In Hendersonville:

The overwhelming majority of residents who spoke about a possible state grant for Berkeley Mills Park favored investment in the park while business lobbyist Larry Rogers cautioned that the project could produce higher taxes.

In Asheville, those with enough free time and mobility to attend public meetings would want a park, too; but the supply-siders would suggest adding energy to the Drum Circle to attract more tourists to multiply economics out the yin-yang.