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From YouTube: What's Up AVL! – Episode 23
Description
The City of Asheville's Neighborhood Matching Grants applications are open! Host Sam Parada sits down with Communication and Public Engagement Department members, Kristina Israel, Community Engagement Manager, and Meredith Friedheim, Neighborhood Services Specialist, to go over the benefits of the Neighborhood Matching Grants and how to apply for them.
B
Good
afternoon
Nashville
welcome
to
what's
up
Asheville
wres
radio
100.7
FM.
It
really
should
discussing
projects
and
initiatives
at
the
city
of
Asheville,
I'm,
Sam
perrotta,
your
host
working
with
the
communication
and
public
engagement
department
and
with
me
today
we
have
once
again
Communications
and
public
engagement
people
with
me,
Christina
Israel,
who
you've
met
before
she's
the
community
engagement
manager.
D
B
D
My
role
is
Neighborhood
Services
specialist
and
this
position
lives
in
the
community
engagement,
division
of
the
Communications
Department
so
and
there's
just
two
of
us
in
that
division.
It's
Christina
and
I
she's.
The
community
engagement
manager,
like
Sam,
said,
but
my
role
exists
really
to
go
out
into
the
community
and
build
relationships
with
a
neighborhood
organizations
and
residents,
and
so
I
go
to
a
lot
of
neighborhood
meetings
and
so
yeah
I
guess
in
a
lot
of
ways.
D
Some
residents
they
see
me
and,
and
they
think
of
the
city
and
and
so
yeah
and
and
kind
of
the
purpose
of
Neighborhood
Services
in
general,
is
you
know,
involved
in
Connected.
Neighborhoods
are
essential
to
a
healthy
community,
and
so
the
city
wants
to
build
Partnerships
with
those
organizations
and
residents
and
hopefully
for
the
end
goal
of
improving
the
quality
of
life
for
everybody,
love.
B
C
So
really,
since
Meredith
came
on
board,
I've
been
able
to
sort
of
draw
my
focus
more
towards
how
the
city
is
doing
community
engagement
with
all
of
its
many
projects.
So,
if
you
think
about
a
capital,
Improvement
project
like
Memorial
Stadium,
what's
happening
there
or
the
Broadway
Public
Safety
station,
that's
happening
going
to
be
opening
soon
on
Montfort
Avenue
or
one
of
our
transportation
projects
like
the
college
College
bike,
Lanes
project.
C
Just
you
know,
my
focus
is
really
at
what
point
does
the
community
need
to
come
in
and
give
us
their
feedback
on?
Whatever
we've
got?
This
this
funding
for
this
project
how's
that
going
to
influence
the
outcome.
How
do
we
invite
as
many
stakeholders
to
the
table
as
possible?
How
do
we
remove
barriers
for
participation
in
in
city
government
on
the
part
of
our
citizen?
So
that's
what's
most
important
to
me
in
my
role
and
it's
really
challenging
and
I.
B
B
A
D
Yeah,
so
the
neighborhood
matching
grant
program.
This
is
the
third
round
of
this
program,
and
so
it's
a
one-to-one
matching
Grant
and
neighborhoods
can
apply
for
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
and
these
projects
could
span
from
you
know:
marketing
materials.
If
you're
trying
to
spread
the
word
about
your
neighborhood
group
and
want
to
get
more
people
to
come
out
to
the
meetings
and
be
engaged,
maybe
you
want
to
do
some
branding,
or
maybe
some
physical
improvements
to
your
local
park
or
a
Greenway
various
things
like
that.
D
So
it's
it's
really
a
cool
program,
I'm
very
excited
to
be
a
part
of
it.
This
year,
I
think
it's
going
to
be
one
of
the
really
rewarding
parts
of
of
my
position
to
be
working
with
people
on
that,
but
50
of
them
match
so,
like
I
said,
neighborhoods
can
apply
for
up
to
five
thousand
dollars
and
50
of
their
dollar
for
dollar
match
so
2500,
if
they're
applying
for
the
5
000,
for
example,
has
to
be
in
volunteer
hours.
D
So
we
really
want
the
grant
to
be
a
catalyst
for
getting
groups
to
engage
together
to
work
together
and
to
you
know
if
they're,
whatever
their
project
is
for
it
to
be
a
reason
that
their
Community
is
becoming
stronger
and
you
know
getting
to
know
each
other
better
and
at
the
end
of
the
day,
they'll
have
this
completed
project
that
is
like
hey.
We
did
that
and
so
we're.
In
addition
to
that,
you
know
encouraging
Partnerships
between
you
know,
neighborhoods
and
maybe
non-profits
or
things
like
that.
