by DavidG | Sep 9, 2024 | Issue, Resolved
q PROBLEMATIC Summary: At their meeting on September 3rd, the Buncombe County Commission approved an increase of funding to its Completing Access to Broadband (CAB) program. There was no discussion of whether this program will be collecting racial demographic data on...
by DavidG | Sep 2, 2024 | Issue, Resolved
POSITIVE Summary: The Asheville City Council approved the extension request from the Community Reparations Commission (CRC) at their meeting on August 27th. The Facts (originally posted 7/29/24): The Community Reparations Commission (CRC) has asked for an extension...
by DavidG | Aug 12, 2024 | Issue, Recent
q PROBLEMATIC Summary (Updated 8/26/24): To seriously tackle racial inequities, Buncombe County must be consistently diligent about collecting and analyzing racial demographic data across all their programs and funded projects. We’ve been asking for this commitment...
by DavidG | Jul 29, 2024 | Issue, Resolved
t QUESTIONABLE Summary: We asked the City Council to include the African American Heritage Commission in next steps, in order to ensure that the civil rights history was honored. Council Member Mosley asked staff to pursue that. The Facts: (Originally posted 7/22/24)...
by DavidG | Jul 29, 2024 | Issue, Resolved
q PROBLEMATIC Summary: We asked the Asheville City Council to push for an impactful number of affordable housing units before approving this rezoning request. Two (out of 84 total) were set aside to be affordable. They voted 5-1 (Roney opposed) to approve the request....
by DavidG | Jul 29, 2024 | Issue
t QUESTIONABLE Summary: Buncombe County still hasn’t shared their plans for collecting and analyzing racial demographic data for all their programs and funded projects. This is a critical need, and we’re going to keep asking them for a plan until they...
