The Health Adventure, after receiving funds from Asheville and Buncombe County taxpayers and numerous other grants, spent $8 million raping a part of the Historic Montford Neighborhood forest for expansion. Ashevegas followed the money nicely here. The property then went into foreclosure, and the bank issued a press release or otherwise turned the media on to the fact that it wants to get the bad stigma off its books. Here’s is what a couple citizen commentators posted on the local daily’s web site. There is, of course, concern the new buyer wouldn’t simply reforest the area.
This is America. If you want to control the use of the property then buy it. What? You don’t have the money? Ah yes, there is the rub. Those with the money make the rules and those without can just go eat a spider in the corner. Wish there was something we as the people could do. Don’t you?
There is always something the people can do. First, stop giving your own power away to “them” (whoever you think that may be). No one has stolen your personal power. As for buying this property to do with as you desire, band together with all those of like minds and buy the land as a group — a group of powerful people who are willing to stop whining and put their energy and their money into the place where they want to see trees. Then plant the trees and enjoy the land.
