On July 23, the City Council will meet in person at 5 p.m. in the Banquet Hall of Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville, 87 Haywood Street, Asheville, N.C. The Council meeting agenda is posted on the City’s website. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute § 143-318.10 this will be an in-person meeting which the public can also access remotely. Where to Watch The City [...]
The regularly scheduled City Council meeting for Tuesday, July 23, will be held at Harrah’s Cherokee Center Banquet Hall at the regularly scheduled 5:00 p.m. start time. The standard features of live-streaming of the meeting, in-person comment, interpretation upon request, presentations, and email and voicemail comments will be available to the public.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville and Buncombe County, in partnership with the City of Asheville, has planned the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration with the intended outcomes of a diverse celebration that fosters broad participation, promotes community awareness and appreciation, and celebrates the liberation of enslaved people. Dating back to 1865, two and a [...]
The City of Asheville offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day, May 27, 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. The City of Asheville, Buncombe County, and the Veterans Council will host a Memorial Day [...]
February sessions are underway, but community members are welcome to still sign up. Want to begin at the beginning? Start fresh with us in March, as more sessions have been added.
Secret Garden fun returns to downtown Asheville Sunday, February 11, 2024. Times and Routes 10:00 a.m. Line up and float assembly begins on Southside Avenue between Biltmore and Short Coxe Avenue 3:05 p.m. Traditional Step Off The parade will enter Coxe Ave. at the intersection of Southside. The route takes the parade north on Coxe Ave. and wraps [...]
Asheville City government offices will be closed Monday, January 15, 2024 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here is a look at City services affected by this holiday. Trash and recycling Though City offices will be closed, Sanitation collection services will run on schedule. Residential trash and recycling will be collected as normal, Monday-Thursday, [...]
Did you know the animals that call the Nature Center home are generally more active during this time of year? Visitors can enjoy watching all the new additions encounter their first winter in Western North Carolina. Check out the WNC Nature Center’s holiday gift guide at wildwnc.org/gift-guide to see all the ways you can support the animals who call the Nature Center home, including symbolic adoptions and purchasing items from the Animal Wishlist and Holiday Giving Tree.