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Putting housing first: Champagne bar hosts benefit today to end homelessness

NEWS

Megan Dombroski | 02/12/2013

While sipping on a glass of wine or grabbing a late night coffee, residents can help fund an organization working to end homelessness locally and stopping people from spending the night in the harsh winter weather. “Every time it is cold and I go into my own house, I think, 'It is not OK that people in our community are sleeping outside tonight,” says Emily Ball, director of community engagement at Homeward Bound of Asheville.

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Demonstration will call for city to turn ice plant into housing for the homeless

NEWS

David Forbes | 12/20/2012

In a demonstration and cookout on Saturday, Dec. 22, in the River Arts District, locals will call for the city of Asheville to do something positive with an abandoned property known as the Ice House. (Photo by zen Sutherland)

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Opinion: Different BID model could help social services

NEWS

John Spitzberg | 06/23/2012

Retired social worker and activist John Spitzberg offers thoughts on how to change the Business Improvement District proposal — which he believes "will only serve to make life much more difficult for the homeless" in its current form — into something that can improve social services downtown.

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Photos: SonRise Community Outreach feeds the hungry, homeless one meal at a time

NEWS

Caitlin Byrd | 04/08/2012

Every Saturday, SonRise Community Outreach serves the hungry breakfast from 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. However, they don't want it to feel like a soup kitchen. They want it to feel like a restaurant, complete with menus, waitresses and, most importantly, good service.

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Executive director of ABCCM to speak in D.C. about local success with helping homeless veterans

NEWS

Caitlin Byrd | 03/14/2012

Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry executive director, Reverend Scott Rogers, will speak before the Senate sub-committee on Veterans Affairs today at 10 a.m. alongside the national coalition of homeless veterans, to share their principles and practices that are producing local outcomes above the national average.

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Activists hold memorial for homeless

Bill Rhodes | 12/22/2011

Local activists hold memorial for 22 who died homeless in 2011.

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Service to remember those who died homeless

Bill Rhodes | 12/19/2011

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Video: Under the bridge at Occupy Asheville

Steve Shanafelt | 10/20/2011

Nearly three weeks into the Occupy Asheville movement, the group has set up a semi-permanent camp at the parking area under the I-240 overpass on Lexington Avenue. Xpress talked with group member Helen Roberts about some of the group's longterm goals, and their ongoing issues at the site.

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HUD report: Homelessness increases in North Carolina despite slight nationwide decline

Caitlin Byrd | 12/11/2012

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Charles George VA announces annual Project Connect and VA Stand Down for Sept. 6

Caitlin Byrd | 08/31/2012

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Project Connect seeks donations for "Socks & Sundries" drive to help homeless community

Caitlin Byrd | 08/29/2012

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Before new shelter, Transylvania County's homeless sought refuge in woods

Caitlin Byrd | 08/06/2012

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Rally in support of homeless campers tomorrow in Pack Square

David Forbes | 04/23/2012

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Local homeless initiative coordinator accepts position with U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

Caitlin Byrd | 04/12/2012

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Rally for the homeless and protest of Asheville city policies 4pm Thursday

Bill Rhodes | 04/04/2012

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VA shelter denies service to vet with service dog

Susan Hutchinson | 01/08/2012

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Home Free bagel's Chris Sullivan profiled

Bill Rhodes | 12/26/2011

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Local homeless counts lower, reflecting national trend

Jake Frankel | 12/14/2011

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