tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80496555064160238592024-02-07T17:40:34.124-08:00AVL Riverfrontriverfront updates on a random basisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-13348112098443565912016-12-23T04:43:00.003-08:002017-01-25T10:53:20.370-08:00Riverfront Redevelopment in 2016<div style="text-align: justify;">
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2016 brings the beginning of 3 years of ~$50 million dollars worth of infrastructure projects that will transform the AVL Riverfront from Hill Street & Riverside down to Amboy & Lyman with a new roadway, sidewalks, greenways, bike lanes, a visitor center with public bathrooms, some new round-a-bouts, etc.... under the moniker of <a href="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/CommunityEconomicDevelopment/RiverfrontRedevelopment.aspx" target="_blank">RAD TIP or the Greater River Arts District Redevelopment</a> so far....here is a <a href="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Portals/0/city-documents/economicdevelopment/riverfront_revitalization/RADHAM-COA-PLUS%209-9-16.pdf" target="_blank">map of the plans</a> as of 12/23/16 on the City of Asheville's website.</div>
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In addition, we hear that RAD LOFTS (~$50 million dollar private development with 200+ apartments, retail & parking deck) goes for its final approval to City Council in January 2017 with hopes to break ground summer 2017.</div>
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<a href="https://www.12bones.com/" target="_blank">12 Bones Smokehouse</a> is moving down Lyman Street to behind Riverview Station. The last day open at the original location is January 6th, 2017 and it will re-open February 1, 2017 along side <a href="http://www.wedgebrewing.com/" target="_blank">The Wedge Brewery</a>'s location #2! find them both @ 5 Foundy Street.</div>
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Please welcome <a href="http://www.ncglasscenter.org/" target="_blank">North Carolina Glass Center</a>, <a href="http://news.unca.edu/features/us-congressman-meadows-visits-unc-asheville-steam-studio" target="_blank">STEAM Studios</a>, & <a href="http://www.cheapjoes.com/stores/north-carolina-asheville/" target="_blank">Cheap Joe's Art Supply</a>, all housed @ River Arts Makerts Place (RAMP) Studios @ 821 Riverside Drive... in what is proving to be an ever expanding River Arts District. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-80384260881917235702015-03-22T08:56:00.001-07:002015-03-28T05:12:53.060-07:00Riverfront Redevelopment in 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">95 Roberts Street from the track side of the building</span></div>
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Joel Burgess of the Asheville Citizen Times did a <a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2015/03/21/asheville-river-arts-district-million-bones-obama-greenways-bike-lanes-whitewater-park-new-belgium-brewery-million/25156395/">Sunday front page article</a> about the AVL Riverfront that is a great description of most of the projects currently in play. The bits he missed include the historic renovation of 95 Roberts Street (due to be completed 2016 - 2017), <a href="http://ashvegas.com/asheville-opening-of-largest-shipping-container-restaurant-in-u-s-nears">The Smoky Park Supper Club</a>, <a href="http://www.wlos.com//news/features/top-stories/stories/west-asheville-road-experiences-growth-spurt-20312.shtml#.VRaaqaUbc-A">The AVL Food (truck) Park & Market</a> and <a href="http://ashevillepocketguide.com/smac/">The Smoky Mountain Adventure Center</a> all planning to open by summer 2015.<br />
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">Smoky Park Supper Club getting its deck @ 318 Riverside Drive</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">AVL Food Park & market will be home to food trucks right across from Carrier Park @ Amoby & State Streets</span></div>
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Pre dawn, March 14, 2015 saw the start of a train of "elephants", like we used to see walk uptown from the AVL Riverfront back in day, when the circus came to town. This time the "elephants" were in the form of stainless steel fermentation & bright tanks, on up to 127 foot long tractor trailers, arriving @ 91 Craven Street, the new home of the New Belgium Asheville Brewery. Over the next 4 days, 30 tanks arrived in convoys of two or 4 at a time... the final tank being set in place on March 18, 2015.<br />
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px;">The Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission held its 2014 Annual Retreat on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. We started @ the Green Sage Cafe in Westgate… Thanks to the CVB for our breakfast! and to Randy Tally for hosting our morning map session. The Grey Line Trolley carried us around to get an overview of progress @ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewBelgiumAsheville" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px;">New Belgium Asheville</a> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px;">Brewery… then we toured up to Woodfin and back down to the French Broad River Park where we met up with Jason Walls of Duke Energy to walk the new French Broad Connector Greenway land and had lunch provided by the City of Asheville & Laurey's Catering. We surveyed progress on Amboy Road of the Smoky Mountain Adventure Center… then pulled into the parking lot @ the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/wedgebrewing" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 17px;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Wedge Brewery</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"> to hop on some electric bikes and cruise up Clingman (wow, was that ever easy!) to look at the Clingman Forest Greenway and then back down to hear from Harry Pilos about progress on his RAD Lofts project. Our last stop was 233 Riverside Drive to hear from Kristie Quinn about the Smoky Park Supper Club & Eric Bradford from Greenworks… and our afternoon 2015 ++ visioning session followed by a social happy hour with refreshments provided by the City of Asheville & CURVE studios & garden… Wow, that was a full informative day! Much appreciation to Paul Black of the MPO.. his insights were most helpful! See more photos @on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.714173895313577.1073741835.180807548650217&type=1">FB @ AVL Riverfront.</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Special thanks to Asheville on Bikes for bringing
