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• Local religious leaders will gather May 20 to protest state laws' impact on poor, minorities

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  David Forbes | 6 days ago

  Local religious leaders will gather in front of the Buncombe County Courthouse May 20 to protest the impacts of state legislation on low-income and minority citizens.

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• Crowd shows up to object to Progress rate hike

  

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  David Forbes | 03/06/2013

  At a five-hour hearing conducted by the North Carolina Utilities Commission last night, every speaker except those representing the Council of Independent Business Owners and Biltmore Farms objected to rate hikes proposed by Progress Energy. The speakers' reasons for opposition ranged from the impact of the rate increases on the working poor to projected environmental damage. Photo by Max Cooper

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• Post-recession Buncombe still struggling, local poverty rates surpass state and national average

  

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  Caitlin Byrd | 02/27/2013

  After sharing 42 slides worth of charts, data and graphs, an independent economic consultant speaking to local doctors, health advocates, politicians and board members at the Feb. 22 meeting of the Buncombe County Department of Health and Human Services made a conclusion: Though the recession started five years ago, the numbers show that Buncombe County still has "a ways to go." Highlights of the presentation, along with the full presentation, can be found in this post. (Slide image courtesy of SYNEVA Economics)

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• After President Obama's gone: what the national media missed about Asheville

  

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  David Forbes | 02/16/2013

  After President Barack Obama's visit earlier this week, an inevitable outpouring of attention from the national media followed. Here's the facts — harsher and more fascinating — that they missed. Photo by Max Cooper.

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• How do the poor eat well down here?

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  Aurel Peterson | 02/12/2013

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• Give and take at The Family Resource Center at Emma

  

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  Jen Nathan Orris | 11/18/2012

  Pat LaPier, president of the Buncombe County Foster Care Association, is in a unique position. She donates her time to the community and also receives services from Children First/Communities In Schools Family Resource Center at Emma. Jodi Ford of Children First/Communities In Schools tells her story. Photos by Jodi Ford.

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• Author Peter Edelman will speak at Pisgah Legal's poverty forum Oct. 24

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  David Forbes | 10/01/2012

  Anti-poverty advocate Peter Edelman, author of "So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America" will be the keynote speaker at Pisgah Legal Service's second annual Poverty Forum, held Oct. 26 in the Diana Wortham Theatre.

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• N.C. families still reeling from great recession – infographic from N.C. Justice Center

  

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  Bill Rhodes | 09/27/2012

  High Poverty Levels Resistant to Economic Recovery - Families Still Reeling from the Great Recession (infographic from N.C. Justice Center)

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• Council approves city water for residents near former CTS site

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  David Forbes | 09/25/2012

  Asheville City Council members approved extending city water to residents near the contaminated former CTS of Asheville site at their Sept. 25 meeting.

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• Asheville on a pedestal: What the success stories miss

  

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  David Forbes | 03/31/2012

  The Atlantic's Cities blog has highlighted one of the cities' great success stories — its downtown revitalization — as a model for others to follow. That's true, but it's not the whole story, and the rest reveals important issues urbanism discussions often neglect.

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