understand the City’s long-term planning process and how neighborhoods can participate in an [...]
The Parkway Forest neighborhood is located on Asheville’s east side, across from the Charles George VA Medical Center. It is just minutes from I-40 and about 12 minutes from downtown. Parkway Forest was built in the early 1960s by Pilot Construction Company of Greensboro. The property was originally an apple orchard and nursery. The original deeds [...]
The Neighborhood Advisory Committee of the City of Asheville invites residents and businesses of South Asheville to a neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Skyland/South Asheville Library, 260 Overlook Road. Please join us for this opportunity to hear updates on city services, express your ideas for improving your neighborhood and share neighborhood accomplishments. This [...]