focus to the AVL Riverfront during its 2014 Strive Not To Drive Community
Leadership Ride… below you can read the 14 point recommendations made by
Transit guru, Gil Penalosa, on how St. Paul (substitute Asheville NC) can join
the ranks of Paris, Vancouver and Melbourne, Australia, as one of the world's
top cities!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">14. Make St. Paul great
for 8- and 80-year-olds</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The young and the old -- along with the poor --
are the "indicator species" in an urban environment because they are
the most vulnerable. Redesign our city to keep them safe, healthy and happy,
and we'll have a place that works well for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">13. Develop a sense of
urgency to make Things better</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">One of the Twin Cities' biggest problems,
Penalosa pointed out, is that things have been pretty good here for a long
time. That spawns complacency, which is a serious hindrance in a highly
competitive age where change happens fast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">12. Put pedestrians
first</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">"Walking adds the spice to a city, and we
don't like a spice-less city any more than we like pasta without sauce."
Every trip begins and ends with walking -- we are all pedestrians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">11. Make biking and
walking utterly normal</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">"We need to think of walking and biking as a
basic human right," which should be safe, easy and pleasurable for
everyone. Start by lowering traffic speeds, giving walkers/bikers a 5-second
head start at traffic lights and building crosswalks with "safety
islands" in the middle of the street. Let more people bike by building a
network of protected bikeways, separated from auto traffic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10. No traffic deaths
by 2025</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">"In the U.S., 100,000 people are hit by cars
every year and 4,000 die." For too long traffic deaths of all kinds have
been accepted as inevitable, but now Chicago and New York City are leading the
push for zero deaths by taking serious steps to make streets safer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">9. Remember that
planning for transportation and land use are the same thing</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">"Plan a city around cars and you get more
cars. Plan a city around people and you get more health and happiness."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">8. Focus on making St.
Paul great in everything you do</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The world's leading authorities on St. Paul are
the people who live here -- local leaders should draw upon their expertise
about how to make the city great in everything that happens around town.
"But remember if you wait for 100 percent approval, you'll never get
anything done," Penalosa reminds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">7. Embrace winter</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">But don't use it an excuse for why things can't
be better. "You have 15 horrible days a year and another 30 that are
pretty bad. But you have 200 good days. Plan to make the most of those days and
the bad days won't be so bad."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">6. Become more inclusive</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Penalosa admitted that after a number of visits
to the Twin Cities, he sometimes thinks he's in Scandinavia. "Every one is
blond and blue-eyed at some of the meetings. Then I go to Central High School
or the Lake Street light rail station and I see many blacks and other visible
minorities." It's crucial that more people are involved in the
conversation about making a better future, he says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5. Attract the
Millennial Generation</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Penalosa warned that our future is in peril
because more Millennials are leaving the Twin Cities than are coming here.
"A great city needs to attract and keep the best young people -- the best
doctors, the best carpenters, the best musicians, the best in all fields. You
should wake up every day thinking up ways to do that." He noted that
building more highways and shopping malls will not do the job -- this
generation is far less likely to have drivers' licenses or own cars than
previous ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4. Keep Baby Boomers
here</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Older adults today are healthier, wealthier, and
better educated than at any time in history, and have much to offer our
communities. But we must take their needs into account in designing our
cities. "Not everyone is 30 and athletic."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3. Shift your
aspirations from "good enough" to great</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The cities that will lead the world in the future
are not making small plans today. "Copenhagen has 38 percent bicyclists
but are aiming for 50 percent. Seoul, Korea, covered up a river to build a
double-deck freeway but then tore it down to create a park. Vancouver vows to
the be world's most sustainable city -- not the best in Canada, or in North
America but in the world."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2. Compare yourself to
the world's best</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">It's not outlandish that St. Paul and Minneapolis
could be seen as two of the great cities around the globe. "Transformation
often happens very fast. Thirty years ago no one would have ranked Melbourne,
Australia, as one of the top 400 cities in the world," Penalosa explains.
