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B
Welcome
thank
you
for
coming.
Today.
We
are
going
to
not.
This
is
not
official
meeting
with
us.
This
is
a
unofficial
workshop
with
you
and
what
we're
going
to
do
is
we're
going
to
go
through
we're
going
to
hear
from
about
forty
three
of
you
each
one
of
you
is
going
to
have
three
minutes
unless
you
have
multiple
projects
and
if
you
have
more
than
one
project
we're
going
to
give
you
an
extra
two
minutes,
we
have
never.
We
did
not
do
this
in
the
past
and
they
might
think
wow.
B
How
can
I
explain
my
great
program
and
everything
I'm
doing
that's
wonderful
in
three
minutes,
but
in
past
years,
with
our
community
considerations,
we
didn't,
we
didn't
even
have
this
so
I.
Thank
you
all
on
behalf
of
all
the
commissioners
for
coming
today
we're
looking
forward
to
hearing
about
you.
We
know
a
lot
about
you
already.
We've
had
staff
has
looked
at
your
wreck,
your
request,
some
of
you
have
been
funded
in
the
past.
Most
of
you
actually
been
funding
in
the
past
of
the
new
ones.
B
We've
heard
we,
you
know,
there
are
a
lot
of
ways
we
hear
about
you,
but
we're
going
to
go
we're
going.
What
we're
going
to
do.
The
protocol
is
going
to
be
we're
going
to
take
an
hour,
then
we
take
a
break
and
then
we're
going
to
another
hour.
Take
another
break
then
we'll
go
our
third
hour
and
then,
after
that,
we're
actually
have
another
commitment.
The
Commission
must
has
a
meeting
downstairs
at
four-thirty
that
we're
going
to
have
to
break
and
go
down
there.
B
So
thank
you
for
coming
I'm,
just
going
to
read
out
your
name.
There
will
be
a
light
on
the
podium.
There
will
be.
You
start
off
the
green
in
one
minute
yellow,
so
we
all
it
doesn't
mean
you
have
stopped.
It
means
you
got
to
close
down
in
red
means
that
I'll
have
to
close
you
down
to
be
fair
to
everybody
else.
That's
doing
this
just
finish
up
your
thought.
I
will
give
you
a
few
seconds,
but
really
we
not
we're
not
trying
to
be
rude.
It's
just.
B
We
want
to
give
everybody
equal
opportunity
here
and,
as
you
do
in
your
groups
and
your
programs,
I'm
sure
equal
opportunities
operative
word.
So,
let's
start
off
there
may
be
questions
there
may
not
be
don't
read
miss
Reed
whether
you
get
asked
questions
about
the
our
interest
in
you
were
interested
in
all
of
you.
That's
why
we're
here?
That's
why
we're
taking
this
time
to
do
this
senior
care
fellowship
number
one
come
on
up,
I
feel
just
an
interest
of
time.
Just
say
who
you
are
then
get
into
your
talk.
B
We
already
know
your
senior
care
fellowship
after
them.
Let's
just
do
this:
let's
do
this
I'll
do
the
first,
your
time,
hands
start
yet
see
you're
good
I'm,
going
to
call
the
next
three
and
yeah
I'll
set
those
seats
on
the
front
row
there
and
then
you
can
go
and
the
next
will
be
folk
heritage
committee.
The
next
will
be
environmental
quality,
Institute
and
next
will
be
historical
resource
commission.
So
if
you'll
sit
in
order
and
then
from
time
to
time,
I'll
just
call
out
a
couple
more
so
a
senior
care
fellowship
good.
C
Afternoon,
my
name
is
Shirley
Duncan
I
am
the
volunteer
for
the
senior
program
at
Nazareth
first
baptist
church.
It
is
a
unique
program
in
that
we
only
meet
once
a
week
and
that's
on
tuesday,
from
ten
until
two
and
our
program
at
our
meetings
we
have
a
snack
to
get
everybody
settled
down,
and
then
we
either
have
speakers
all
we
have
crafts.
All
we
have
games.
Oh
we're
getting
ready
for
a
speaker
for
our
church
covenant.
C
We
are
trying
to
learn
about
it
in
details
and
we
have
two
ministers
who
are
teaching
that
for
us
and
every
tues
do
we
have
a
hot
meal
which
is
donated
by
shirley
duncan
and
her
friends,
and
we
make
sure
that
it
is
a
very
good
every
third
Tuesday
which
is
today
and
I'm.
