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Asheville committee readies ArtPlace RFQ after $365,000 FTA planning grant to explore expanded downtown transit center and affordable housing
Summary
City staff said a $300,000 FTA Areas of Persistent Poverty planning grant plus a $65,000 city match (total $365,000) will fund an RFQ and a 12–18 month planning study to evaluate expanding the downtown transit center, incorporate affordable housing, and study electrification and circulation needs; the grant cannot pay for engineering-level design.
City of Asheville staff on Dec. 16 told the Planning, Economic Development and Environment Committee they are ready to release an RFQ and begin a planning study for the downtown transit center under a federal planning grant. Transportation Director Ashley Hair said the city received a U.S. Federal Transit Administration Areas of Persistent Poverty planning grant for $300,000 and is contributing a $65,000 local match, for a total of $365,000 to study possibilities for the transit center and adjacent Lot 20 (Talbot Lot).
The study will test a transit‑oriented, mixed‑use vision that pairs expanded bus facilities with affordable housing,…
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