Lurah Lowery of The Asheville Citizen Times tells of big plans underway to bring a new greenway to Henderson and Transylvania counties by converting the old Ecusta railroad line. Conserving Carolina has been advocating the development of the 19-mile Ecusta Trail greenway and efforts are finally set to go with […]
Theater companies have wrestled with how to produce during the pandemic. Some have gone dark, some have live-streamed shows and Asheville’s Magnetic Theatre, which normally presents from its River Arts District home, has staged an innovative play along the Reed Creek Greenway. This new, original play follows the story of […]
John Boyle of the Asheville Citizen Times writes about the new sections of the River Arts District Greenway. As the weather turns warmer people are out in larger numbers than ever. The new “muti-use trail design” is a great concept for Asheville’s growing number of Greenways, but common sense and […]
Karen Chavez of the Asheville Citizen Times provides a great history of the French Broad River and conservancy efforts to preserve and enhance this very critical community asset. We learn a lot about Wilma Dykeman and her early efforts that eventually lead to the modern Greenway Master Plan now underway […]
This year, the 27th annual Strive Not To Drive campaign expanded to include over 25 events in 4 counties during the month of May. The focus of Strive (as it was recently rebranded) is to celebrate, promote and use the variety of transportation options that exist today and also to […]
Buncombe County was recently awarded a grant from the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization to expand greenway systems across the city and county. The grant requires a 20% match. However, neither the County nor the City of Asheville were able to fully fund the match, Connect Buncombe stepped in, offering to […]
The Buncombe County Greenway Master Plan includes plans for greenways already under development in various parts of the county. One such section is in the town of Black Mountain. Following a town wide visioning process which showed greenway development as a priority of the citizens, the first Greenway Master Plan […]
Greenways and trails are having greater awareness in our community. Just in the past few months citizen input has influenced the following projects: Asheville River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project (RADTIP) to increase from a single 10′ wide trail to a full 16′ wide multi-use trail along the river. This section […]
On December 1st eight Connect Buncombe board members along with Buncombe County Parks and Recreation staff members visited Jackson County to learn about county greenway plans and visit the first link of their Tuckaseegee River Greenway. Although only 1.2 miles long, this greenway has witnessed up to 20,000 visitors in […]
Connect Buncombe’s 2017 Annual Meeting was held November 15th at the Comfort Suites Asheville Outlet Mall. Thirty-five greenway friends gathered to renew acquaintances, catch up on the latest greenway news, review Connect Buncombe’s accomplishments for 2017 and look forward to plans for 2018. Marcia Bromberg, Board President, noted that throughout […]
