Saturday 29 December 2018

Interview: Grammy Nominee Luke Combs Talks About His ‘Mind-Blowing’ Success

Five years ago, country singer Luke Combs was just trying to get by. He was attending college in North Carolina, working two jobs, living in an apartment above a bar and driving a 2000 Dodge Neon. He was also preparing to make the trek to Nashville to record his very first EP.

Now, he’s a bonafide country superstar. His platinum-selling debut album, This One’s For You, has spent 20 non-consecutive weeks on top of Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart since its summer 2017 release and was recently named Billboard’s Top Country Album of 2018. He’s earned four chart-topping singles, each of which have been certified platinum and above. Additionally, he is the first solo artist ever to launch a career with four consecutive No.1 singles.

As if that’s not impressive enough, his Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour is breaking records left and right. He recently added six shows to the summer trek and each show sold out, totaling 70,000 tickets sold.

With stats like this, he has quickly become one of country music’s biggest stars.

Before he checked out for some much-needed rest over the holidays, Combs and I had the chance to chat about his incredible success, his recent CMA Awards win, his Grammy nomination and more.

Lauren Black: Congratulations on your success! Have you had a chance to really soak it all in yet?

Luke Combs: I definitely haven’t had the chance to soak any of it in. I hope I get to do that in the coming weeks. It’s been a pretty wild year. We’ve done so much that it’s hard to even make a top ten list of things that we’ve done this year as far as the cool factor goes.

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Black: What has been the most rewarding part of it all?

Combs: It’s really helped out everybody that works on my team tremendously. It’s allowed us to expand our team and pay people more. I am really thankful for that aspect of it because it not only improves my life, but the lives of 50 or 60 people, which is really awesome.

Black: At what point did you realize that this was really going to work?

Combs: After "When It Rains It Pours" went No.1. I was like, ‘Alright, we’ve got two now.’ That’s the hardest thing to do. Getting one is hard enough, but getting another one is real tough.

Black: You’ve had four No.1 singles now. That’s got to feel pretty amazing, right?

Combs: It’s just everything that you dream of when you start doing this for a living. You want to have a platform for people to hear your music and you hope that people love it. So far they do. It’s a really awesome feeling to get up on stage every night and not have to wonder if people are listening, or if they’re gonna know your songs or know who you are. You spend a lot of time trying to prove yourself and validate yourself. It’s a really awesome feeling, at least for right now, that we can go on stage and have songs that people have been hearing on the radio.

Black: Can you tell me more about your new single, “Beautiful Crazy?”

Combs: I wrote it about my now-fiancé before we started dating. I think it was a first-time thing for me as far as having that direct inspiration for a song. It’s fun and it’s lighthearted, but it also has a message: you’re supposed to love someone for who they are. That was the idea when we wrote the song. There might be things that are quirky or weird about somebody, but sometimes, those are the things that draw you to that person.

Black: If someone would have sat you down a few years ago and told you what was to come, would you have believed them?

Combs: I always had confidence in myself and my abilities, but I never would have imagined it being to this extent. I think my real goal was just to be able to make a decent living playing music. Everything else on top of it is so awesome and so amazing. My team and I are thankful for everything.

Black: If you weren’t doing this, what would you be doing?

Combs: I am doing what I would be doing anyway. I would be doing this in some capacity, whether I was known or a complete nobody.

Black: What did winning the CMA Award for New Artist of the Year mean to you?

Combs: That was my first CMA win. It was pretty wild. It is hard to explain that moment. I don’t get choked up a lot and a lot of things don’t get to me that much, but that was one of those moments that really took me by surprise from an emotional standpoint. It felt like the culmination of all these last seven years. It’s been a really long process, so it was a really nice affirmation that all of this work that I have done has paid off.

Black: You recently sold out several shows at pretty massive venues. How does it feel to go from playing small bars and theaters to selling out amphitheaters?

Combs: We’ve been out playing for a long time. I’ve never really stopped playing live gigs since I was good enough to play for an hour in front of people. I’ve always liked singing and playing and the atmosphere of a concert, seeing people have fun listening to good music. It’s been awesome to have gotten to do all of this. To go from playing a chicken wing restaurant in Asheville, the Wild Wing Cafe, to selling out PNC Music Pavilion in Charlotte where I used to go see concerts when I was a kid is absolutely mind-blowing. Having 20,000 people buy tickets, that is insane to me.

Black: Can you talk about your Grammy nomination?

Combs: The Grammy nomination is something we did not see coming. It’s an absolute honor and doesn’t even seem like something that can happen to somebody like myself. There are things that when you grow up lower middle class that seem very unattainable or unreachable. Goals that you think would be impossible to hit or could never happen to you and that is one of those things. It’s cool to be one of the guys, or gals, from Nashville to represent our genre out there. To know that my peers have voted on me is something that I don’t take lightly. It’s something that carries a lot of weight for me and I am grateful for it.

The conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Sunday 16 December 2018

American IRA Releases Self-Directed Real Estate IRA Glossary

American IRA recently released a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA "Glossary" featuring a list of terms that people using a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA need to know to pay taxes and build a retirement nest egg.

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The world of the Self-Directed Real Estate IRA can be confusing for those new to the concept, but American IRA recently released a list of Self-Directed Real Estate IRA terms to help retirement investors make sense of phrases like "cap rate" and "unrelated debt-financed income."

In the glossary, American IRA points out that a Self-Directed IRA is a retirement account held by an investor who retains direct control of the individual investment decisions while including the choice of a custodian or broker. With Self-Direction, it is possible for an investor to utilize a wide degree of assets such as real estate to diversify out of the stock market and utilize retirement account protections for these assets.

Investing in real estate through a Self-Directed IRA affords a number of benefits like tax protection—but it also means that investors have to know what to do. According to Jim Hitt, CEO of American IRA, that’s why the company released a glossary of terms to help clarify the issue.

"There are a lot of confusing terms for someone who’s just started out in investing," said Jim Hitt. "And when you write an article that uses a lot of these terms, it does not make sense. We decided to put out a glossary of Self-Directed Real Estate IRA terms to help people make sense of what they are reading—as well as understand why it is so important to give themselves the knowledge they need to handle something like a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA."

The glossary goes on to define a wide range of terms, including Roth IRA, rollover, prohibited investments, probate, hard money loans, Fair Market Value, disqualified persons, and more. Some of these terms apply to all retirement investors, while others are more specifically directed at anyone who holds real estate within a Self-Directed IRA.

"This is why it is so important to work with a reputable Self-Directed IRA custodian," said Jim Hitt. "People who direct their own accounts need to have an expert in their corner who understands the details."

For more information, or to visit the glossary, visit http://www.AmericanIRA.com. Call American IRA at 866-7500-IRA.

"About:
American IRA, LLC was established in 2004 by Jim Hitt, CEO in Asheville, NC.
The mission of American IRA is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self-directed retirement industry. Jim Hitt and his team have grown the company to over $400 million in assets under administration by educating the public that their Self-Directed IRA account can invest in a variety of assets such as real estate, private lending, limited liability companies, precious metals and much more.

As a Self-Directed IRA administrator, they are a neutral third party. They do not make any recommendations to any person or entity associated with investments of any type (including financial representatives, investment promoters or companies, or employees, agents or representatives associated with these firms). They are not responsible for and are not bound by any statements, representations, warranties or agreements made by any such person or entity and do not provide any recommendation on the quality profitability or reputability of any investment, individual or company. The term "they" refers to American IRA, located in Asheville and Charlotte, NC."

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Sunday 2 December 2018

American IRA Publishes Self-Directed Real Estate IRAs and Insurance Guide

Self-Directed Real Estate IRAs and Insurance can be difficult to understand–which is why American IRA recently released a blog post aimed at educating investors on these complex topics.

ASHEVILLE, N.C., Dec. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Holding real estate within a retirement account is a new concept to many—which is why it can be confusing. Self-Directed Real Estate IRAs come with rules such as prohibited transactions and working through a property manager to ensure the proper separation between owner and the investment property. That’s why many investors find it perplexing when trying to understand how real estate insurance might work within such an arrangement.