Sorry
I'm
going
to
have
to
leave
you,
but
we
have
our
birthday
party
for
all
the
people
that
have
the
birthday
in
this
month
or
whatever
month.
C
It
is,
and
we
take
them
out
because
some
of
them
have
never
had
birthday
parties
or
been
taken
out
to
restaurants.
So
this
is
their
big
day.
Today
we
have
some
who
have
problems,
but
we
try
to
take
care
of
them,
and
the
whole
program
is
volunteered
by
everybody
that
participate.
We
have
volunteers
for
to
help
them
in
help
them
out,
go
pick
them
up,
bring
them
to
the
program,
take
them
back.
C
B
D
And
gentlemen,
my
name
is
Loretta
Freeman
I
am
here
today
to
represent
the
folk
heritage
committee.
We
are
hard
working,
I'll
volunteer
committee
of
local
citizens
who
stayed
shindig
on
the
green
and
mountain
dance
and
folk
festival.
Shindig
takes
place
at
the
Roger
McGuire
green
and
the
Bascom
Lamar
stage.
The
stage
is
named
for
the
founder
of
the
festival,
Bascom
Lamar
Lunsford
and
is
held
first
weekend
in
August
at
the
Diane
wortham
theater
near
pack
square.
D
We
are
proud
to
say
that
this
is
the
89th
festival
season
for
the
longest
running
festival
of
this
type
in
the
nation.
Shindig
on
the
green
will
open
his
49th
season
on
jun
27th
and
will
present
music
and
dance
of
our
region
to
thousands
of
people
in
a
beautiful,
open
air
setting,
backed
by
the
city
building
and
the
County
Courthouse.
Each
of
you
have
an
information
card
with
dates
for
shindig
and
festival.
Please
consider
this
as
an
invitation
to
attend
one
or
more
of
our
events.
D
Shindig
is
free
to
the
public,
but
the
mountain,
dance
and
folk
festival
is
a
ticketed
item.
Air
committee
has
felt
for
some
time
that
our
events
have
had
quite
an
impact
on
the
economy
of
air
area.
You
should
have
information
regarding
statistics
gathered
from
a
shindig
attendees
with
regard
to
numbers
of
visitors
and
dollar
spent.
Other
questions
on
our
survey
indicate
that
visitors
take
in
many
attractions
in
our
region
and
stay
over
at
local
hotels.
D
It
should
be
evident
from
the
results
of
our
survey
that
we
contribute
a
great
deal
to
the
local
economy
here
in
Asheville.
In
order
to
produce
these
events,
the
folk
heritage
committee
will
incur
depths
for
sound
house
band,
advertising
sales
inventory
and
portable
toilets.
We
will
need
to
raise
the
revenue
to
cover
our
expenses
each
season.
We
have
raffle
items
and
merchandise
for
sale.
We
also
receive
individual
donations
and
corporate
sponsors
for
support,
which
we
are
very
grateful.
The
proceeds
all
go
to
funds
to
fund
their
program.
I.
D
B
E
Thank
you.
My
name
is
anne-marie
trailer
I'm,
the
director
of
the
Environmental
Quality
Institute
I'm,
here
to
ask
for
9660
dollars
for
the
volunteer
water
information
network
project
that
we
run
here
in
Buncombe
County.
This
project
is
currently
co-funded
by
the
metropolitan
sewerage
district
Asheville
Green
Works
in
the
city
of
Asheville
stormwater
services
division.
This
project
fits
mainly
with
the
county
ability
goals
of
partnerships
for
conservation
of
natural
resources,
conserving
and
protecting
water
resources
and
improving
water
quality.
E
The
UN
monitors
streams
in
nine
Western,
North
Carolina
western
north
carolina
counties
right
now,
and
we
have
more
than
a
dozen
partners
with
local
nonprofits
and
local
governments.
We
trained
volunteers
to
go,
collect
stream
water
samples
every
month
that
there
are
fixed
locations
and
right
now
we
have
53
sites
that
are
sampled
monthly.
In
Buncombe,
County
samples
are
brought
to
EQI
state
certified
lab
where
we
analyze
the
samples
for
turbidity
total
suspended
solids,
orthophosphate
nitrate,
nitrite,
nitrogen
ammonia,
conductivity,
alkalinity
and
pH.
