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    LATEST NEWS

    Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC Supports Project Aspire

    October 10, 2023
    photo credit: Project Aspire conceptual packet, submitted to City of Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission In September, we sent the letter below to the members of Asheville City Council expressing our…
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    Rendering of the project showing bike lanes, crosswalk, and existing road

    Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC Supports Road Safety for all Users in Downtown Asheville

    October 2, 2023
    photo credit: City of Asheville project page This week, we sent the letter below to the members of Asheville City Council expressing our support for the College / Patton Project in…
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    We Are Speaking Up in Support of Needed Housing in Hiawassee, GA

    September 18, 2023
    This month, Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC and MountainTrue staff collaborated to evaluate and subsequently express full support for a proposed housing development for Hiawassee, GA. The project is called The Commons at…
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    BYON = Bring Your Own Neighbor to the Neighbors for More Neighbors Kickoff Party on August 10

    June 20, 2023
    The community is invited to be part of a solution to today’s housing and climate crises. Asheville, NC – Do you enjoy hanging out with your neighbors? Do you have…
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    Open Space Amendment Promotes Healthy Communities and the Environment

    June 13, 2023
    MountainTrue’s Susan Bean in the MountainXpress on the City of Asheville’s Open Space Amendment. In this March 21, 2022 Mountain Xpress Contributor piece, MountainTrue Housing and Transportation Director Susan Bean expresses MountainTrue’s…
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    Bonds Will Tackle Housing and Climate Change Crises

    June 13, 2023
    MountainTrue Healthy Communities Program Director Chris Joyell writes about housing, open space, and climate change in the Mountain Xpress. In this November 2022 Mountain Xpress Contributor Piece, MountainTrue Healthy Communities Program Director…
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    MountainTrue Supports the Missing Middle Housing Study proposed by the City of Asheville

    June 6, 2023
    Public Testimony from MountainTrue’s Housing & Transportation Director, Susan Bean. On February 28, 2023, MountainTrue Housing and Transportation Director Susan Bean provided the following public testimony to Asheville City Council…
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    RESOURCES

    How the US made affordable homes illegal
    Vox on YouTube, August 16, 2021
    Vox provides this video explainer about how exclusionary zoning has created a housing shortage that affects everyone.

    Yes in Our Backyards. It's time progressives like me learned to love the green building boom.
    Mother Jones, April, 2023
    Bill McKibben writes on the need to see our backyards as global and to be open to sharing our space with new neighbors.

    There is Unrest in the Urban Forest
    Strong Towns, January 12, 2022
    This article from StrongTowns explains how the tension between tree preservationists and pro-housing advocates represents a false choice between trees and homes.

    Housing Needs Assessment 2021 for Western North Carolina
    Bowen National Research Report for Dogwood Health Trust, 2021
    A housing needs assessment for the 18 counties and the Qualla Boundary tribal trust land within Western North Carolina.

    Building More and Doing Better
    Sierra Club website, January 31, 2019
    Michael Brune, former Sierra Club Executive Director, on why building dense housing is good for the environment.

    Urban Land Use Reform
    Rocky Mountain Institute, 2023
    This report from international climate experts, the Rocky Mountain Institute, lays out a case for why more dense housing and commercial development is one of the most effective ways to mitigate climate change.