Recently, American IRA—a Self-Directed IRA administration firm based in Asheville, NC—released a blog post that detailed how real estate "IRAs" and insurance might work hand in hand. The post established some key points that investors should pay attention to. The first among these was that a Self-Directed IRA, not the individual investor, has to be the "payor and beneficiary of all insurance policies covering the property." That means that the account is handling the expense of insurance—not the individual holding the account, from their own personal funds.

This point highlights a key distinction of owning real estate through a Self-Directed IRA: it is essential to keep the account and one’s personal holdings separate. In this way, a Self-Directed IRA—like any other IRA—is to serve as a separate entity.

The post went on to describe a range of other issues, such as having a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA administrator send in insurance premium payments. Sending in premiums from a personal checking account could threaten the tax-advantaged status of the investment. When this status is revoked by the IRS, investors could face major tax penalties.

Why does it matter? Real estate investors need to hold landlord insurance if they have tenants.

"There’s a lot to consider when holding real estate within a Self-Directed IRA," noted Jim Hitt, the CEO of American IRA. "That’s why we recommend working with a qualified Self-Directed IRA administrator. Not only does that make it possible to send in valid premium payments, but it will help smooth over the entire process and ensure that all precautions are taken."

For more information on Self-Directed Real Estate IRAs and insurance, visit American IRA’s site at http://www.AmericanIRA.com or call 866-7500-IRA.

"About:
American IRA, LLC was established in 2004 by Jim Hitt, CEO in Asheville, NC.
The mission of American IRA is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self-directed retirement industry. Jim Hitt and his team have grown the company to over $400 million in assets under administration by educating the public that their Self-Directed IRA account can invest in a variety of assets such as real estate, private lending, limited liability companies, precious metals and much more.

As a Self-Directed IRA administrator, they are a neutral third party. They do not make any recommendations to any person or entity associated with investments of any type (including financial representatives, investment promoters or companies, or employees, agents or representatives associated with these firms). They are not responsible for and are not bound by any statements, representations, warranties or agreements made by any such person or entity and do not provide any recommendation on the quality profitability or reputability of any investment, individual or company. The term "they" refers to American IRA, located in Asheville and Charlotte, NC."

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Monday 19 November 2018

Asheville City Council approves ownership approach to Hilliard affordable housing

CONDO SWEET CONDO: New plans for affordable housing on city-owned land at 360 Hilliard Ave. would develop 64 for-sale condominiums, with 33 affordable units. Screen capture courtesy of the city of Asheville

The third time may be the charm for an affordable housing project on city-owned land that once was home to Asheville’s Parks Maintenance Facility. Having previously approved two other proposals, both of which were subsequently withdrawn before construction started, City Council members unanimously moved ahead with a new plan by Charleston, S.C.-based Kassinger Development Group at its Nov. 13 meeting.

In June 2017, Council had agreed to offer Kassinger a 50-year lease of its land at 360 Hilliard Ave. for a 64-unit rental development including 33 affordable apartments. But the developer, explained city consultant Jeff Staudinger, found that construction cost increases of 25-40 percent since the project’s approval made a rental approach financially infeasible. Instead, Kassinger proposed building the same number of units as for-sale condominiums.

As agreed in Kassinger’s original proposal, the city would still offer a $1.28 million, 2-percent loan from its Housing Trust Fund to help finance the project. However, Kassinger would also buy 1.7 acres of the 2.7-acre property outright instead of leasing it — at half of the appraised value, representing a $375,000 total subsidy and $12,098 per affordable housing unit. This benefit would replace a previously agreed Land Use Incentive Grant, a program only available to rental projects, which had an estimated value of $385,000.

The city would retain the other acre of the property, on which Kassinger would build (and pay half the cost of) a new parking lot for the nearby Aston Park Tennis Center. The developer would also actively market the affordable units to Asheville Housing Authority residents, with an “aspirational goal” of selling 20 units to those households.

Vice Mayor Gwen Wisler raised questions about Asheville’s ability to enforce the agreed-upon 50-year affordability period once the city let go of its land ownership. Future Councils could easily revoke a lease if Kassinger broke its promise, she said, but a sale might leave few options “other than taking them to court.”

Staudinger said that the deeds to each individual condo could be restricted such that future sales were limited to households meeting the income qualifications. Furthermore, he suggested that the Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust could be offered the right of first refusal at the affordable price for all sales.

“If employed, [that mechanism] could actually extend that 50-year period on to a far longer period — in fact, permanent affordability, as permanent as the state of North Carolina allows, which is 99 years,” Staudinger noted.

With those concerns allayed, Council members praised the plan as a creative housing solution. Keith Young, who voted against Kassinger’s original proposal, called the new project a step toward fighting gentrification and a welcome change from policies focused on affordable rentals.

“This would be the first project before Council that would directly secure ownership opportunities for those at the lower price points of our community,” Young said. “That directly contributes to providing generational wealth to those who would not otherwise have an opportunity in such an expensive and desirable area as downtown.”

Council member Julie Mayfield agreed, noting that she had voted earlier this year with Young and Sheneika Smith on the Housing and Community Development Committee to add language about affordable homeownership to city policy. “I don’t want to say it’s a great experiment — I think it’s going to be a great success,” she said.

No community members rose to speak about the project before Council gave its unanimous assent. According to Staudinger, land clearing on the site is scheduled to begin in February, with construction to commence in March and project completion to follow within a year.

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Tuesday 6 November 2018

NC Court of Appeals rules in favor of developer’s downtown Asheville Embassy Suites plan

(Photo: Rendering by McMillan Pazdan Smi)

ASHEVILLE — The state’s second-highest court ruled Tuesday in favor of the developers who proposed 185-room Embassy Suites hotel downtown, saying the city had not made a case to stop the development.

In a 30-page filing Tuesday, the three-judge North Carolina Court of Appeals argued Parks Hospitality Group of Raleigh is entitled to a conditional use permit for its planned hotel at 192 Haywood St. at the site of the former Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office. The project was valued at $24 million in 2016.

The City Council voted down the project in January 2017, citing concerns of parking, traffic and a high concentration of hotels near the proposed site.

Developer Shaunak Patel appealed the council’s decision to Buncombe County Superior Court, which ruled in his favor. The city appealed that decision to the Court of Appeals.

Patel did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

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It was unclear Tuesday whether the city would try to appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court.

"The city is aware of the decision and is evaluating its options," said Asheville spokeswoman Polly McDaniel.

Ruling: Developer’s use fits site

N.C. Court of Appeals Judge John Tyson wrote that Parks Hospitality Group is not seeking a rezoning, but "rather a (conditional use permit) to conduct a use that is expressly permitted" in the city’s Central Business District, the zoning district that covers downtown. He affirmed the Superior Court’s decision that the developer’s evidence submitted in its quasi-judicial hearing with the city was "competent, material, and substantial."

Tyson’s ruling was affirmed by Judge Lucy Inman and Judge Phil Berger Jr. The court’s ruling is posted below in its entirety.

The former sheriff’s office site is across from another PHG hotel, the $14 million Hyatt Place completed in March 2016. The plans for the contested Haywood Street property include the hotel, which would cover 178,000 square feet, with conference facilities, a rooftop bar, pool and 200-space parking garage.

The fight comes amidst widespread resident dissatisfaction with a booming tourism industry that has pumped millions of dollars into hotels and visitor-oriented businesses but has left many locals feeling displaced by out-of-town crowds.

Council members have talked openly about moratoriums on hotels. The body that controls Buncombe County’s $23 million hotel tax, the Tourism Development Authority, recently pledged to dedicate 25 percent of the tax to infrastructure.

The rest will continue to go tourism marketing, the authority has said.

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Wednesday 24 October 2018

American IRA a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA Administration Firm Sees…

American IRA a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA Administration Firm Sees ‘Strong’ North Carolina Market

A Self-Directed Real Estate IRA can be the key to unlocking the potential of real estate as a retirement investment—and now, American IRA a local IRA administration firm sees a continued strong market for North Carolina Investors.

American IRA CEO, Jim Hitt

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB) October 21, 2018

Despite some slowdown in investment activity as of late, the North Carolina real estate market is showing signs of resilience in the latest numbers. That’s according to the recent post at American IRA, a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA administration firm based in North Carolina. Quoting numbers from CBRE and Real Capital Analyst, the Self-Directed IRA administration firm pointed to a small slip in the total multi-family investment numbers over the same numbers from the second quarter of the previous year—but despite the slip, there may still be opportunities in the market.