E
Every
month,
EQI
offers
paid
internships
and
work-study
positions
for
local
college
students,
so
they
can
help
us
in
the
lab
and
we
can
give
them
some
experience
in
a
professional
laboratory.
The
goals
of
the
win
include
environmental
education
and
a
sense
of
ownership
for
our
volunteers
and
as
a
first-time
AmeriCorps
host
site.
This
year
we
are
increasing
our
outreach
and
communications.
We
analyze
the
data
annually
and
write
technical
reports
and
which
are
distributed
to
our
partners
and
I.
Believe
you
all
have
received
a
copy
of
the
latest
Buncombe
County
report.
E
The
data
is
used
in
as
in
planning
documents
and
grant
requests
for
watershed
restoration
projects.
Some
of
these
include
the
Ivy
River
partnership
that
are
working
up
in
Madison
and
buncombe
counties
with
local
towns
and
and
the
counties
to
identify
sources
of
pollution
and
help
to
eliminate
them.
Others
include
the
upper
swannanoa
River
watershed
plan,
the
new
found
in
sandy
mush
watersheds,
which
are
some
of
our
most
problematic
areas
in
the
county
and
urban
streams
in
the
storm
water,
helping
to
manage
the
storm
water
going
into
our
urban
streams.
E
This
year
we
are
celebrating
the
25th
anniversary
of
our
V
wind
monitoring,
and
some
of
our
volunteers
have
been
sampling
the
same
site
since
1990.
We
appreciate
the
support
of
buncombe
county
over
the
years.
Funding
goes
to
lab
supplies,
occupancy
and
salaries.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
I'll
take
any
questions
you
may
have
any.
B
F
You
for
allowing
me
to
come
before
you
with
our
request.
My
name
is
Brendan
Ross
I'm
a
volunteer
and
the
chair
of
the
historic
resources
commission
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county,
the
HRC
we're
asking
for
ten
thousand
dollars.
We
will
use
this
as
a
local
match
for
certified
local
government.
Historic
preservation
fund
grant
application
to
begin
work
on
the
county,
historic
resource
survey.
The
HRC
has
recently
recommended
the
approval
of
a
preservation
master
plan
for
asheville
and
buncombe
county.
The
plan
will
be
presented
to
you
later
this
year.
F
One
of
the
primary
needs
identified
in
the
master
plan
is
a
countywide
survey
of
historic
resources,
which
is
important
in
order
to
identify
properties
in
need
of
protection
and
to
establish
context
for
review
of
potential
new
landmark
structures
in
accounting
like
the
Bascom
Lamar
Lunsford
house,
the
historic
resources
survey
that
provided
the
basis
for
the
information
in
the
book
cabins
and
castles
was
performed
in
1977-78,
and
that
was
about
40
years.
So
now
it's
about
40
years
old.
F
It's
still
a
goal
to
try
to
work
on
a
local
government
agreement
to
get
the
five
thousand
dollars
we
used
to
get
for
operating
expenses.
For
the
past
three
years,
we've
only
received
45
hundred
dollars.
Prior
to
that,
we
did
receive
five
thousand
for
a
few
years.
If
we
can
work
out
an
interlocal
agreement
for
dedicated
funding
for
operating
funds,
we
can
use
this
ten
thousand
dollars
for
a
matching
grant
for
the
historic
resources
survey
in
the
county.
F
If
we
don't
get
the
4500
or
5000
worked
out,
then
the
amount
we
get
will
have
to
go
toward
operating
expenses.
This
would
reduce
our
match
for
the
grant
and
overall
funding
available
for
the
survey,
which
is
an
established
goal
in
the
historic
preservation
master
plan
we've
spent
the
last
year
and
a
half
working
on
the
grant
for
the
survey
requires
a
40-percent
local
match.
I
grew
up
in
the
county
nearby,
I'm
passionate
about
recognizing
and
preserving
that
part
of
history.
F
B
F
B
G
Chairman
Gant
in
commissioners,
thanks
for
letting
us
present
to
you
today,
my
name
is
Susan
Harper
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
Asheville
community
theater
Asheville
community
theater,
has
been
serving
this
community
for
69
years.
Our
special
rule
is
that
we
put
the
community
on
stage.
We
produce
great
shows
using
community
volunteers,
and
while
this
is
amazing
in
and
of
itself,
the
important
point
is
that
we
are
the
place
that
the
commute
where
the
community
gets
to
participate
in
the
development
of
an
art
form
not
as
a
passive
audience.
