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Buncombe County details phased plan to acquire Deaverview Mountain parkland
Summary
Parks staff outlined a phased acquisition and master-planning timeline to add Deaverview Mountain (342 acres) to the county parks system, emphasizing staffing needs, conservation-easement constraints and a 2026–2029 timeline for acquisition, planning, construction and opening.
Buncombe County Parks & Recreation presented a plan at the Nov. 11 budget retreat to acquire and develop Deaverview Mountain as a county park, a multi-year project county staff say will significantly expand public access to nearby underserved neighborhoods.
Joseph Guzman, project manager for Parks & Recreation, described current county park acreage (~584 acres) and said Deaverview Mountain (342 acres) would raise total parkland to…
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