So
it's
it's
been
exciting.
D
D
Yes,
the
application,
so
there
is
a
page
on
the
city
website
dedicated
to
the
matching
grants,
and
you
should
find
all
the
information
you
need
to
find
there.
And
in
order
to
get
to
that
page,
you
can
just
Google
Asheville
neighborhood
matching
grants
or
go
to
Asheville
nc.gov
and
go
into
the
search
bar
at
the
top
and
search
neighborhood
matching.
Grants
should
be
pretty
easy
to
find
and.
D
D
Email
is
m,
friedheim,
Asheville,
nc.gov
and
I'll
spell
it
really
quick,
because
I
know,
my
last
name
is
a
little
difficult,
so
m,
f
r,
I
e
d
like
fried
and
then
h-e-I-m
friedheim,
Asheville
nc.gov,
and
you
can
email
me
if
you're
a
resident
of
Asheville
about
you
know
anything.
You
might
have
a
question
about
from
you
know.
When
is
my
street
getting
paved
or
you
know
to
to
Neighborhood
matching
Grant
questions
so
I'm
happy
for
my
email
address
to
be
a
resource.
B
D
Yes,
and
so
we
volunteer
hours,
you
know
you
might
just
apply
for
the
4
000,
knowing
that
some
of
your
match
isn't
going
to
be
actual
dollar
money.
Okay,
if
that
might
sound
a
little
confusing,
but
and
then
the
rest
of
your
match
can
be
made
in
cash
donations
from
community
members
or
in
kind
contributions.
So
say
a
non-profit
or
a
group
is
going
to
provide
a
service
to
you,
but
they're
going
to
do
it
for
free
that
that
has
a
value,
a
dollar
value
and
that
can
contribute
to
the
match.
D
B
B
Love
it
well
now,
you
know,
Meredith
will
be
your
point
person
for
this.
If
you
have
any
questions,
if
you
want
to
apply,
you
can
find
the
page
in
our
website
at
Asheville
nc.gov,
and
you
can
use
the
search
bar
to
find
the
neighborhood
matching
grants,
and
you
know
you
mentioned
this
is
the
third
year.
This
is
happening,
and
you
know
in
the
past
two
years
I'm
sure
we
have
some
field
gear
stories
about
projects
that
have
been
completed.
C
So
round
one
those
projects
that
have
completed
their
work
I
would
be
actually
really
interested
to
see
a
couple
of
these
because
they
were
tree
planting
projects.
One
was
in
the
Lakeview
Park
homeowners
association
and
one
was
the
Park
Avenue
Property
Owners.
They
both
had
tree
planting
projects.
One
was
in
a
median
where
they
were
replacing
some
cherry
trees
that
had
reached
their
sort
of
Maximum
lifespan,
those
got
put
in
last
year,
and
so
it
would
be
I
think
I
should
probably
email
them
and
ask.
C
What
the
cherry
trees
look
like
this
year,
or
maybe
they
maybe
they
got
some
photos
of
them
blooming.
So
those
are
those
are
a
couple
of
examples.
From
round
one
of
of
physical
things
that
happened,
we
had
a
neighborhood
that
applied
to
to
put
a
sign
of
the
entrance
to
their
neighborhood
just
buy
or
beware.
That
was
a
really
complicated
project
and
that
kind
of
brings
up
the
point
that
you
know.
Meredith
and
I
are
here
to
sort
of
walk
the
neighborhoods
through
the
feasibility
of
what
they
propose.
C
We
do
get
ideas
that
you
know
they
feel
a
need,
and
it's
something
that
the
neighbors
agree
on
and
just
based
on
what
permits
could
be
required
or
permissions
with
various
rules
and
property
ownership.
It
could
be
a
long
process
and
we
try
to
make.
We
try
to
just
be
honest
about
that,
going
into
it,
so
that
people
so
that
we're
setting
the
right
expectations
with
people.
We
don't
want
to
crush
people's
dreams.
We
want
to
support
them
with
the
program,
and
you
know
it's
not.
C
B
D
B
C
C
Not
it's
not
falling
eligible,
correct,
yeah,
so
projects
on
public
property,
preferably
city-owned
property.
We've
had
a
couple
of
questions
about
projects
on
other
publicly
owned
property,
that's
not
city
property,
and
it
can
be
a
little
tricky
again.
You
know
it's
just
a
process.
We
walk
through
with
people.
C
Yeah,
so
the
Shiloh
neighborhood
for
round
two
worked
with
a
non-profit,
that's
based
in
their
neighborhood
team,
us
Association
to
get
some
extra
funding
for
their
annual
Shiloh
fun
day,
which
happens
Memorial
Day
weekend.