G
Member
we've
also
developed
a
full
range
of
educational
programs
for
children,
and
it
is
for
those
those
programs
that
we
seek
your
support.
A
core
value
at
a
CT
is
that
we
are
open
and
welcoming.
It
is
difficult
to
be
inclusive
when
programs
have
fees.
So
we
seek
funding
for
scholarships
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
investing
in
our
work
this
year
and
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
what
that
work
did
because
of
your
funding
this
year.
G
Ninety
three
children
will
have
experienced
the
challenge
thrill
and
joy
of
participating
in
the
arts,
because
we
were
able
to
offer
them
financial
support.
They
will
have
joined
339
other
children
in
our
theater
classes
in
camp,
and
that
means
that
over
one
quarter
of
the
children
that
participated
at
a
CT
had
some
sort
of
a
scholarship.
Additionally,
a
hundred
and
five
children
were
invited
to
a
performance
which
they
may
very
well
have
been
the
first
time
that
they
saw
a
live
performance.
G
Additionally,
we've
identified
a
need
for
a
theater
internship
program
for
teens
in
the
county,
who
found
meaning
in
the
work
done
in
a
theater.
A
high-quality
internship
program
has
rigorous
standards
is
closely
supervised
by
a
professional
in
the
field.
It
is
truly
on-the-job,
training
for
high
school
and
college
age.
Students
I'd
like
to
share
with
you
a
few
of
the
benefits
of
participating
in
the
arts
and
I
think
this
is
significant
when
we
notice
that
the
schools
are
cutting
arts
programs
and
these
are
not
priorities.
G
Increased
awareness
of
self
mind
body
and
voice,
increased
awareness
of
others,
collaboration
and
empathy,
improved
clarity
and
creativity
and
communication,
deeper
understanding
of
human
behavior
motivation,
diversity,
culture
and
history,
stronger,
problem-solving
and
critical
thinking,
skills,
development
of
a
sense
of
craftsmanship,
quality
task
performance
and
here's
really
the
best
part
participating
the
Arts
is
all
sorts
of
fun.
We
seek
a
small
amount
of
money-
fifteen
thousand
dollars
in
an
overall
nine
hundred
thousand
dollar
budget,
but
we
anticipate
great
returns
on
that
money.
G
H
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
this
opportunity:
I'm
Vicki
meath,
the
executive
director
of
just
economics,
and
I'm
here,
asking
for
your
support
of
two
programs
having
a
significant
impact
and
poverty
remediation
in
Buncombe
County.
Just
economics
works
to
promote
a
just
and
sustainable
local
economy,
and
we
are
most
known
for
our
work
advocating
for
living
wages.
H
We
successfully
worked
with
buncombe
county
in
2012
to
develop
a
living
wage
policy
for
county
employees,
and
we
are
asking
you
to
partner
with
us
once
again
as
our
work
is
in
line
with
the
goals
and
objectives
of
the
county
sustainability
plan.
Much
like
much
like
the
mission
of
the
county.
Just
economics
takes
a
multi-faceted
approach
to
poverty,
remediation
by
working
with
businesses,
citizens,
organizations
and
government
to
promote
a
sustainable
economy.
A
major
part
of
this
approach
is
working
with
business
through
our
voluntary
living
wage
employer
certification
program.
H
Your
support
of
this
program
will
allow
us
to
strengthen
this
work
with
businesses.
This
program
is
the
largest
program
of
its
kind
in
the
country
serving
as
a
model
being
replicated
all
across
the
nation
and
most
recently
replicated
in
Durham
North
Carolina.
Here
in
this
community,
this
program
has
impacted
nearly
a
million
dollars
a
year
of
wage
raises
keeping
these
dollars
circulating
in
the
local
economy.
H
For
example,
we
worked
with
French
Broad
food
co-op
and
throughout
that
work
they
raised
wages
of
their
workers
by
a
hundred
and
twenty-five
thousand
dollars
over
the
course
of
the
year.
In
order
to
meet
compliance
with
our
program,
they
brought
up
wages
without
raising
prices
and
effectively
reduce
the
number
of
workers
living
below
the
poverty
level.
This
is
just
one
example
of
how
this
program
is
meeting
the
desired
outcomes
consistent
with
the
county's
plan,
in
addition
to
our
work
with
businesses,
your
financial
support
aids,
us
in
our
multifaceted
approach.