"Even the local newspaper described its downtown as an 'empty, useless
city center.' Now many of us think it's one of the top four or five
cities." What happened? A concerted effort across the community to enliven
the downtown, add more parks and more public spaces.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1. Tackle a big goal</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Mayor Coleman is taking Penalosa's advice to
heart. For too long we've thought of ourselves as "pretty darn good
here," Coleman says -- it's time to make a bolder statement about who we
are and where we are going.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-55183076352738740812014-05-01T06:31:00.001-07:002014-05-01T06:32:55.364-07:00Azalea Road / Lake Craig Project Construction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Things
are happening along the Swannanoa River. The river banks adjacent to Azalea
Road and Gashes Creek road are undergoing a makeover that will not only ease
one stream bank at the City of Asheville’s Recreation Park, but will also
relocate a section of the Swannanoa to have less impact during high water
events. Since December, heavy earth moving equipment has been visible making
changes to the landscape in the area that will greatly improve multimodal park
access and safety. Click link for more info on the<a href="http://coablog.ashevillenc.gov/2014/02/azalea-road-project-improves-flood-management-park-access/"><span style="color: #0000e9;"> </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lake Craig / Azalea Road Flood Management Project</span></a><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.</span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-72335201078125810992014-03-14T05:11:00.000-07:002016-12-23T04:30:59.165-08:00New Belgium Brewery Groundbreaking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.newbelgium.com/community/ashevillebrewery/site-stories/14-03-13/Groundbreaking-Celebration-May-2-at-The-Grey-Eagle.aspx">New Belgium Brewery</a> Asheville announces its GroundBreaking Celebration for Friday, May 2, 2014 @ The Grey Eagle @ 175 Clingman Avenue in the ARAD. Doors open @ 7pm. Music: Dave Earl & The Plowshares, starts @ 8pm. Tickets are free but must be picked up in person (to keep this event as local as possible) @ The Grey Eagle Box Office or Harvest Records, starting March 17, 2014. Limit of 4 tickets per person… thanks!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-82460838316857954102014-03-13T11:08:00.000-07:002014-03-14T04:44:17.476-07:00Downtown Market Sold to Troy & Sons Owners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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45 South French Broad Avenue is reported to have been sold to Troy & Charlie Ball, who own Troy & Sons Distilling, for $1.8 million… rumor has it that they will be expanding their spirit making enterprise but in conversation with Lance Hardcastle, who runs The Downtown Market, he said that this real estate deal has been in the works for over a year & assured that TDM is not going anywhere. The connection between Downtown & the AVLriverfront grows ever stronger with another building coming into the hands of creative independent commerce. Good News.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-47001781395652583632014-03-12T10:06:00.000-07:002014-03-12T10:06:33.264-07:00New Lighting for the ADC Design Build Workshop Pedestrian Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to the City of Asheville & Duke Energy for putting up LED lighting for the Asheville Design Center Design Build Workshop Pedestrian Bridge (we need to come up with a better name here, eh?). As the warm weather returns, more and more folks will be using this area. The additional lighting should enhance the riverfront experience!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-32160366689571544182014-02-28T10:00:00.000-08:002014-03-01T04:37:52.339-08:00New Owners @ Cotton Mill Studios & Robert Street Studios<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On February 28, 2014, Asheville's River Arts District experienced a changing of the guards @ two of its core art studio buildings. Cotton Mill Studios' owners of 12 years, Eileen & Marty Black, have found suitable kindred spirits in Denise Carbonell & Derek Dominy to seamlessly continue the arts based studio/gallery experience we have come to know @ Cotton Mill Studios. <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/stores/metal-and-thread/">Denise & Derek</a> come to Asheville by way of NYC and bring with them a fierce love of the artist way of life. The ARAD welcomes them with open arms!<br />
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In addition, long time ARAD property owners, William & Lynnell Goacher, have seen fit to sell Roberts Street Studios to the owners of The Asheville Glass Center: Robert Gardner, Alex Greenwood & Logan MacSporran. Time to celebrate another artist owned building here in the ARAD!<br />