“However,” the post noted, “the high-rise market continues to attract strong investment activity, with 12.4 billion in sales marking an increase of 12.2 percent on a year-over-year basis.”

That suggests mixed results for an economy recently hit by the powerful Hurricane Florence—a storm that left untold amounts of flood damage and could affect the region for years to come. However, in this context, the real estate market continued to show signs of strength before that storm, suggesting that the investment activity means that there are both investors and purchasers out there with money to put back into a market ravaged by storms.

“It is important to get a sense of the context when it comes to evaluating real estate,” said Jim Hitt, CEO of American IRA. “And what we see here is a broad context of underlying strength for North Carolina real estate. Those people who want to invest in real estate for retirement purposes know that they have to take on a long-term approach. And these numbers suggest that there is still plenty of fuel left in the tank when it comes to the long-term future of the North Carolina real estate region.”

American IRA’s outlook on the real estate market shows that there are also opportunities for investors willing to go beyond just one type of real estate, as the rise of “high-rise” real estate has suggested plenty of opportunities for future growth.

For more information, visit the blog at http://www.AmericanIRA.com or call 866-7500-IRA.

"About:
American IRA, LLC was established in 2004 by Jim Hitt, CEO in Asheville, NC.
The mission of American IRA is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self-directed retirement industry. Jim Hitt and his team have grown the company to over $400 million in assets under administration by educating the public that their Self-Directed IRA account can invest in a variety of assets such as real estate, private lending, limited liability companies, precious metals and much more.

As a Self-Directed IRA administrator, they are a neutral third party. They do not make any recommendations to any person or entity associated with investments of any type (including financial representatives, investment promoters or companies, or employees, agents or representatives associated with these firms). They are not responsible for and are not bound by any statements, representations, warranties or agreements made by any such person or entity and do not provide any recommendation on the quality profitability or reputability of any investment, individual or company. The term "they" refers to American IRA, located in Asheville and Charlotte, NC."

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Friday 12 October 2018

Asheville’s Beaucatcher Flats apartment community sells for $19.8M

ASHEVILLE — Beaucatcher Flats, a 97-unit Asheville apartment community, has been sold.

The community at 128 Florence St. has been acquired by Raleigh real estate investment firm Chaucer Creek Capital from Charlotte-based Beauxwright for $19.78 million, real estate company Cushman & Wakefield said Tuesday. It marks a fairly quick turnaround for the complex, which was built just south of the downtown corridor after receiving conditional zoning approval from Asheville City Council in 2015.

Chaucer Creek Capital is a familiar name in the region with about 40 existing rental communities dotting parts of the Carolinas as well as in Georgia and Virginia.

"We are thrilled to be expanding our presence once again in Asheville with our purchase of Beaucatcher Flats," Chaucer Creek President Billy McClatchey said in a news release. "We are thankful to have worked with our friends at Cushman & Wakefield and Beauxwright to complete this transaction."

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Chris Warren, principal of Beauxwright, said the company was "fortunate to build on a premier development site with incredible views," adjacent to the Mission Hospital campus. Warren said Beauxwright’s team believes Chaucer Creek will "continue to experience strong demand for this community."

Beauxwright also is behind the Bauhaus South Slope project, which will add 17 luxury town homes near Asheville’s McCormick Field. The company’s primary footprint is in the Charlotte area, its website shows.

Beaucatcher Flats features one- and two-bedroom apartments with online pricing showing units between $1,227 and $1,760 a month. It features a number of amenities including a community grilling area, a heated swimming pool, bicycle storage and a pet spa.

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Saturday 29 September 2018

Buncombe County judge rules against proposed 214-unit East Asheville apartment project

ASHEVILLE — A proposed 214-unit apartment complex project in East Asheville has stalled after a Buncombe judge upheld a county board decision prohibiting the developer from starting construction.

The decision by Superior Court Judge Marvin Pope upholds the rejection of the project rendered in May by the county Board of Adjustment. Developer Michael Posey and RAB Builders appealed the board’s 5-2 rejection in which several members, including Chairman George Lycan, said the project didn’t meet the county’s standard for issuing a conditional use permit.

Posey and RAB Builders can appeal the decision in the North Carolina Court of Appeals, though it remains unclear this week if they plan to do so. The developer’s attorney, Craig Justus, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

In his Sept. 6 ruling, Pope said the BOA committed "no errors of law" in its denial of the project and argued the developer "did not meet its burden of showing compliance with the standards and conditions required for a conditional use permit."

Pope said the developer also failed to prove the project wouldn’t be harmful "to the public welfare or injurious to property or public improvements in the neighborhood."

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Neighbors from nearby Eastmoor and Botany Woods, led by Timothy and Jennifer Heim and Timothy Burleson, were allowed by Pope to intervene in the developer’s appeal. Dozens of neighbors addressed the BOA in May, arguing the project at at 423 Moffitt Road was too large, would generate too much traffic and was generally incompatible with the surrounding area.

Their attorney, John Noor, said neighbors are "very excited" about Pope’s decision.

However, Noor said East Asheville residents did not have adequate time to state a case against the developers in May. He said the group ended up fortunate in the BOA’s ruling and were able to address the board with professional expertise, as Jennifer Heim is an architect and Timothy Heim is a civil engineer.

Most neighborhoods staring down unpopular development projects generally don’t have that luxury, Noor said.

"This isn’t about stopping development. It’s never about that," he said. "(It’s about) what can Buncombe County and Asheville do to make sure neighbors have a reasonable amount of time to respond to these applications, because once they’re granted, that’s it. The consequences are what the consequences are.

"Nobody ever goes back and says let’s make sure it turned out the way it should have turned out."

Because some neighbors work in development, Jennifer Heim said they tend to support "responsible development." She said they attempted to work out a compromise with the developer following the May decision, but noted "RAB did not respond to our offer," instead pursuing legal action.

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Attorney John D. Noor of Asheville-based Roberts & Stevens meets with East Asheville residents July 31, 2018 outside the Buncombe County Courthouse. Noor was hired to represent the neighborhood by Timothy and Jennifer Heim and Timothy Burleson.

(Photo: Dillon Davis/dwdavis@citizen-times.com)

Heim, like Noor, said the neighbors’ case was about challenging a process "that doesn’t provide citizens with a fair opportunity to challenge irresponsible development in Buncombe County."

She said obtaining expert testimony is needed but can be challenging. Neighbors received notice of the project only about a week prior to the BOA hearing, she said.

"No one can get an expert report on the traffic impact of a development," Heim said, "or the environmental impact of a project in less than 10 days, which means the process is biased in favor of developers who have all the time they want to hire experts prior to submitting their development proposals.

"We believe this has to change."

In August, Justus told the Citizen Times that Posey and RAB met the standard for a conditional use permit "and folks didn’t like it." He said neighbors opposing the project showed up at the BOA meeting with no experts to counter the proposal, remarking "it became a popularity contest, which is not the standard."

Buncombe Public Information Officer Kassi Day said in an email Tuesday the county does not have an official reaction to the court’s decision, saying the county’s BOA process "was never called into question because we followed it." Day said the county "far exceeds" minimum notification requirements for residents with a 1,000-foot notification ring.

The city of Asheville, in comparison, requires a 200-foot notification ring.

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A 214-unit apartment complex project submitted to the county by Michael Posey of RAB Builders, LLC appears to have stalled after Buncombe County Superior Court Judge Marvin Pope upheld a rejection this month of its county’s Board of Adjustment. The board voted 5-2 against issuing a conditional use permit for the project during a quasi-judicial hearing in May.

(Photo: Buncombe County Board of Adjustment)

Asked about finding the middle ground between what community members want versus what developers are entitled to, Day acknowledged that "development will always be controversial to some degree," and especially multifamily projects.

The county took a step to address development concerns this year when Buncombe County commissioners approved an amendment to its zoning rules requiring property developers complete a traffic study for projects of more than 75 units. Day said the traffic study example is one way the county hopes to balance needs and expectations in the county.

Still, she said residential demand for housing exceeds the area’s supply, bolstering the need for development.

"(W)hen you include a geographically diverse population that move here from across the nation and sometimes world, as you will find in our county, citizens often import their expectations of how our community should be developed," Day said. "This can come to a boil when an established neighborhood sees a proposal to develop a large vacant tract in near proximity or a multigenerationally owned large estate lot is sold to a developer."

