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Residents press council for resolution to protect UNCA Woods as university moves toward stadium lease
Summary
Multiple speakers urged Asheville City Council to publicly oppose plans to lease and develop 54 acres of UNCA Woods for a stadium and mixed-use project; council discussed possible statements and legal limits on local authority, including noise regulations and pending state legislation.
Dozens of speakers urged the Asheville City Council to join community calls to protect a 54-acre mature forest on the University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA) south campus from a proposed 5,000-seat stadium, retail and market-rate housing. Speakers — including UNCA faculty, neighborhood association leaders and organized advocacy groups — said the university’s process lacked transparency and that the proposed development would harm biodiversity, shade, climate resilience and local businesses.
Several speakers called on council to adopt a resolution opposing the development or urging UNCA and its Board of Governors to reconsider the lease to a developer. Sean Fairstein, an operational meteorologist, asked council to "adopt a resolution condemning the approval of this…
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