People Advocating Real Conservancy (PARC) is a citizen group dedicated to keeping watch on government action related to land use in Western North Carolina and other issues that affect the public good.
Save Our Slopes: A collaborative effort to protect our mountains
Asheville PARC and allied organizations are calling for planning and regulation to SAVE OUR SLOPES. Join us in calling for a moratorium on development in Asheville and Buncombe County.
PARC supports a moratorium -- a PAUSE TO PLAN -- because once our majestic mountains are gone, they're gone forever.
Photo: An all-too-common sight these days in Asheville and Buncombe County.
Tomorrow: Mountain Green Conference
Above: Orr Cottage on the Campus of Warren Wilson College
Tomorrow Warren Wilson College will host the first annual "Mountain Green: Sustainable Development in the Mountain Region" conference for builders and developers.
This week's Xpress: Air Rights in the News
"An Asheville conservation group is confronting developers on their own turf—fighting money with money. Trying to draw attention to the city’s policy of selling the airspace over public rights of way, People Advocating for Real Conservancy has gotten into a bidding battle with a high-profile downtown developer." Read the article
Update on Air Rights
Update: Air Rights (Asheville PARC has placed an upset bid on downtown air rights to draw attention to the issues that City Council is ignoring in selling off air rights to developers).
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