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Friday 31 August 2018

Presentation and workshop to focus on rental solutions to affordable housing shortage

Press release from Incremental Development Alliance:

ASHEVILLE, NC — In just about every urban neighborhood built before World War II, there was an option for renting we don’t see much of anymore: duplexes and small apartment buildings and bungalow courts, sometimes in the same block as single-family homes and located close to just about everything families needed.

Wouldn’t it be great if that was a choice for renters again? And even better if there was a chance for local folks to build them and earn the revenue for adding to neighborhood housing options?

Jim Kumon of the non-profit Incremental Development Alliance is coming to Asheville to talk about helping wannabe developers do exactly that.

Kumon’s free presentation will be at the US Cellular Center in Downtown Asheville, September 11, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. He’ll be explaining the Alliance’s approach and inviting attendees to an all-day workshop a month later, on October 11, also at the US Cellular Center. A coalition of sponsors, from the City of Asheville to the regional associations of realtors and builders and to financial institutions, are helping to offset fees and expenses for the events and to provide scholarships to the $200-per-person workshop for some who might otherwise be unable to attend.

The Alliance’s training has a couple key ambitions. The most obvious one is to expand the range of housing, especially the types of small-scale rental housing that went missing in the era of suburban sprawl.

Before the mid-20th century in most older cities, including Asheville and nearby towns in western North Carolina, there were duplexes, triplexes, bungalow courts, and four-unit apartment buildings offering housing options in close-in neighborhoods. Some remain, but few new versions have been built. That’s because the car changed everything, including the ways we organized the landscape. Distance became less of a factor in family choices. So Americans spread out. And that middle level of rental housing all but disappeared. In the last few decades, if you wanted to rent a new place, your choices pretty much narrowed to high-rises in the urban core and garden apartments in the burbs.

The designers, planners, builders, and developers in the Incremental Development Alliance are determined to help restore the “missing middle.” And because we’re talking about a smaller scale for both the building footprint and for the interior size of the units, they’re more likely to serve community affordability goals than large-lot, single-family homes. That’s especially true if the new units are in places where choices for getting around include walking or biking or taking transit in addition to driving cars.

The other goal of the training is to create real estate income opportunities for people who don’t have to figure out ways to finance, build, and manage multimillion-dollar projects. Again, scale helps. Smaller projects, less heavy lifting when it comes to raising the bucks and overseeing the construction and management of the buildings.

Of course, teaching wannabe developers how to recreate components of rental housing in short supply won’t solve all of a community’s affordable housing challenges. But expanding the pool of housing and of developer/builders at every scale puts more tools in the toolbox of affordability —with the added advantage of providing income for a new class of developers. Maybe in their own neighborhoods.

The best way to learn more? Come to the free presentation by Jim Kumon on September 11 in Asheville.

Find out more about the Incremental Development Alliance here: http://www.incrementaldevelopment.org

And info about the October11 all-day workshop here: http://bit.ly/2N00e7z

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University Students Learn Social Entrepreneurship Skills at Asheville, NC Retreat

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ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Students from throughout the southeast United States will meet in Asheville, NC, Oct 19-21, 2018, to attend the Sullivan Foundation’s social entrepreneurship Ignite Retreat.

Sullivan retreats are designed to immerse students in a series of workshops to assist them in "igniting" ideas about how to make positive change in their communities or develop a social business enterprise or event that might solve or alleviate a problem.

"The Sullivan Foundation recognizes students and community leaders who have led lives with integrity, characterized by service above self and service to their communities.� We’ve presented awards each year since 1890 to outstanding students primarily. And, since 1934, provided scholarships to deserving students," said Steve McDavid, the Foundation’s president.� "In 2008, we added focused programming, including the Ignite events, to foster social enterprise activities."��

Students interested in the Ignite Retreat may attend a series of workshops and connect with many socially conscious individuals from throughout the country.� They may also choose from educational programming tracks based on whether they are just beginning their social entrepreneurial journey; they have a set of social challenges they would like to learn how to address; or if they have a specific social venture they would like to bring to life!

The Ignite Retreat will be held at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, just outside of Ashville. In addition to immersive workshops, students will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to experienced social entrepreneurs, gain access to Sullivan Award alumni, and receive access to Sullivan scholarship funding. General admission, including meals and lodging, is $425; however, a select group of students from 31 Sullivan Network Schools may be eligible to receive a sponsored ticket through their Sullivan endowed institution. For a list of schools with potential funding, please visit https://sullivanfdn.org/network/. Students interested in attending the Ignite Retreat may purchase tickets until October 3, 2018.

For further information visit www.sullivanfdn.org/events and www.IgniteRetreat.live or call 662.236.6335. E-mail questions regarding the events to spud@sullivanfdn.org.

About the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation was founded in 1934, but its roots date back sixty years earlier when the then President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, and a group of influential persons created the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to honor those that inspire lives of integrity and service. Sullivan Awards have been presented to people whose lives of service have changed the world with little fanfare as well as those who have become household names � recipients include First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, to name a few.

The Sullivan Foundation is dedicated to alleviating socioeconomic issues in the American South.� Today, the Foundation remains as strong as ever and is expanding its reach � investing in social entrepreneurship, which equips universities, students and community members with the tools necessary to apply business models to social issues.

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University Students Learn Social Entrepreneurship Skills at Asheville, NC Retreat

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ASHEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Students from throughout the southeast United States will meet in Asheville, NC, Oct 19-21, 2018, to attend the Sullivan Foundation’s social entrepreneurship Ignite Retreat.

Sullivan retreats are designed to immerse students in a series of workshops to assist them in "igniting" ideas about how to make positive change in their communities or develop a social business enterprise or event that might solve or alleviate a problem.

"The Sullivan Foundation recognizes students and community leaders who have led lives with integrity, characterized by service above self and service to their communities.� We’ve presented awards each year since 1890 to outstanding students primarily. And, since 1934, provided scholarships to deserving students," said Steve McDavid, the Foundation’s president.� "In 2008, we added focused programming, including the Ignite events, to foster social enterprise activities."��

Students interested in the Ignite Retreat may attend a series of workshops and connect with many socially conscious individuals from throughout the country.� They may also choose from educational programming tracks based on whether they are just beginning their social entrepreneurial journey; they have a set of social challenges they would like to learn how to address; or if they have a specific social venture they would like to bring to life!

The Ignite Retreat will be held at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, just outside of Ashville. In addition to immersive workshops, students will have the opportunity to pitch their projects to experienced social entrepreneurs, gain access to Sullivan Award alumni, and receive access to Sullivan scholarship funding. General admission, including meals and lodging, is $425; however, a select group of students from 31 Sullivan Network Schools may be eligible to receive a sponsored ticket through their Sullivan endowed institution. For a list of schools with potential funding, please visit https://sullivanfdn.org/network/. Students interested in attending the Ignite Retreat may purchase tickets until October 3, 2018.

For further information visit www.sullivanfdn.org/events and www.IgniteRetreat.live or call 662.236.6335. E-mail questions regarding the events to spud@sullivanfdn.org.

About the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation
The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation was founded in 1934, but its roots date back sixty years earlier when the then President of the United States, Grover Cleveland, and a group of influential persons created the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award to honor those that inspire lives of integrity and service. Sullivan Awards have been presented to people whose lives of service have changed the world with little fanfare as well as those who have become household names � recipients include First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, to name a few.

The Sullivan Foundation is dedicated to alleviating socioeconomic issues in the American South.� Today, the Foundation remains as strong as ever and is expanding its reach � investing in social entrepreneurship, which equips universities, students and community members with the tools necessary to apply business models to social issues.

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Presentation and workshop to focus on rental solutions to affordable housing shortage

Press release from Incremental Development Alliance:

ASHEVILLE, NC — In just about every urban neighborhood built before World War II, there was an option for renting we don’t see much of anymore: duplexes and small apartment buildings and bungalow courts, sometimes in the same block as single-family homes and located close to just about everything families needed.

Wouldn’t it be great if that was a choice for renters again? And even better if there was a chance for local folks to build them and earn the revenue for adding to neighborhood housing options?

Jim Kumon of the non-profit Incremental Development Alliance is coming to Asheville to talk about helping wannabe developers do exactly that.

