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Our view: Revitalization holds lessons for path forward – Asheville Citizen

Cities do not reinvent themselves. It takes many people, dedicated people. Fortunately, Asheville has had such people. There was a time, not that many years ago, when downtown was a 9-to-5 place. Asheville Mall had become the commercial heart of

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Northern voters drove Asheville election – Asheville Citizen

Buy Photo Theo Sober, 7, watches his mother, Nancy Horowitz cast her vote for Asheville City Council in the primary election at Isaac Dickson Elementary School on Tuesday.(Photo: Angeli Wright/awright@citizen-times.com)Buy Photo ASHEVILLE — City voters in northern neighborhoods played a key

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Asheville tourism bureau doesn’t report how it spends money

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The agency that promotes tourism in Asheville has a $9 million budget of public money, but doesn’t have to reveal how it spends a lot of that money. Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Stephanie

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Despite rain, Be Loved House takes to the street – Asheville Citizen

Beloved House, a local charity providing homeless services, spent last week protesting development downtown and building a makeshift shelter in front of Vance Monument to simulate homelessness. The agency said the relentless rains made its Festival of Shelters even more

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Our view: Why Deschutes should pick Roanoke for its East Coast brewery

Posted: Monday, October 5, 2015 2:15 am Our view: Why Deschutes should pick Roanoke for its East Coast brewery Please, let this be true. Well, we know this much is true: The Oregon-based Deschutes Brewery, the seventh-largest craft brewer in

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Colburn museum prepares for move – Asheville Citizen

Students and visitors explore The Colburn Earth Science Museum on Wednesday, September 30, 2015. The museum is currently located at 2 Patton Avenue, but will change location come next spring. (Photo: Abigail Margulis/amargulis@ashev) ASHEVILLE — For years, the Colburn Earth

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Craft Beer Brewery Setting Up Shop In Augusta – WJBF

Augusta, GA – Augusta is finally getting in on the craft beer craze. Riverwatch Brewing is looking for Augusta Commission support for a wholesale beer license to set up a small brewery in a building near the Augusta Farmer’s Market.

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Lexington Avenue named one of great places in America – Asheville Citizen

Leeann Johnson tries out a slackline demonstration while Alex Belue offers balance tips at the Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival in September.(Photo: Citizen-Times file photo) ASHEVILLE — The American Planning Association has named Lexington Avenue as one of five great streets

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Asheville job totals an August record – Asheville Citizen

Buncombe County’s November unemployment rate of 3.8 percent, released by N.C. Department of Commerce officials on Tuesday, is the lowest since December 2007.(Photo: © Royalty-Free/CORBIS) The Asheville metro area has set another job record, according to data released Wednesday by

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Clearing the air on North Carolina’s pollution progress

NC DEQ Secretary Donald van der Vaart – our state’s top environmental cop – raised a few eyebrows recently when he sent out an invitation to a party this week at his agency. Come celebrate North Carolina’s clean air, the

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