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Lest Feet Touch Mud
Earlier this week, the Buncombe County Commissioners called an emergency closed meeting to purchase land on Bent Creek from Henderson County. The media was told the crony* would work with…
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Asheville’s Impervious Gap
In 2006, leadership in the City of Asheville, in response to outcry from neighborhood groups and multimodal advocates, set a goal of constructing 108 miles of sidewalk. To date, 18…
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On the Obesity Crisis
Here are some thoughts I had after a friendly conversation with one of our city council candidates at his tire store yesterday. I used to think the obesity crisis was…
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Every Time I Feel Lame I’m Looking Down
In what sounds like stiff competition for contemplating navel lint, a sidewalk study has just been completed. It was compiled by several volunteers working for the Asheville Downtown Association, Downtown…
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Do We Really Need a Law Against This?
Why not just expect people to use common sense? I’m with Apex Town Councilman Bryan Gossage on this. More than 60 people, most wearing red, attended a council meeting last…
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G’boro council: Confusion reigns, Part….
Too high to count. I generally watch Greensboro City Council meetings and try really hard to pay attention in the hopes coming up with an interesting blog post. But after…
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Weird Sidewalk Meeting
The sidewalk meeting did not go as anticipated. About 250 people filled all available seating, but the rest had to wait outside per orders from the fire marshal. On the…
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Platonically, I Hate Democracy
Among my emails today, one requested a packing of the Asheville City Council community meeting tomorrow. The subject matter will be sidewalks, those impervious groundcovers that get rid of Type…
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Revamping an Already Fine Downtown
The City of Hendersonville has reserved $370,000 to purchase street lights for downtown. It has been proposed the funds be used to upgrade the pavement, sidewalk, and landscaping of one…
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Sidewalk sale
Yesterday morning we got a flier at home from the City of Durham “informing” us of the upcoming bond issue. I was sipping coffee in the den when I heard…
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Transportation magic in Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy has a curious strategy for obtaining state funding of bike lanes and sidewalks in Chapel Hill. According to this item in the Raleigh News &…
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Sidewalk art to a whole ‘nother level
Pretty amazing stuff. (via The Corner)