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Residents urge county to press UNC Asheville on urban-forest development plans
Summary
Speakers at the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners meeting urged commissioners to press UNC Asheville to halt or significantly revise plans to develop the university's on-campus woods, citing environmental, legal and community concerns.
Speakers during the public-comment period at the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners' Aug. 19 meeting urged the board to press UNC Asheville to alter proposed development plans for the school's adjacent urban forest and to ensure more local oversight.
The public comment included representatives of Save the UNCA Woods and nearby residents who described the forest as an ecological and community resource and criticized the university's process and chosen private developer. "UNCA has, up until last Thursday, taken the opposite tack, attempting to force through poorly thought out plans with minimal discussion and no local buy in," said Woody Davis, a neighborhood…
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