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Celebrate the spirit of Southside at a block party and community center ribbon cutting on August 4

After years of neighborhood input, planning, and construction, Asheville’s Southside neighborhood has a brand new gymnasium, outdoor swimming pool, more community rooms for meetings and classes, outdoor basketball court, and spacious open areas to study and socialize at Dr. Wesley Grant Sr. Southside Community Center, located on 285 Livingston Street.   Southside families and community members [...]

Recreation Park Pool to open July 15

The City of Asheville Parks & Recreation Department is please to share that repairs on Recreation Park’s pool are complete. It will open for the summer at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 15. The pool’s hours of operation are 12-6 p.m. on Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Saturday, and 1-6 p.m. on Sunday. Find more [...]

Local examples of Missing Middle Housing including an accessory dwelling unit (left), small apartment house (center), and townhomes (right)

City of Asheville seeks input from renters for Missing Middle Housing Study; Public workshop scheduled for August 4

In April 2023 the City began a Missing Middle Housing study to identify barriers that negatively impact the production of housing supply in Asheville. The term “missing middle” is meant to describe a range of house-scale buildings with multiple units that are compatible in scale and form with detached single-family homes, including [...]

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Mark Matheny to serve as Director of Development Services

Asheville City Manager Debra Campbell is pleased to announce that Mark Matheny, who has been serving as the Interim Director of Development Services since November 3, 2022, has accepted the position of Development Services Director. Mark will oversee a department of 54 professional staff providing a high level of customer service in support of a safe [...]

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