H
H
This
work
contributes
to
poverty
remediation
by
involving
low-income
people,
efforts
to
remove
barriers
to
employment,
who
better
to
analyze
those
barriers
and
propose
solutions
than
those
people
struggling
to
obtain
a
job.
Our
success
in
this
area
is
most
recently
evidenced
by
the
meaningful
involvement
of
low-income
people
working
with
the
city
of
Asheville,
to
improve
the
transit
system,
improving
access
to
employment
opportunities.
One
of
our
members
now
serves
on
the
city's
transit
committee
and
we
are
actively
engaged
in
creating
improvements.
H
This
is
just
one
example
of
the
way
in
which
just
economics
facilitates
effective
and
appropriate
civic
engagement
having
a
broad
impact
on
poverty,
remediation
workforce
development
and
a
sustainable
localized
economy.
Partnering
with
us,
making
a
small
investment
in
the
work
of
just
economics
allows
us
to
build
on
our
efforts
to
reduce
poverty
and
illustrates
the
county's
commitment
to
living
to
living
wages,
a
sustainable
localized
economy
and
a
healthy
community
community.
Thank.
B
I
Asheville
word
fest
is
a
family-friendly
and
multicultural
festival.
Centered
around
the
value
of
language
in
building
community
started
in
2008
word.
Fest
has
steadily
welcomed
attendance
in
numbers,
greater
than
1,000
for
seats
that
fill
two
to
five
days
of
programming.
Past
word:
fests
have
included
poets
from
more
than
25
cultural
contexts
and
premiered
two
films
at
the
fine
arts
theater
and
offered
workshops,
community,
narratives
and
panel
discussions,
while
word
fest,
is
not
as
many
of
the
other
outstanding
organizations
presented
in
this
room
directly
deliver
food,
shelter
or
health
care
to
those
in
need.
I
It
does
provide
an
opportunity
for
reflection
and
for
imagining
alternative
futures
for
both
individuals
and
communities.
It
is
a
source
for
creativity
and
innovation,
a
way
of
developing
cultural
understanding,
compassion
and
bonding
across
the
county's
diverse
communities.
It
is
a
tool
for
exploring
different
points
of
view
about
what
Buncombe
County
is
what
North
Carolina
populations
are
and
for
building
connections
between
and
revitalizing
urban
and
rural
areas
as
a
training
ground
for
programming.
I
Asheville
word
fest
is
a
way
of
attracting
visitors
and
enhancing
the
image
of
buncombe
county
for
local
people,
as
well
as
a
forum
for
public,
private
and
voluntary
sector
capital
collaboration
and
for
regeneration
and
renewed
interest
in
Buncombe
county's
identity
in
the
face
of
ongoing
and
oncoming
changes.
Thank.
B
J
You
everyone
I,
wanted
to
talk
with
you
a
little
bit
today
about
the
expanded
food
nutrition
education
program.
This
is
a
cooperation
of
the
federal
government
through
USDA
and
every
County
dollar
leverages
a
matching
federal
dollar
for
salary
for
this
program,
plus
the
feds
provide
travel
support
for
the
position
as
well.
We've
worked
with
184
families
this
past
year
and
over
a
thousand
youth,
making
a
difference
in
nutrition
education
and
to
take
a
little
different
route.
I
just
wanted
to
share
a
little
story
with
you
today
of
a
participant
in
our
prayers.
J
This
young
man
had
been
experiencing
hunger
and
homelessness
and
to
help
ease
the
pain
of
these
conditions.
The
North
Carolina
Cooperative
Extension
Service,
delivers
the
expanded
food
nutrition
education
program
to
these
limited
resource
residents.
With
this
young
man,
he
was
experiencing
hunger
and
homelessness
and
haven't
heard
about
the
internet
program.
He
asked
if
he
could
attend
a
series
of
classes
that
were
scheduled
at
a
local
Christian
ministry
site
as
a
way
to
regain
a
more
solid
footing
in
life.
J
He
explained
that
he
was
currently
living
out
of
his
car,
so
would
not
be
able
to
practice
cooking.
The
dishes
made
during
class,
however,
if
allowed
to
listen
to
the
information
shared,
he
would
learn
better
to
manage
his
food
resources
and
make
healthy
food
choices
once
he
was
in
a
position
to
shop
and
prepare
meals.
Again,
his
goal
was
to
become
a
productive
citizen,
then
regain
custody
of
his
daughter.
