OPEN Asheville

03/14/2019

Interesting :-)

Nine more have ended veteran homelessness. It’s part of a national program called Built for Zero that uses a data-based approach to help officials figure out exactly who needs what services. Now it’s launching in 50 more cities.

01/24/2019

:-)

PANTONE recently collaborated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's designers and art directors to transform Seoul, Korea's streets during the dreary monsoon season. The appropriately titled Project Monsoon venture began with the creative team painting Seoul's somber roads with hydrochro...

01/21/2019

YES!

The Little Free Library is a nonprofit organization that aims to inspire people and help build community by encouraging people to install book exchanges in their neighborhoods. Since 2009, the organization helped install over 75,000 libraries in 88 countries and exchange millions of books annually,....

01/04/2019

Yes!

Nature is the original chaotic but smart designer. By landscaping our urban spaces with native plants, we can realize cost savings, improve quality of life, and achieve ecological benefits.

01/04/2019

Yes!

Using “urban acupuncture,” we acquire the worst vacant house on each block and renovate it.

01/02/2019

With a new year comes new programs, facility improvements and projects to improve our community. Here’s a look ahead at Asheville City government initiatives…

12/11/2018

Yes Please!

11/30/2018

Yes! 😊

At inhospitable bus stops on the Eastside, one artist is taking matters into his own hands. The question is: who is removing them? So far, no one in the city is talking.

11/27/2018

Yes Please! 😊

West Ashley neighborhood leaders and mobility advocates have installed temporary murals on crosswalks along the West Ashley Greenway to make drivers more aware of their surroundings.

11/17/2018

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11/06/2018

YES!!!

‪Have you seen what our community partners have done on Coxe Avenue in downtown Asheville? And there’s a functionality aspect too. It’s a multimodal transportation experiment. Photo via project participant Asheville on Bikes.‬
Project details: https://bit.ly/2C97qvp

Of note: The Street Tweaks Partnership has raised $150,000 to fund the design and building of this project. The City has not contributed any funding to this process, but there are in-kind contributions in the form of staff time, traffic counts and general assistance.

Drone photo by Justin Mitchell.