Katuah Market @ Biltmore Station

Katuah Market™ will be opening in late summer of 2013 in the Biltmore Station shopping center in the Biltmore Village area of South Asheville. The Katuah Market™ concept combines an offering of best-of-market local, natural, and organic foods with the convenience and service of a corner grocery store.  With John Swann, one of the founders of Greenlife Grocery, at the helm, we know the focus will be community-based and strongly committed to supporting local food.

Intentional Fires in April 2013

    

 There have been a rash of intentionally set fires... 2 on the Cotton Mill Ruins property @ 159 Riverside Drive.... 2 on New Belgium's site along Craven Street & 2 @ 40 Simpson Street in our River District, as well as 4 others @ various locations in Asheville in the past few months.

     Asheville Fire & Police Departments ask our community to report any suspicious activity to the non emergency # @ 828.255.1110 or to Crimestoppers @828.255.5050. You can also send a tip to APD by texting "APDTIP plus your tip" to 274637 (CRIMES).

    The entire riverfront community is saddened by this useless and dangerous activity.  Johnny Penland's Auction House, an institution on our riverfront for 25 years, was scheduled for demolition & reuse by New Belgium Brewery. The fires of April 5th make that no longer possible. The bad news: 6,000 foot of heart pine flooring as well as other major structural lumber, planned for reuse, on site, to honor this legacy, is gone.  The good news: Dustin Spagnola's tiger mural, commissioned by New Belgium Brewery, while lost, will be re-commissioned.  

     Bradley Barrett of Old World Salvage has a newsletter to inform the community of surplus salvage, being made available to neighbors, at no charge.  Please sign up here if you are interested.

CrossFit Pisgah River Ruckus 2013

CrossFit Pisgah hosts the inaugural River Ruckus a 2-day CrossFit competition to be held on the banks of the French Broad River & up on West Haywood Street in Asheville’s River Arts District on April 6-7, 2013. The event is part of the national Garage Games series and marks the first regional CrossFit competition to be held in the Asheville area.  Both days, there will be 4 workouts that combine movements from various disciplines such as powerlifting, endurance, Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, mobility. 

New Belgium Open House March 7, 2013

AARRC will be representing with info about the River Arts District Transportation Project & the Riverside Drive Strategic Planning process.... do join us!

Riverfront Clean Up

Progress/Duke Energy did their part today, for the French Broad River, by asking Betty Light, tree crew supervisor for Progress, to bring her local (haywood county) crew from Davey Tree Company to pick up litter along the west bank of the French Broad River.  With the help of a couple of front end loaders, a mountain of trash has been removed.  The River Arts District says THANK YOU to this rather large assembly of hands, making quick work, for the benefit of our entire community.

Ice House Demolition Underway

Work began Monday, Feb. 11 on the demolition of the Ice House building located at 91 Riverside Drive in Asheville’s River Arts District. The dilapidated property was purchased by the City of Asheville in November, and Asheville City Council approved the demolition in early January.

The demolition project is expected to take two to three weeks to complete. Special attention is being paid to recycling all materials that can be recycled. The property’s prominent smokestack will be preserved. Updates on the project will be posted at ashevillenc.gov on the City Projects page.

Any questions or concerns should be directed to:

Robert Griffin, Director

Development Services Department

City of Asheville

P.O. Box 7148

Asheville, NC 28802

(828) 259-5726 – Office • rgriffin@ashevillenc.gov

Bike Love '13

Please join Asheville on Bikes for their Bike Love '13 celebration and be sure to stop by the AARRC presentation with Stephanie Monson, to learn about the River Arts District Transportation Improvement Plan, on Saturday, February 23, 2013 @ Isis Music Hall @ 743 Haywood Road in West Asheville.  Get your learning on about all things multi-modal!

thanks to www.openasheville.org for the photo of the Clingman Circle Celebration featuring Susan Roderick from Asheville Greenworks & Mike Sule from Asheville On Bikes!