So
that's
coming
up
and
they
were
awarded
that
grant
for
the
the
2022
Grant
cycle,
which
is
pretty
cool.
B
Imagine
you
know
if
you
go
see
those
trees,
the
cherry
trees,
you're
gonna,
it's
gonna
feel
different
to
you
just
because
you
worked
on
it
and
I
I
bet
the
community
themselves,
the
ones
who
actually
worked
on
it,
it's
even
more
impactful
for
them
because
they
came
together
to
make
this
happen
already.
You
mentioned
a
disc
golf
course.
Is
it
open
yet.
D
Or
yeah
so
I
actually
live
over
to
that
side
of
town.
So
I'm
excited
I'm,
very
bad
at
disc
golf,
but
my
husband
likes
to
play
so
I'll
go
hang
out
in
the
park,
but
this
is
at
Aston
Park,
and
this
was
last
year's
neighborhood
matching
grants.
This
neighborhood
I've
applied
for
and
was
awarded
a
grant
to
install
a
disc
golf
course
at
Aston
Park.
Is
it
9
or
18
holes
Christina?
It's
a
half.
D
So
it'll
be
pretty
compact
course.
If
you
are
familiar
with
Aston
Park,
it's
not
a
huge
Park,
but
I
think
it's
going
to
be
great.
You
know
activity
for
people
to
do
that's
close
to
downtown
Richmond.
Hill
is
the
only
other
city,
disc
golf
course
and
yeah.
They
will
definitely
contrast
in
topography,
but
in
terms
of
both
of
those
courses
but
I
think
that's,
that's
one
of
the
that'll
be
a
cool
one.
When
it's
done.
B
C
It
so
the
name
of
the
project
is
building
community
in
historic,
South,
Side,
so
yeah,
the
South
Side
United
neighborhood
association.
There
are
new
Association,
even
though
it's
a
very
old
neighborhood
and
a
very
historic
neighborhood
they've,
you
know
had
bumps
in
the
road
over
the
years
getting
their
neighborhood
association
off
the
ground
and
some
of
the
barriers
they
identified
for
people
to
come
and
participate
were
they
need.
C
They
had
to
be
able
to
offer
child
care
and
they
had
to
be
able
to
feed
people
dinner
because
the
meetings
happen
in
the
evenings
like
six
o'clock
in
the
evening,
and
so
they
use
their
their
matching
Grant
funds
to
support
those
activities,
and
that's
been
a
really
it's
been
really
great,
to
see
them
Blossom
and
come
together
and
they're
a
really
strong,
neighborhood
association.
Now.
B
I
love
that
and
yeah.
These
have
been
a
lot
of
the
barriers
that
we
keep
in
cancer
in
the
communications
team
and
it's
I
love
the
idea
that
you
know
people
have
taken
into
their
own
hands
to
really
go
out
and
fix
the
this
major
issue
and
I
love
that
we're
helping
them
yeah
but
yeah.
So
again,
the
due
date
to
apply
is
May
27th.
B
Smart,
so
yeah
again,
please
find
the
application
online
on
our
website
at
Asheville
nc.gov
or
you
can
just
Google
Asheville
neighborhood
matching
grants,
I'm
sure
you'll
be
able
to
find
it
and
just
think
of
whatever
project
your
community
might
benefit
from
something
your
neighborhood
needs
desperately
or
you
know,
maybe
your
neighborhood
is
doing
well
and
you
can
make
it
even
better.
You
know
that's
the
kind
of
projects
that
Christine
and
Meredith
can
help
you
with
any
last
things
before
we
move
on
about
the
neighborhood
matching
grants.
C
If
you
live
in
an
area
of
the
city
where
maybe
your
street
is
not
identified
in
an
in
a
registered
neighborhood,
that's
you
know
that
can
be
a
challenge
and
it
could
be
an
opportunity
to
work
with
a
nearby
like
the
closest
neighborhood
association
to
where
you
are
to
say,
hey.
We
have
this
project
idea.
C
Can
we
partner
on
this
and
to
sort
of
build
collaboration
that
way?
And
then,
as
far
as
the
funding
goes,
we
have
some
good
examples
of
neighborhoods
who
again
they
don't
have
a
bank
account.
They
don't
have
a
tax
ID
number,
but
they've
been
able
to
ask
a
non-profit
that
they
work
with
frequently
to
sponsor
them
as
their
Fiscal
Agent
for
the
grant,
so
that
when
the
time
comes
for
payment,
the
city
pays
that
check
to
that
non-profit
and
then
the
non-profit
distributes
the
funds
to
the
neighborhood.