Kumon’s free presentation will be at the US Cellular Center in Downtown Asheville, September 11, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. He’ll be explaining the Alliance’s approach and inviting attendees to an all-day workshop a month later, on October 11, also at the US Cellular Center. A coalition of sponsors, from the City of Asheville to the regional associations of realtors and builders and to financial institutions, are helping to offset fees and expenses for the events and to provide scholarships to the $200-per-person workshop for some who might otherwise be unable to attend.

The Alliance’s training has a couple key ambitions. The most obvious one is to expand the range of housing, especially the types of small-scale rental housing that went missing in the era of suburban sprawl.

Before the mid-20th century in most older cities, including Asheville and nearby towns in western North Carolina, there were duplexes, triplexes, bungalow courts, and four-unit apartment buildings offering housing options in close-in neighborhoods. Some remain, but few new versions have been built. That’s because the car changed everything, including the ways we organized the landscape. Distance became less of a factor in family choices. So Americans spread out. And that middle level of rental housing all but disappeared. In the last few decades, if you wanted to rent a new place, your choices pretty much narrowed to high-rises in the urban core and garden apartments in the burbs.

The designers, planners, builders, and developers in the Incremental Development Alliance are determined to help restore the “missing middle.” And because we’re talking about a smaller scale for both the building footprint and for the interior size of the units, they’re more likely to serve community affordability goals than large-lot, single-family homes. That’s especially true if the new units are in places where choices for getting around include walking or biking or taking transit in addition to driving cars.

The other goal of the training is to create real estate income opportunities for people who don’t have to figure out ways to finance, build, and manage multimillion-dollar projects. Again, scale helps. Smaller projects, less heavy lifting when it comes to raising the bucks and overseeing the construction and management of the buildings.

Of course, teaching wannabe developers how to recreate components of rental housing in short supply won’t solve all of a community’s affordable housing challenges. But expanding the pool of housing and of developer/builders at every scale puts more tools in the toolbox of affordability —with the added advantage of providing income for a new class of developers. Maybe in their own neighborhoods.

The best way to learn more? Come to the free presentation by Jim Kumon on September 11 in Asheville.

Find out more about the Incremental Development Alliance here: http://www.incrementaldevelopment.org

And info about the October11 all-day workshop here: http://bit.ly/2N00e7z

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Presentation and workshop to focus on rental solutions to affordable housing shortage

Press release from Incremental Development Alliance:

ASHEVILLE, NC — In just about every urban neighborhood built before World War II, there was an option for renting we don’t see much of anymore: duplexes and small apartment buildings and bungalow courts, sometimes in the same block as single-family homes and located close to just about everything families needed.

Wouldn’t it be great if that was a choice for renters again? And even better if there was a chance for local folks to build them and earn the revenue for adding to neighborhood housing options?

Jim Kumon of the non-profit Incremental Development Alliance is coming to Asheville to talk about helping wannabe developers do exactly that.

Kumon’s free presentation will be at the US Cellular Center in Downtown Asheville, September 11, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. He’ll be explaining the Alliance’s approach and inviting attendees to an all-day workshop a month later, on October 11, also at the US Cellular Center. A coalition of sponsors, from the City of Asheville to the regional associations of realtors and builders and to financial institutions, are helping to offset fees and expenses for the events and to provide scholarships to the $200-per-person workshop for some who might otherwise be unable to attend.

The Alliance’s training has a couple key ambitions. The most obvious one is to expand the range of housing, especially the types of small-scale rental housing that went missing in the era of suburban sprawl.

Before the mid-20th century in most older cities, including Asheville and nearby towns in western North Carolina, there were duplexes, triplexes, bungalow courts, and four-unit apartment buildings offering housing options in close-in neighborhoods. Some remain, but few new versions have been built. That’s because the car changed everything, including the ways we organized the landscape. Distance became less of a factor in family choices. So Americans spread out. And that middle level of rental housing all but disappeared. In the last few decades, if you wanted to rent a new place, your choices pretty much narrowed to high-rises in the urban core and garden apartments in the burbs.

The designers, planners, builders, and developers in the Incremental Development Alliance are determined to help restore the “missing middle.” And because we’re talking about a smaller scale for both the building footprint and for the interior size of the units, they’re more likely to serve community affordability goals than large-lot, single-family homes. That’s especially true if the new units are in places where choices for getting around include walking or biking or taking transit in addition to driving cars.

The other goal of the training is to create real estate income opportunities for people who don’t have to figure out ways to finance, build, and manage multimillion-dollar projects. Again, scale helps. Smaller projects, less heavy lifting when it comes to raising the bucks and overseeing the construction and management of the buildings.

Of course, teaching wannabe developers how to recreate components of rental housing in short supply won’t solve all of a community’s affordable housing challenges. But expanding the pool of housing and of developer/builders at every scale puts more tools in the toolbox of affordability —with the added advantage of providing income for a new class of developers. Maybe in their own neighborhoods.

The best way to learn more? Come to the free presentation by Jim Kumon on September 11 in Asheville.

Find out more about the Incremental Development Alliance here: http://www.incrementaldevelopment.org

And info about the October11 all-day workshop here: http://bit.ly/2N00e7z

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Ashley Graham defends ‘cellulite and rolls’ to fat-shaming Instagram troll

Ashley Graham schooled an Instagram user this week after sharing a series of racy snaps.

“@dior baby,” the 30-year-old, posing in Dior underwear, captioned a Wednesday gallery.

The post has already received more than 458,000 likes and 3,900 comments — but one, in particular, stood out to Graham.

“We thought you work out,” a commenter reportedly wrote.

Graham couldn’t help but respond to the body-shaming comment.

“Girls with cellulite and rolls can’t work out also?” she asked.

Several fans stepped in to share their own two cents.

“Let’s stop with comments on anyone’s body and what they do it. Mmkay? @ashleygrahamlooks AHMAZING! Can’t wait until I’m a full-fledged designer to have models like her in my pieces!!! 😍 #SpreadLove,” one person, tagging Graham’s critic, wrote.

Another said, “Natural women that works out have rolls and cellulite its society that have you thinking we don’t @ashleygraham you look great btw and keep doing you. 😘

The critic, however, later claimed the comment was intentional.

“Guys thanks for defending @ashleygraham! I was just making a troll post on purpose to see how you guys respond. Ashley is extremely beautiful and I wish I had a body like hers 🤤,” the user wrote further down.

The user then addressed Graham directly.

“@ashleygrahamobviously made that comment cause I’m jealous. Remember guys, when someone makes a mean comment or remark it’s out of jealousy☝,” the person said.

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Presentation and workshop to focus on rental solutions to affordable housing shortage

Press release from Incremental Development Alliance:

ASHEVILLE, NC — In just about every urban neighborhood built before World War II, there was an option for renting we don’t see much of anymore: duplexes and small apartment buildings and bungalow courts, sometimes in the same block as single-family homes and located close to just about everything families needed.

Wouldn’t it be great if that was a choice for renters again? And even better if there was a chance for local folks to build them and earn the revenue for adding to neighborhood housing options?

Jim Kumon of the non-profit Incremental Development Alliance is coming to Asheville to talk about helping wannabe developers do exactly that.

Kumon’s free presentation will be at the US Cellular Center in Downtown Asheville, September 11, at 5:30-7:30 p.m. He’ll be explaining the Alliance’s approach and inviting attendees to an all-day workshop a month later, on October 11, also at the US Cellular Center. A coalition of sponsors, from the City of Asheville to the regional associations of realtors and builders and to financial institutions, are helping to offset fees and expenses for the events and to provide scholarships to the $200-per-person workshop for some who might otherwise be unable to attend.

The Alliance’s training has a couple key ambitions. The most obvious one is to expand the range of housing, especially the types of small-scale rental housing that went missing in the era of suburban sprawl.

Before the mid-20th century in most older cities, including Asheville and nearby towns in western North Carolina, there were duplexes, triplexes, bungalow courts, and four-unit apartment buildings offering housing options in close-in neighborhoods. Some remain, but few new versions have been built. That’s because the car changed everything, including the ways we organized the landscape. Distance became less of a factor in family choices. So Americans spread out. And that middle level of rental housing all but disappeared. In the last few decades, if you wanted to rent a new place, your choices pretty much narrowed to high-rises in the urban core and garden apartments in the burbs.

