In 2012, residents of Rocky Mount started hearing about plans for an event center. The city council was talking about a project that would spur downtown economic development and regeneration,…
The City of Asheville will present its Asheville in Motion (AIM) plan December 7, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the US Cellular Center. The plan is supposed to help…
The City of Asheville is going to partner with partners (Thass wo it say!) to get more people signed up for Obamacare. Asheville’s partnership will be a waiver of $500…
Tuesday’s Asheville City Council meeting included approval of spending an additional $250,000 on paying all city employees a living wage. Outgoing Councilman Jan Davis objected, saying department directors will be…
From the Asheville Citizen-Times: When men’s basketball powerhouse Davidson left the league after last year’s tournament to join the Atlantic 10 Conference, what also departed was the SoCon’s largest fan…
Today, I’m going to gripe about thingies on Asheville City Council’s consent agenda. I should like to start with the Obamacare rally that will be held at the US Cellular…
Last night, members of Asheville City Council agreed to reopen the RFQ/RFP bidding process on a decrepit city-owned parcel across from the US Cellular Center. The last time around, the…
The following press releases were issued today (blubbering added): The City of Asheville announced Foster the People will be playing at the US Cellular Center. This is a great community-builder,…
The City of Asheville embarked on a program years ago to sell surplus city property to the private sector. An RFP/RFQ process was developed so organizations that promised to provide…
The mass media is stirring the hoopla to psych out the masses to show up at Asheville City Council’s meeting on what to do with city-owned property across from the…
The City of Asheville has been trying to unload excess real estate for some time. McKibbon Hotel Group has proposed buying some to build a hotel across from the US…
Tuesday, July 17, at 5:30 p.m., in the US Cellular Center (formerly the Civic Center), the City of Asheville will be receiving public comment about the BID, with emphasis on…