So
there
are
ways
to
again.
C
B
C
Would
I
and
my
neighbors
like
to
form
a
formal
neighborhood
association
which
you
totally
can
the
process
is
really
easy,
but
you
need
the
buy-in
of
the
people
around
you
right,
so
you've
got
to
get
out
there
and
talk
to
people
and
that
that's
usually
a
really
great
thing
when
that
happens,
so
it
can
be
scary,
too
scary
or
again,
you
could
approach
the
closest.
You
know,
neighborhood
association
and
proximity
to
you
and
say:
hey
you
know,
could
we
join
or
something
like
that
or.
A
B
C
B
B
B
You
run
out
of
time,
there's
always
next
year
and
you
can
be
better
prepared
and
we'll
be
here
to
help
you
every
step
of
the
way,
but
yeah
I
just
want
to
jump
back
now
that
we
are
wrapped
up
and
put
a
little
more
of
a
spotlight
on
Meredith.
That's
from
the
US
member
I
do
think
your
position
is
very
important
and
needed.
B
I
know
we
don't
have
that
many
public
faces
when
it
comes
to
going
to
public
meetings
or
neighborhood
meetings.
So
you
just
want
to
get
a
better
idea.
You
know
this
might
be
a
tough
question
to
you
and
I'm
sorry
ahead
of
time,
but
when
you
go
out
there
do
you
represent
the
city
as
a
whole
and
when
I
and
when
I
mean
that
I
mean
like
The
Wider
Department,
the
transit
department,
or
you
know,
what
exactly
do
you
do
when
it
comes
to
information
about
other
departments,
yeah.
D
And
so
you
know
when,
when
I
get
asked
questions
about
departments,
I
probably
don't
know
the
answer
off
hand,
and
so
my
job
really
is
to
go
and
find
that
answer
and
report
back
or
to
connect
the
residents
or
neighborhood
with
the
right
person
in
the
right
department.
So
that's
a
lot
a
lot
of
what
I
do
I.
B
B
D
And
I
would
say
over
time
you
know
the
purpose
of
this
role
and
probably
of
Christina
and
I's
division
is
as
we're
listening
over
time
and
that
information
builds.
You
know
we're
we're
really
not
just
making
those
like
point
in
time.
Connections
between
department
and
a
resident
is
really
reporting
back
to
all
of
Staff
in
the
city
like
this
is
how
we're
doing
this
is
how
we're
perceived-
and
this
is
things
that
you
know
we
can
work
on,
and
you
know
Christina
and
I
aren't
like
tapping
people
on
the
shoulder
saying.
B
C
I
love
the
conversation
that
you
guys
are
having
when
we
were
in
our
our
Equity
action
plan
training
a
few
weeks
ago,
one
of
the
one
of
the
Consultants
said
everything
that
everybody
says
to.
You
is
qualitative
data
and
I
that
really
stuck
with
me
and
especially
with
the
role
that
married
a
sin
and
myself
as
well
like
everything
that
we
hear
matters,
and
it
is
our
job
to
make
sure
that
that
doesn't
get
lost
in
the
bureaucracy
or
just
the
you
know.
It's
a
big
organization,
yeah.
B
Yeah
I
know-
and
you
know,
when
I
don't
know,
you
need
to
work
on
your
sidewalk.
You
might
end
up
thinking
that
the
water
department
is
the
person
to
call,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
departments.
We
have
a
lot
of
hard
working
people
and
it
is
really
our
job
to
connect.
Make
the
right
connections
make
sure
the
information
is
going
to
the
right
people,
so
yeah
I'm,
really
thankful
for
the
work
you've
been
doing
both
of
you,
foreign.
D
B
They
have
a
lot
to
say
and
a
lot
of
work
they
like
to
they
like
to
deal
with
us,
and
we
appreciate
you
and
in
the
topic
of
you
know,
engagement,
do
you
sign
up
to
our
your
voice,
your
choice
project?
We
have
an
engagement
tab
on
the
website
and
you
can
sign
up
to
be.
You
know,
updated
in
the
projects
that
matter
to
you,
so
just
go
to
our
engagement
site
on
natural
and
c.gov,
see
our
public
input
page
and
just
start
signing
up.
You
can
answer
surveys.
B
You
can
tell
us
what
we're
doing
if
we're
doing
a
good
job
or
if
we
need
to
do
some
better
job
in
specific
areas.
We
like
to
listen
to
here
to
all
of
that
stuff,
so
make
sure
that
we
want
to
make
sure
your
voice
is
heard.
So
please
come
sign
up
and
yeah.
Today
we
met
Meredith.
We
met
up
with
Christine
again.