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The third phase of Neighborhood Matching Grants is open for applications, bringing City investments into Asheville’s neighborhoods. Applications will be accepted from March 27 to May 27, 2023. Neighborhood organizations can apply for up to $5,000 in funds which they will then match through volunteer time, fundraising and in-kind donations. The Neighborhood Matching Grant program was created [...]
The next scheduled meeting for the Community Reparations Commission is Monday, March 20, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at 87 Haywood Street. The Commission meeting agenda will be posted at this link You can plan ahead by referring to the 2023 monthly meeting [...]
Do you want to have a voice in the City’s growth and future? Do you want to influence decisions regarding policy, service and education? If you’ve answered yes, then it’s time to take that initial step forward and put your perspective, leadership and knowledge to task by serving on one of the many boards/commissions The [...]
Asheville, North Carolina – On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, the City of Asheville’s City Council approved a $115,000 contract to Opticos Design, Inc., and their subcontractor Cascadia Partners, for a Missing Middle Housing study. Missing Middle Housing refers to housing types, such as duplexes, triplexes, quadruplexes, and townhomes that are largely missing [...]
The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community [...]
The next scheduled meeting for the Community Reparations Commission is Monday, February 20, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at 87 Haywood Street. The Commission meeting agenda will be posted at this link You can plan ahead by referring to the 2023 monthly [...]
The final line up of Art in the Heart artworks and experiences will be in Pack Square Plaza for February and early March 2023. To learn more about the artists and their projects, visit ashevillenc.gov/artintheheart. Members of the public from Buncombe County and beyond are invited to come to Pack Square Plaza, in [...]
December 13, Shangri-La Industries and Step Up, with the support of the City of Asheville, broke ground on the former Ramada, providing 113 units of permanent supportive housing for people experiencing homelessness in Asheville. [...]
The Community Reparations Commission is empowered to make short, medium, and long-term recommendations that will make significant progress toward repairing the damage caused by public and private systemic racism. The task of the Reparations Commission is to issue a report in a timely manner for consideration by the City, County, and other participating community groups for [...]