Malvern Hills Park’s 90 year-old pool will not open in 2024
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APR Innovators: Nora Jones
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Park Views: E.W. Grove Park
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Fit 50 Challenge motivates Asheville to stay active – even during cold weather
If tracking your progress and connecting to other community members motivates you, register for Asheville Parks & Recreation (APR)’s free Fit 50 Challenge. The city-wide celebration of wellness motivates community members to walk, run, or roll a total of 50 miles between February 1-April 1.
Winter Weather Impact Updates
Know how weather in our area is impacting programs and services.
Park Views: Martin Luther King Junior Park
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APR Innovators: Chris Leamon
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Grove Street Community Center closed for up to four weeks for HVAC system replacement
UPDATE 1/8/2024: Grove Street Community Center’s HVAC replacement is complete and all scheduled programs will resume at the community center beginning on January 10, 2024. Please contact the center at 828-350-2062 with any additional questions.
City of Asheville offices close Nov. 23 & 24 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday
City offices to close Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. This article contains information about holiday service schdeules.
Asheville community centers host Green Book exhibit highlighting Black life during Jim Crow era
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.
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