Asheville, NC before urban renewal. Pictured: William Roy Bowditch near his family homestead at 33 Fagg Street.

Staff Reports

Images of Urban Renewal will be shown. Information about the Glen Rock Depot will be discussed. 

Affordable housing non-profit Mountain Housing Opportunities (MHO) invites neighbors to gather with them on January 23 and 24 from 1 to 4 p.m. at 362 Depot Street on the corner of Bartlett and Depot Streets for a Community Gathering, the third hosted by the non-profit around the Glen Rock Depot.

The Community Gathering is designed to honor the history of the Southside neighborhood through a display of images taken around the time of Urban Renewal. In addition, the Gathering will provide information and take questions about the Glen Rock Depot development, and provide information on how to apply for workforce apartments, and how to lease business and commercial space.

UNC Asheville Special Collections, the branch of the library that houses historic Urban Renewal records uncovered by MHO in 2007, will provide listening stations with oral histories of African Americans in Asheville. Information about the Urban Renewal records and files, how and where to access them, and what is archived, will be available as well.

Mountain Biz Works, a non-profit supporting small and medium sized businesses in Western North Carolina, and OnTrack, a financial counseling non-profit, will be on site to provide support resources for those interested in leasing living or work space on Saturday.

About Glen Rock Depot

The Glen Rock Depot is a mixed-use community development in Asheville’s River Arts District and historic South French Broad and Livingston neighborhoods. It is being developed by Mountain Housing Opportunities as a private, community development corporation whose mission is to build and improve homes, neighborhoods, communities, and lives for the people of Asheville and Buncombe County.