Community Meeting: Downtown Master Plan

masterplan_pics.jpgA follow-up meeting to discuss the Downtown Master Plan and how it relates to the African American community will be held on Monday, September 15 at 6 p.m. at the Asheville Public Works Building, 191 S. Charlotte Street.

The meeting will cover several topics and provide citizens the chance to offer input on the future of downtown.

The community will be able to provide ideas and input for concrete changes during the facilitated session of the meeting. Participants will also learn about the history of downtown in relation to the African American community, and discuss the relationship between the Downtown Master Plan and the African American community.

Presentations will
be given by the Eagle Market Streets Development Corporation and the
Mt. Zion Community Development Corporation on their current development
projects. The input from this meeting will be included in the draft
plan to be released in several weeks.

“There
was a meeting in July with good attendance” said Brenda Mills, minority
business program coordinator, “but we need to receive more concrete and
actionable ideas from the community and make sure that everyone knows
what is already happening in downtown.”

The
Downtown Master Plan is an initiative proposed by the Asheville
Downtown Commission and funded by Asheville City Council; the Downtown
Commission hopes that the plan will help citizens, elected officials,
and City and County staff more clearly address the most pressing issues
facing downtown today.

September 18 Meeting Postponed

The
Downtown Master Plan public meeting planned for Thursday, September 18
at the Civic Center has been postponed until a later date. The Advisory
Committee for the Master Plan decided that the draft plan needed
additional work before it could be released to the public.      

For more information, contact Brenda Mills, (828) 232-4566 or [email protected].

For more information on the Downtown Master Plan process, contact Sasha Vrtunski at [email protected] or (828) 232-4599.