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The transition of 140 Roberts Street from the Goachers to The Asheville Glass Center guys continues a legacy in the River Arts District that is little known but greatly appreciated! In the mid 1990's, <a href="http://wordshoppe.com/marketing/professor-real-estate-shares-wisdom-with-neophytes/">Bill & Lynnell Goacher,</a> thru Willyng, Inc., bought a number of commercial buildings, providing reasonably priced space for artists & musicians, nurturing creative independent commerce of many kinds. Always interested in "raising up the neighborhoods" they invested in, the Goachers. in 2002, saw the wisdom in selling 115 to 129 Roberts Street, now known as The Wedge Studios, to sculptor, John Roy Payne. John, in turn, nurtured many young artists, again by providing very affordable live/work space @ Wedge Studios. In 2008, the Goachers sold Railside Studios to its anchor tenant, Matt Parris, owner of Roots Foods, enabling a national reach for our yummy local food. The Goachers are still partners in 2000 Riverside Drive, affectionally known as NORAD or River Arts District North. The ARAD offers a HUGE THANKS to Bill & Lynnell Goacher for their continuing vision, helping to support the cultural vitality of Asheville and beyond!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-32191956419017427702014-02-28T07:13:00.002-08:002014-02-28T07:13:25.126-08:00New Belgium partners with Riverbend Malt House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Friday, February 21, 2014, the national tapping of New Belgium's RyePA was held @ 90 Pond Road along Hominy Creek in Asheville. In what had previously housed a tomato company, The <a href="http://riverbendmalt.com/">Riverbend Malt House</a> is quietly revolutionizing beer making in America… okay maybe a bit overstated but… with the roll out of NBB RyePA as well as a collaboration between NBB & Wicked Weed Brewmasters for the "Brett IPA", The Riverbend Malt House is helping create to a pipeline between local farmers & discriminating beer lovers world wide by supplying the locally grown & roasted rye & spelt for the aforementioned brews! Join in the fun on March 8, 2014 @ the <a href="http://www.wickedweedbrewing.com/">Wicked Weed</a> for the East Coast tapping of the Brett!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-6772965776674793262014-02-19T07:34:00.000-08:002014-03-07T07:35:49.892-08:00Norfolk Southern Removes Log Jam<br />
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Adolfson & Peterson Construction, in concert with several of the New Belgium hires are running the deconstruction & soon to start, construction of the New Belgium Asheville Brewery. Look for a ground breaking ceremony to happen in May 2014. Click on questions & concerns! to <a href="http://www.newbelgium.com/community/ashevillebrewery/faq.aspx">share them with New Belgium</a>! They want to be good neighbors!</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Katuah-Market/503298509706235?id=503298509706235&sk=info">Katuah Market</a> has opened @ 2 Hendersonville Road in Biltmore Station. Offering the best local, natural, organic, healthy fresh and wonderfully prepared foods, founder & CEO, John Swann is helping to spur community building along the AVLriverfront!<br />
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crazy amazing feat of engineering... to move something that weights 20,000 lbs and is 40 feet long by 16 feet wide with a tolerance of inches for where it needs to land! all went without a hitch! Thank You! Come see for yourself under the Haywood Road Bridge in the River Arts District & Jean Webb Park!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-11648154406248909672013-10-23T05:28:00.001-07:002013-10-23T05:31:13.608-07:00New Belgium Brewery Moves Forward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At the meeting of the NBB Neighborhood Leadership Roundtable, General Manager Jay Richardson & Project Manager Jim Spencer gave an overview of the <a href="http://www.newbelgium.com/community/ashevillebrewery/site-stories.aspx">timetable</a> for the Brewery build out thru 2016. COA <a href="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/CommunityRelations/ProjectsandInitiativesInformation/CravenStreetImprovementProject.aspx">Craven Street Improvement Project </a>Coordinator, McCray Coates informed that the complete streets build out is expected to happen starting this winter thru the end of 2014 and will be a well coordinated dance between NBB & COA, with meetings already happening every week. To stay informed, click on "subscribe via email<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">" <a href="http://www.newbelgium.com/community/ashevillebrewery/site-stories.aspx">at NBB Asheville.</a></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-77474662509377614002013-10-23T04:26:00.000-07:002016-12-23T04:30:35.498-08:00CRAVEN STREET IMPROVEMENTSThe <a href="http://www.ashevillenc.gov/Departments/CommunityRelations/ProjectsandInitiativesInformation/CravenStreetImprovementProject.aspx">Craven Street Infrastructure Project</a>, being implemented by the City of Asheville as part of the New Belgium Brewery East Coast Expansion, includes a roadway realignment @ Hazel Mill Road, Emma Road & Craven Street, as well as new complete streets design for all of Craven Street. A complete street includes sidewalks, bike lanes, on street parking, street trees & storm water amenities. There will is also a section of greenway that is included in this project on the west bank of the French Broad River from just south of the Haywood Road Bridge up to the Craven Street Bridge. In addition, there will be two parking lots just north of Craven Street, on Buncombe County owned property that used to house the Buncombe County Schools Maintenance Facility. These parking lots will be for use by the public when visiting New Belgium or the new greenway.<br />
