The City of Asheville wants to make residents, businesses, and commuters aware of upcoming traffic control and paving work in the area of Patton Avenue, beginning Wednesday, May 21, 2025. This work marks the final phase of construction for the Carter Ann Patton Stormwater project. Night Closures and Paving Schedule (7:00 p.m. – 7:00 a.m.): Wednesday, May [...]
Strive Not to Drive Week kicks off in Western North Carolina with free rides on all Asheville Rides Transit (ART) buses on Monday, May 19, 2025. It’s the perfect time to explore sustainable transportation options, reduce your carbon footprint, and see how easy it is to ride ART. On other days during Strive Week, bus fares return to just $1 per ride.
Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR) has a summer of water games, foam parties, and water-based pop-up programs for community members of all ages to chill out and beat the heat.
The City of Asheville is excited to announce the launch of a new mobile parking payment app, Flowbird, beginning June 2, 2025 following City Council approval on December 10, 2025. Flowbird was selected through a competitive bidding process after the City’s contract with its previous parking app provider expired.
The City of Asheville is taking a significant step forward in its infrastructure recovery efforts by posting a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for design services to rebuild the parks system on the French Broad River. This milestone marks the beginning of a design plan to restore damaged City assets along the French Broad Riverfront parks system and establish a new vision for a more resilient and accessible riverfront.
The City of Asheville is pleased to announce that the remaining bus stops along Swannanoa River Road will resume service on Sunday, May 4. This service restoration comes after the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) completed repairs and officially reopened Swannanoa River Road. With the roadway now accessible, Asheville Rides Transit (ART) is ready [...]
Whether you ride the bus every day or have never stepped on board, Asheville Rides Transit (ART) and the City of Asheville want to hear from you. Today, the City is launching a community-wide survey to kick off the ART Comprehensive Operational Analysis (COA)—a strategic initiative to improve Asheville’s public transit services and align [...]
Asheville City government offices will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025. Here is a look at City services affected by this holiday. ART bus service ART bus service routes and facilities will operate on a holiday schedule which is the same as the Sunday schedule. Good Friday is one of seven days ART runs on a reduced [...]
Asheville City Council votes to accept the Board of Directors slate proposed by the Asheville Downtown Improvement District (ADID) at their regularly scheduled meeting on April 8. The board will steer services and operations of ADID, the contracted operator of the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID). The board appointments follow the guidelines outlined [...]
City Council approves the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan for submission to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the April 8 City Council meeting. The Action Plan is the first step in the process to access $225,010,000 allocated by HUD on January 16, 2025, following [...]
The Walton Street Park Survery is open. Take the opportunity to help shape the future of Walton St Park. A community-driven process to determine a vibrant reimagined use may activate the pool area year-round while respecting the pool and bathhouse's historic fabric to serve present and future generations.
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 [...]