Learn and Read

A place to catch up on important happenings in the community - updated once a month.

April 13, 2026

Coxe Ave. Streetscape Project is now underway. Learn more and sign up for updates.
Street issues? Use this map to determine if a concerning street is owned by the state. If not, take your complaint to the city using this app.
Destination: Home is a new flexible assistance program for AVL and Buncombe County that will launch in September. $5M has been received for a three year initiative that includes assistance for rent, child care and other essentials to prevent 1,000 people from becoming homeless.
Applications for Leadership Asheville open May 1. Join the community leadership program to learn about AVL history, health outcomes, education, politics, and more.
Keep track of WNC recovery efforts.
Asheville Downtown Association and ADID are partnering to develop a Downtown Asheville Business Resilience Strategy scheduled to be delivered April 2026. Read the results of conversations with Downtown business owners and more about this project.
Asheville applied for a $585,000 grant to study multimodal transportation on Hilliard. The corridor ranks as one of the most unsafe in WNC for pedestrians/cyclists. Read about what would be included in the study.

Checkout who won in the March 3 Primary.
Sign up for the ADID Newsletter.
2025 Downtown Patton Ave Corridor Feasibility Study.
Safe Streets for WNC Action Plan was adopted by French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization in August and Asheville adopted it in Dec 2025 with a goal of a zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050.