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In Fall 2013, the Metropolitan Sewerage District completed its infrastructure improvements @ Hazel Mill Road. Right of Way agreements are being worked out & construction on Craven Street is scheduled to start late Spring 2014. Contact McCray Coates @ the COA <a href="http://www.newbelgium.com/community/ashevillebrewery/faq.aspx">via the NBB portal</a> & click on questions or concern for contact info.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-1508511863060572592013-10-15T11:37:00.000-07:002013-10-15T11:37:49.855-07:00AARRC rides the Craggy Mountain Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to the generosity of Rocky Hollifield and his group of dedicated volunteers, the AARRC was carried along an interesting perspective of the Riverfront in Woodfin, NC, via the <a href="http://craggymountainline.com/">Craggy Mountain Rail Line</a>. Woodfin has some lovely riverfront parks as well as an amazing small business incubator started by Bill Goacher & friends, who also helped nurture the River Arts District in Asheville, NC. <br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We stopped on the parcel of property donated to the Town of Woodfin by the Silver Family of Silverline Plastics in 2011. The Town of Woodfin is hosting a planning session for its newest riverfront park on Monday, October 28, 2013 from 6:30 to 8pm </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">@ the Woodfin Town hall </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">@ </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">90 Elk Mountain Road. Please come join in the conversation!</span></div>
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The Riverside Drive Development Plan team held a very well attended 2nd public meeting on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 @ Pink Dog Creative. Big Thanks to all who came and offered opinions! The Heritage Directions team followed up with a 1 1/2 day internal charette, focusing on the economy of the plan as well as integrating what was shared on tuesday. Look forward to a number of presentations to RADBA, RADA, AARRC, Asheville on Bikes & RDDRC during the month of September 2013, followed by one more public meeting in October 2013.<br />
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Welcome to the inaugural event @ 233/318 Riverside Drive... GreenWorks' Root Ball... as you can see, a very fun & delicious time was had by all! Big Thanks go to Cindy Conner, GreenWorks Board Chair as well as Matt Logan & Kristie Quinn for making this event & place so very special!<br />
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Check out this <a href="http://www.mountainx.com/article/51476/Smoky-Park-Supper-Club-gains-momentum-in-RAD">informative article</a> about the Smoky Park Supper Club, Asheville Greenworks & The Iron Circus @ 233 Riverside Drive... Matt Logan & Kristie Quinn are assembling an amazing group together for the benefit of our community! Thanks!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-29844965366077467162013-07-20T12:33:00.005-07:002013-07-20T13:06:54.359-07:00ADC Summer Interns Build a Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://avldesignbuild.wordpress.com/">Asheville Design Center's Summer Intern Design Build Studio</a>.... 10 interns, two instructors, 10 weeks will yield a bridge between Jean Webb Park & 14 Riverside Drive. Special Thanks go to Chris Joyell of ADC & to Luke Perry for their amazing work to make the French Broad Riverfront a better place to be! Additional Thanks! to Sherwin Williams for donating paint, McGee Metal Fabricating (& Peter Sprague for arranging this) for donating some of the steel I beams, Joe Ransmeier & Mike Powell for tree removal, RADBA & its members, Darren Green & Pattiy Torno for the $$ donations & too many more to name!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049655506416023859.post-31121954799813621572013-05-22T11:45:00.003-07:002013-05-22T11:45:49.370-07:00River District Speak Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The one of the two remaining ruins of the old Asheville Cotton Company, circa 1900, is being demolished this week by DH Griffin & Co. This action helps keep the ball rolling forward in terms of cleaning up our riverfront, making way for what comes next.</div>
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Very special thanks to Asheville On Bikes for this fun event!! and for including the AVLriverfront as part of the conversation! We were fortunate to have Mayor Terry Bellamy, Vice Mayor Esther Manheimer, City Council members Gordon Smith, Cecil Bothwell & Mark Hunt, Buncombe County Chair David Gantt & County Commissioner Brownie Newman as well as City Manager Gary Jackson, Multi Modal Director, Cathy Ball & many more city staff & community leaders riding with us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07225014887930755453noreply@blogger.com0