The newspapers are beginning to write about city council candidates and what issues are important to those who live in Asheville. This angers me more and more as the years…
Asheville is going to consider rezoning a lot on Broad Street from residential, multifamily to mixed-use. Well, the city does want mixed-use development, but my first impression was how sad…
The US DOJ’s Office of Community Oriented Policing wants people to consume coffee with cops. Asheville citizens will have a chance Saturday, January 24, at the Bojangles on Merrimon. Coffee…
Asheville Occupy agreed to accept an offer from the city to camp in one of its parking lots, located under the I-240 overpass at the Merrimon Avenue exit. Negotiations are…
Now that some developers have enough confidence in the economy to start building again, the city will host some Downtown Master Plan subcommittee meetings. You may recall the plan sought…
Just about every lot on Asheville’s Merrimon Avenue has some form of graffiti on it. Jon Elliston of the Mountain Xpress wrote: On Dec. 10, the [Asheville Police Department] issued…
Perhaps you would be interested in reading the justifications of sanitation grades for Waynesville area restaurants. I am happy to report that Noi’s Thai Kitchen on Merrimon Avenue in Asheville…
While newspaper headlines continue to obsess over a homicide spree in Asheville, the real villain may be signs on Merrimon Avenue. Today, I stopped in a shop, and thought I…
After reading this article and this one, I can only conclude that the City of Asheville needs to hire more planning staff and management to make sure we can have…
I was a registered Libertarian until the state’s strict ballot access laws decertified our party. I realize that Libertarians shoot themselves in the foot politically by drawing votes away from…
One of my greatest local pet peeves reared its ugly head again. Late in March, members of the John Locke Foudation took an interest in Asheville’s strange planning policies that…
Thanks for noticing we have problems with urban planning on Merrimon Avenue. Even worse than the Temple to the Goddess of Urban Planning is the infamous Great Wall of Merrimon.…