The designers, planners, builders, and developers in the Incremental Development Alliance are determined to help restore the “missing middle.” And because we’re talking about a smaller scale for both the building footprint and for the interior size of the units, they’re more likely to serve community affordability goals than large-lot, single-family homes. That’s especially true if the new units are in places where choices for getting around include walking or biking or taking transit in addition to driving cars.

The other goal of the training is to create real estate income opportunities for people who don’t have to figure out ways to finance, build, and manage multimillion-dollar projects. Again, scale helps. Smaller projects, less heavy lifting when it comes to raising the bucks and overseeing the construction and management of the buildings.

Of course, teaching wannabe developers how to recreate components of rental housing in short supply won’t solve all of a community’s affordable housing challenges. But expanding the pool of housing and of developer/builders at every scale puts more tools in the toolbox of affordability —with the added advantage of providing income for a new class of developers. Maybe in their own neighborhoods.

The best way to learn more? Come to the free presentation by Jim Kumon on September 11 in Asheville.

Find out more about the Incremental Development Alliance here: http://www.incrementaldevelopment.org

And info about the October11 all-day workshop here: http://bit.ly/2N00e7z

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Friday 17 August 2018

507 Pinchot Drive, Asheville, NC

This comfortable home, once owned by author Sidney Powell, is completely open on the main level with a master retreat, cook’s kitchen, and magnificent porch. The lower lever has a family room, bonus room, and an outdoor stone fireplace.

Home Details:
APPROX. HSQ. FT: 4,869
BED/BATH: 4/4
APPROX. ACREAGE: 0.650
HALF BATH: 1

Meet the Agent: Ali Thomas

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Saturday 4 August 2018

Schools on lockdown following gunshots in Asheville, North Carolina neighborhood

The scene Tuesday morning at Erskine-Walton Apartments in Asheville. Photo: WLOS staff

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — An Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College official confirms that the Asheville campus is on lockdown after reports of shots fired at a nearby apartment complex. Asheville police say that Asheville High School is also on lockdown.

A-B Tech text alerts say that APD is on the scene due to an incident at nearby Erskine-Walton Apartments, and that armed and dangerous individuals might be on or near the campus.

An Asheville Police Department representative says that police are responding to reports of a gun discharge at Erskine-Walton Apartments. The suspects fled on foot toward A-B Tech, initiating a lockdown there and at Asheville High School.

APD is in the area attempting to locate the suspects.

The A-B Tech lockdown began Tuesday morning at 10:43 a.m., an A-B Tech official said.

This is a developing story. Stay with News 13 for more information.

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Sunday 22 July 2018

Cost of Growth: Why local organizations cannot fix Asheville’s affordable housing gap

Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300 new houses and completed more than 200 home repairs since 1983. (Photo credit: WLOS Staff)
2,100 volunteers helped with Habitat for Humanity locally last year alone.{&nbsp;}(Photo credit: WLOS Staff)<p></p>
Habitat for Humanity says 12,000 local families pay more than half their income on housing costs.{&nbsp;}(Photo credit: WLOS Staff)<p></p>

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) —

Every year, thousands of people in Western North Carolina find a safe and affordable place to live thanks to volunteers and donations.

Local organizations and non-profits say they’re doing everything they can to help fill the affordable housing need.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

The sounds of new construction fill a once quiet corner of Arden. John Meadows is a construction supervisor with Habitat for Humanity who says the noise is a welcome sound.

"I’m used to it. I guess I don’t even hear it, I guess it means work is happening," he said.

Twenty-one homes will soon be constructed in the neighborhood, saving 21 families from the affordable housing gap.

"That’s our mission, to bring people out of substandard housing," Meadows said.

Habitat for Humanity says they have built or repaired more than 500 homes over the years in Western North Carolina, but say that is far from enough.

Andy Barnett is the executive director for the Asheville area. He says it is a huge problem that does not seem to be getting any better.

"We need to add 300 more units by, like, next year, and there are just very few people involved in that work," he said.

Barnett says non-profits simply do not have the funding needed to build homes for the 12,000 families that are still struggling.

"We can’t just solve this problem on philanthropy alone. It’s just a tremendously capitol intensive process," Barnett said. "We really see that human impact of this vicious cycle of making more and more compromises on housing just to stay ahead of the rising costs."

Habitat for Humanity says the homes being built are no longer just for low income families, but middle income, as well.

They are part of a growing population of hardworking professionals who still cannot get by.

"The people who take care of us, we as a community ought to take care of them," Barnett said.

PISGAH LEGAL

Robin Merrell works for Pisgah Legal and sees families suffering every day. She says some families they meet are living in homes where they fall through floors, sleep beside mold, or even share rooms with wild animals.

"When they can’t get housing they can afford, they end up putting up with conditions they shouldn’t have to," Merrell said.

She says Pisgah Legal is doing everything it can to help those in need, but simply cannot keep up.

The problem is large and it’s ever growing.

Last year alone, Pisgah Legal says they helped 2,610 people find a safe place to live. She believes the blame for the problem reaches beyond the local level.

She says North Carolina should pass policies, like mandatory inclusionary zoning and rent control, to help ease the gap.

"I wish that the state would allow local governments to make their own decisions about affordable housing policies, because there are many that could be done locally that are not allowed under state law," Merrell said.

PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS

Public Interest Projects tries to provide housing another way — by renovating historic buildings to create less expensive apartment options.

They have helped to provide more than 200 homes at a workforce or affordable rate, like the Vanderbilt Apartments for low-income elderly residents.

"We are really wrestling now with whether we are realistically able to produce workforce and affordable housing in Asheville right now," Pat Whalen said.

Whalen has been involved in Asheville’s growth for decades and has seen the changes firsthand. He admits it is nearly impossible, even for organizations like his willing to make a lower profit.

"I think we have too much protection for single family housing, especially near the center of the city. There ought to be more support for gradual expansion of more housing choices for people," Whalen said.

He believes all city departments should to take a more global view and allow more units in the downtown area.

"Density, in particular, in the area between the hospital and downtown is an opportunity for us. I think it could be handled a lot more powerfully than it’s being planned to handle now," Whalen said.

But he is also quick not to place blame on local government.

"People tend to talk like they want affordable, but they just don’t want it in their neighborhood. They talk like they want other people to have a chance to have a decently priced apartment, they just don’t want that in their neighborhood. I think, individually, we each have to take some responsibility for what’s happening in Asheville," Whalen said.

Coming up next week, hear from the City of Asheville. Find out how they are tackling the issue and how they plan to spend the $25 million bond passed in 2016.

If you have a Cost of Growth idea, just email us at I-team@wlos.com.

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Monday 9 July 2018

Blue Cross NC to invest $2 million in North Carolina Community Action Association

Press release from Blue Cross NC:

655,131. That’s how many North Carolina households are living in poverty, and subsequently in potentially unsafe living conditions. It goes without saying that a healthy and safe home environment is at the center of our well-being. However, the kind of home safety updates necessary to protect our health are unaffordable for many families in need. As we enter hurricane season in North Carolina, that reality becomes all too clear.

That’s why Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) is investing $2 million in the North Carolina Community Action Association (NCCAA), a statewide organization serving disadvantaged communities in our state. This partnership will help nearly 700 households make vital home repairs—improving the health of these families and in turn, our entire state.

The funds will be used by the NCCAA to mobilize their member agencies across the state to assess homes, conduct repairs and evaluate results in targeted communities across the state.

In Asheville North Carolina, NCCAA agency Community Action Opportunities will receive an estimated $288,000 helping improve the living environment of 108 households by lowering utility bills and offering affordable housing alternatives to those in need. Below are the percentages of people living in poverty in the following counties:

Buncombe County – 13.8% Madison County – 16.4% Henderson County- 15.9% Transylvania County – 16.7% Cleveland County – 15.3% McDowell County – 22.5% Polk County- 21.5% Rutherford County- 16.5%

Blue Cross NC’s support of NCCAA, and their mission to provide safer housing for low-income families in North Carolina, is part of the company’s $50 million investment in Community Health initiatives across the state.

