by DavidG | May 5, 2025 | Issue
t QUESTIONABLE Summary: Buncombe County is doing ongoing recovery-related community engagement, but they haven’t yet shared racial data on the responses they’ve received. The Facts: At the Buncombe County Commission Briefing to be held on Tuesday, May 6, there will be...
by DavidG | Mar 3, 2025 | Issue, Resolved
NEUTRAL Members of the GAP Strategy Team had a productive and informative meeting Thursday, February 27th with Martin Moore, District 2 County Commissioner for Buncombe County. Here is a summary of what we discussed: We wondered how Buncombe County was navigating...
by DavidG | Jan 13, 2025 | Issue, Resolved
t QUESTIONABLE Summary (Updated 2/10/25): GAPavl is attempting to connect directly with folks inside County government, since they have so far resisted our public requests for more information. We’ll update you as soon as we have new information. The City of...
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 | 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...