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Wednesday 27 June 2018

Asheville Humane Society expands program into three Housing Authority communities

Photo from previous Community Pets dog washing event courtesy of Asheville Humane Society

Press release from the Asheville Humane Society:

Asheville, NC – Asheville Humane Society, in partnership with PetSmart Charities, is proud to announce the expansion of its Community Pets Program in three additional Housing Authority of the City of Asheville communities, with the help of a PetSmart Charities grant for more than $50,000. The Community Pets Program is a branch of Asheville Humane Society’s Community Solutions Department, a collection of programs that provide resources and services to pets and their people in underserved areas of Buncombe County. To celebrate the expansion of this vital program, Asheville Humane Society is hosting an event at the Deaverview Apartments Community Center on Tuesday, June 26.

What: Community Pets Expansion Celebration and Celebrity Dog Wash

When: Tuesday, June 26, 3 – 5 PM

Where: Deaverview Community Center, 275 Deaverview Road (corner of Deaverview and North Bear Creek Rd)

In October 2015, the Community Pets team began door-to-door outreach in their first community with funding from PetSmart Charities. Since then, they have served 799 clients with 1,827 pets, and altered 559 pets to prevent unwanted litters. Their expansion into the Deaverview Apartments and surrounding community in January 2017 has greatly increased access to essential pet services for these residents.

Their proactive approach has been so successful that the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville asked AHS to broaden their presence into additional communities. Through the support of PetSmart Charities, this month the Community Pets team was able to start outreach in Hillcrest Apartments and Pisgah View Apartments, and they will be adding a third community in the next few months.

Residents of these communities are living at or below the poverty line in “resource deserts” with little access to services for themselves or their pets. As a result, many of them are at higher risk of surrendering or rehoming a pet due to medical or behavior issues. By approaching families in their own neighborhoods, the Community Pets team is able to work with pet owners who may not have otherwise reached out for assistance.

Emily Gelb, community solutions manager at Asheville Humane Society, is excited to expand the reach of this program thanks to funding from PetSmart Charities. “Through the Community Pets Program, we provide a range of resources and services including veterinary assistance, pet food, vaccines, spay/neuter vouchers, behavior assistance, and more,” said Gelb. “But our work goes beyond transactional services – we are building relationships based on the shared love we have for our pets, and impacting the lives of both pets and their people long term.”

“There’s nothing like the human and animal bond, and at PetSmart Charities we are passionate about supporting programs that bring people and pets together.” said Sima Thakkar, regional relationship manager at PetSmart Charities, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America. “Thanks to our donors nationwide, we can support programs such as Asheville Humane Society’s Community Pets Program that are designed to engage community partners to help more people and pets in the greater Asheville Community. We are proud to partner with the fantastic team at Asheville Humane Society and look forward to seeing the expansion of this critical program.”

Join representatives from Asheville Humane Society and PetSmart Charities for the official launch of the Housing Authority expansion. Residents of the Deaverview Apartments will bring their dogs to participate in a “Celebrity Dog Wash” and free bags of pet food will be available.

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Thursday 14 June 2018

Walking in Montford

HOWDY NEIGHBORS: Caroline Knox and her children, Adeline Lindow (on bicycle) and Jensen Lindow, greet fellow walkers on Pearson Drive. Photo by Carol Pohlsgrove

On the Ground is a new occasional series that will showcase locals’ love of walking in Western North Carolina’s varied neighborhoods. From Black Mountain to Shiloh, from Hendersonville to Canton, we welcome inquiries from readers who’d like to share their favorite urban jaunts in a personal essay.

Author and journalist Carol Polsgrove kicks things off with a paean to her personal walking nirvana: Asheville’s Montford neighborhood.

by Carol Polsgrove, ccpolsgrove@gmail.com

I’ve been walking neighborhoods for several decades but never with more pleasure than in Asheville’s Montford. In winter, children pull sleds down barely dusted streets at the first hint of snow. In spring, pink phlox spills over garden walls.

And in most seasons, you’ll find me and other walkers out walking. We walk with friends, we walk with dogs, we walk alone.

Some days we walk down Pearson Drive to Patchwork Urban Farms to see what green things are sprouting or chickens scratching, then circle round Hibriten Drive to see what new house has appeared on the steep slopes.

Some days we walk on Zillicoa past the 1927 English stone “castle” Homewood and sprawling yellow 1895 Rumbaugh Mansion — and if it’s a Fourth of July night, we pause on that hilltop to watch the fireworks.

Some days we circle around the Byzantine-style Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on Cumberland and work our way down to the Reed Creek Greenway that winds along Broadway to the Botanical Gardens and UNC Asheville.

As a friend walking with me said just the other day, “Every street is an adventure.”

While some Montford streets turn here and there and trail off in intriguing ways, three parallel streets offer straight treks through the neighborhood: Cumberland Avenue, Montford Avenue and Pearson Drive.

Of the three, Cumberland Avenue has the least traffic — it’s a quiet, broad street lined with brick sidewalks and ornate early 20th-century houses with fancy gardens to match.

Montford Avenue has more and faster traffic than Cumberland but also has three popular restaurants — Nine Mile, Chiesa and Tod’s Tasties. Bus shelter picture panels feature grand houses lost to fire or demolition, the African-American presence in Montford and other places and people of the past.

Then there’s Pearson, with more bungalows than the other long streets and a side route down Birch Street to Riverside Cemetery, where woodchucks scamper over the grass into their culvert homes. Pearson feels closer to nature than the other long streets: It was there I once saw a mother bear with two cubs scampering after her.

Montford has more bears than some Asheville neighborhoods. That may be because we have woods, though fewer trees than we did six years ago when I moved here, as hillsides are cleared to make way for new houses.

Changes are happening in Montford, but change has happened before in Montford.

REST AREA: A Montford pedestrian takes a break at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Flint Street. Photo by Carol Polsgrove

Friends who’ve lived here longer than I tell me about changes they’ve seen — friends, for example, like Annie Morgan. I met Annie not long after I settled in Asheville. She had paused on a spot near the Montford Community Center, and as sometimes happens when two walkers’ paths cross, we fell to talking. I asked her if she’d known that part of the neighborhood back when it was the African-American community called Stumptown, which sprang up early in the last century next to the upscale residences built for well-heeled whites.

Indeed, she did remember the Stumptown area before much of it was erased by urban renewal in the 1970s. She pointed where a candy store stood, just there, and over there, rooming houses. Those elements of a thriving community and others were replaced by what we see there now: ballfields, the theater where Montford Park Players performs Shakespeare on summer nights and the community center — recently renamed for African-American midwife Tempie Avery, whose home once stood on the site.

We started a friendship that day, and from time to time we walk together, sharing our walkers’ curiosity about what’s happening in the neighborhood — houses sold, built or transformed.

As Asheville’s hot housing market raises prices and rents, we both fear that Montford is losing some of the diversity and flavor that make it interesting. All the more, then, we savor the pleasure of meeting our neighbors, exchanging words of greeting, sometimes falling into conversation — a way of knowing our place and the people who are part of it.

As in other neighborhoods in Asheville, pedestrians have suffered assaults in Montford — purse-snatchings, muggings and other forms of meanness. Some of us daytime walkers avoid walking at night.

Montford is walkable not only because it’s an interesting place to walk in, but also because from it we can walk to downtown’s restaurants and drinking spots, library, theaters and more. But to get downtown via Montford Avenue, you must run the gauntlet of a busy intersection near the Asheville Visitor Center at 36 Montford Ave. Two stoplights just before the Interstate 240 overpass appear close together — confusing some motorists, who run the first, driving across the crosswalk or stopping right on it (under the impression, I suppose, that the second light is the one that really counts). That spot needs better signage, along with signals that will give pedestrians an exclusive green light to cross Montford Avenue without cars coming from any direction.

Carol Polsgrove is the author of a memoir, When We Were Young in Africa.

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Friday 1 June 2018

Alberto flooding: Asheville, West North Carolina faces more rain from lingering storm

Business owners in Biltmore Village share concerns after the area was completely flooded by heavy rains. Matt Burkhartt, Asheville Citizen-Times

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ASHEVILLE — Rain and thunderstorms are expected to continue this week, adding to the misery unleashed on Western North Carolina as the remnants of subtropical storm Alberto on Wednesday forced evacuations, flooded roadways and pushed dams to capacity.

Parts of WNC saw as much as 7 inches of rain over a 24-hour period, leading Gov. Roy Cooper to announce he would declare a state of emergency. Some areas have seen nearly 2 feet of rain since May 15.

With 14.09 inches of rain recorded at Asheville Regional Airport, the month of May is now the wettest month on record for Asheville, according to the Southeast Regional Climate Center. The previous top mark was August 1940, with 13.75 inches.

Both the French Broad and Swanannoa rivers were slowly receding Wednesday evening. As of 8:15 p.m., the Swannanoa River at Biltmore was at 8.84 feet, according to USGS readings. It peaked at higher than 14 feet; flood stage is 10 feet. The French Broad at Asheville was at 9.26 feet; flood stage is 8 feet.

But the rain is expected to continue Thursday. The National Weather Service forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms to continue, with up to a quarter-inch possible, more during a thunderstorm.

Residents briefly evacuated after Lake Tahoma Dam warning

Thousands of people experienced power outages and some 200 people stayed in a shelter opened by the American Red Cross, the governor’s office said.

The city of Asheville warned residents late Tuesday of potential flooding after releasing water from the North Fork Reservoir outside of Black Mountain to make room for floodwater. Heavy rains refilled it in a matter of hours.

About 2,000 McDowell County residents downstream of Lake Tahoma Dam north of Marion were evacuated beginning at 1 a.m. Wednesday for fear the dam’s integrity had been compromised. The mandatory evacuation order was rescinded about nine hours later after an engineer deemed the dam safe.

Mudslide slammed into five vehicles

A mudslide between Old Fort and Black Mountain slammed into five vehicles and forced lane closures on Interstate 40. No injuries were reported. The state Department of Transportation said the lanes should be cleared by midday Friday.

Two DOT workers clearing a mudslide from Catawba River Road west of Old Fort became the subject of a rescue effort themselves.

The two were using a snowplow blade on the front of a dump truck to push debris out of the roadway when a second slide pushed it into the Catawba River, DOT spokesman David Uchiyama said.

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Here’s an WNC flooding update: Cooper’s state of emergency, rivers begin to crest, 2 shelters close

The truck landed on its side in about 10 feet of water. The workers climbed out through the passenger window and stood on the side of the truck. Rescue workers with the Old Fort Fire Department tossed them a rope and life vests and pulled them to safety, Uchiyama said.

The 33,000-pound truck was found more than 1,000 feet downstream, pushed there by the force of the current, he said.

A dump truck pushed into the Catawba River by a mudslide ended up more than 1,000 feet downstream, the state Department of Transportation says.

The men were unharmed. Had they attempted to swim, "I think we would be writing a different story," Uchiyama said.

Several streams in McDowell County flooded and swift boat rescuers pulled five people to safety.

Black Mountain firefighters evacuated some 75 people Tuesday night, including residents of the Soundview Family Care Home and a mobile home park off Portmanvilla Road.

There were no reported injuries, Deputy Chief John Wilson said Wednesday.

“The creeks came up very fast,” he said. “We patrolled a lot of them an hour before (at about 9 p.m.) and they were fine.”

Flooding closes more than 40 roads
Flooding at Flat Creek in Black Mountain. (Photo: Photo courtesy of Nathan West)

Cooper’s declaration allows the state to coordinate storm response and prepare for any additional impacts. Cooper also was expected to issue a transportation waiver to expedite the movement of utility vehicles and others engaged in relief efforts.

At midday Wednesday, DOT said more than 40 roads were closed because of flooding in 10 WNC counties.

Uchiyama said it does not appear that any will be closed long-term, but that DOT was still assessing conditions.

"In some areas across Western North Carolina, it could be a week or two," he said.

Most roads in the French Broad River valley that flood frequently will reopen as soon as floodwaters recede," he said

Two state workers were clearing a small landslide in this area Tuesday night in McDowell County when a larger slide pushed them and their truck into the Catawba River.

A flash flood watch was to remain in effect for WNC through Thursday morning. There also were several flood warnings for areas by the French Broad River near Fletcher, and at Blantyre affecting Henderson and Transylvania counties.

A flood warning for the Swannanoa River at Biltmore in Buncombe County was to remain in effect until Thursday afternoon. While the river has crested and more potential heavy rain was possible Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service said the river levels should continue falling.

Flooding closed several popular parks, including Carrier Park and the Bill Moore Community Park, formerly known as Fletcher Community Park. The WNC Nature Center also closed because of flooded roads. The animals were safe, the city of Asheville said.

The French Broad River floods into the Craven Street Bridge Access Area on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Biltmore Estate remained open but directed visitors to alternative entrances. Its main entrance, located in flood-prone Biltmore Village, was closed due to rising water.

Blue Ridge Parkway, state parks impacted by storm

Rain caused trees to topple across the Blue Ridge Parkway, closing the roadway Wednesday from Milepost 382 near the Folk Art Center in Asheville to Milepost 355 at N.C. 80. Parkway spokeswoman Leesa Brandon said park staff are assessing potential hazard trees and removing fallen trees.

The parkway was also closed from Mileposts 305-298 while repairs continue on the Linn Cove Viaduct. Heavy rainfall also forced closure of the original detour route on a section of U.S. 221 around the viaduct due to a road washout between Linville and Blowing Rock.

The Nuwati and Cragway trails at the nearby Grandfather Mountain State Park were closed indefinitely until repairs can be made.

Mount Mitchell State Park remained open, but the main access from Asheville, the Blue Ridge Parkway, was closed up to the park’s entrance at Milepost 355.

Lake James State Park in McDowell County remained open, however the mountain bike trails and the swim beach at the Paddy’s Creek Area were closed due to flooding.

Chimney Rock State Park in Rutherford County was closed at the Chimney Rock attraction entrance after a retaining wall in its upper parking lot collapsed Saturday. The Rumbling Bald access remained open.

WNC’s dams are being watched

Cooper’s office said local and state officials are closely monitoring the dams at Lake Lure, Lake Tahoma, Lake Tuxedo and North Fork Lake and are sending state dam safety engineers to areas of concern.

Macon County officials said spillway gates were operating at the Nantahala Dam to release water because of excessive levels, but there was no problem with the dam.

More than 50 search and rescue technicians were deployed by the state overnight to assist, and a combination of swift water rescue and urban search and rescue teams from across the state were sent to McDowell, Rutherford and Jackson counties to help with potential rescues.

The American Red Cross said Wednesday afternoon that four shelters would remain open:

Swannanoa First Baptist Church, 503 E. Park St., Swannanoa.Glenwood Baptist Church, 155 Glenwood Baptist Church Rd., Marion.YMCA, 348 Grace Corpening Drive, Marion.Bill Creek Baptist Church, 1475 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure.Polk County Middle School.

A shelter was closed in Old Fort, and another operating out of the YMCA in Marion was placed on standby after residents evacuated were allowed to return home.

People may check shelter availability and whether a shelter is open on the Red Cross Emergency App. It may be downloaded via the mobile phone app store, or text “GETEMERGENCY” to 90999.

Citizen Times and Black Mountain News staff contributed to this report.

Rainfall totals

Here are rainfall totals reported in WNC counties for a 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m Wednesday:

Asheville: 0.98 inches

Swannanoa: 2.3 inches

Black Mountain: 6.59 inches

Waynesville: 0.39 inches

Hendersonville: 4 inches

Franklin: 1.3 inches

Linville: 3.6 inches

Marion: 3.3 inches

Old Fort: 7.81 inches

Bryson City: 1.5 inches

Highlands: 6 inches

Lake Lure: 4 inches

Source: National Weather Service

NWS forecast for Asheville

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely after 9 a.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5 a.m., then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers before 8 a.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

When the rivers will crest

The National Weather Service reported the following river levels Wednesday:

– Swannanoa River at Biltmore peaked Wednesday at 14 feet and was expected to greatly taper off beginning Thursday. Flood stage is 10 feet and levels between 10 and 14.5 feet are considered minor flooding.

-French Broad River at Blantyre will peak at 19 feet Thursday with moderate flooding. Flood stage is 16 feet.

-French Broad at Asheville will peak at 10 ½ feet late Wednesday through Thursday with minor flooding. Flood stage is 9.5 feet.

-French Broad near Marshall will peak at 9 feet late Wednesday. Flood stage is 8 feet.

-French Broad near Hot Springs peaked Wednesday at 6 feet. Flood stage is 9.5 feet.

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