The
f
net
program
assistant
welcomed
the
homeless
man
into
her
class,
as
promised.
J
He
listened
intently
to
the
lecture
and
worked
diligently
alongside
other
participants
during
the
hands-on
food
preparation
sessions
in
each
class
impressed
with
his
drive
and
determination,
a
fella
participant
offered
to
share
a
spare
room
with
the
man
until
he
could
get
on
his
feet
together,
they
planned
meals
and
pulled
their
SNAP
benefits
to
purchase
the
ingredients
needed
to
recreate
the
F
net
recipes
practiced
in
class
Mills,
prepared,
in
a
kitchen
sure
Trump
to
diet
of
chips
and
Vienna
sausages
eaten
in
a
car.
By
the
time
he
graduated
from
F
nip
this
once
hungry
and
homeless.
J
Young
man
had
secured
a
job
and
regained
his
self-confidence.
He
said
graduating
from
F
nip
has
helped
me
realize
I
can
finish
what
I
start.
This
was
the
first
girl
I've
ever
set
and
actually
achieved.
My
plan
is
narrower
to
continue
working,
secure,
a
home
of
my
own
and
work
through
the
system
to
regain
custody
of
my
daughter.
He
said
he
no
longer
considered
himself
a
liability
instead
with
F
neps
help.
He
became
a
healthy,
productive
citizen
and
now
felt
he
was
an
asset
to
society.
J
B
K
Name
is
Erin
Dickey
and
I'm.
The
development
and
outreach
coordinator
at
the
Black
Mountain
College
Museum
and
Art
Center
we're
requesting
twenty
thousand
dollars
from
buncombe
County's
nonprofit
funding
program
in
order
to
support
the
seventh
annual
REE
happening,
which
is
co-presented
every
adel,
every
April,
with
the
media
arts
project
I've
distributed
for
the
commissioners
a
couple
of
items.
K
The
first
is
the
full
program
from
the
2014
we
happening,
and
the
second
is
a
fact
sheet
on
the
event
and
I
should
note
that,
since
the
2015
re
happening
took
place
on
April,
fourth
I
can
give
you
a
brief
report
on
this
year's
event.
Towards
the
end
of
my
presentation.
Black
Mountain
College
was
a
progressive
liberal
arts
college
with
renowned
arts
focus
located
in
the
mountains
of
Western
North
Carolina
from
nineteen
thirty
three
to
nineteen
fifty-seven.
K
The
rehab
inning
draws
upon
Black
Mountain
colleges,
emphasis
on
artistic
process,
collaboration
and
work
within
and
for
the
community.
The
event
takes
its
name
from
what
is
widely
considered
to
be
the
first
happening
or
experimental
multimedia
art
performance
stage
in
1952
by
faculty
member
and
famed
composer
John
Cage.
The
rehab
inning
is
deeply
rooted
in
history
of
Black
Mountain
College,
which
in
turn
is
deeply
rooted
in
the
history
of
our
area.
K
At
the
same
time,
the
rehab
nning
provides
a
platform
for
artists
working
now
to
present
pieces
that
are
collaborative
and
adventurous
in
an
historically
resonant
setting
for
2015.
The
rehabbing
planning
committee
selected
25
artists
projects
in
a
wide
variety
of
disciplines
from
an
application
process
that
began
in
October.
In
addition,
we
collaborated
this
year
with
students
from
Odyssey
Community
School
on
an
educational
design
project
for
the
event.
K
At
this
year's
event,
attendees
began
arriving
at
3pm
to
explore
installations
set
up
across
the
grounds
and
attend
performances
scheduled
intervals
until
the
events
close
at
10pm
attendees
also
have
the
option
to
purchase
tickets
for
a
special
social
hour
and
catered
dinner
from
5
30
to
7
30
all
told
we
had
773
attendees
at
this
year
that
this
year's
event.
This
number
exceeded
our
projections
for
2015
by
over
forty
percent
and
4
2016
by
nineteen
percent,
meaning
this
event
is
beginning
to
capture
the
imagination
of
people,
not
just
in
our
community
but
across
the
country.
K
Not
only
did
we
receive
strong
local
press
with
the
covers
of
both
the
mountain
express
in
the
scene.
The
rehab
thing
was
also
mentioned
in
the
New
York
Times
recent
profile
in
the
Black
Mountain
College
Museum
and
Art
Center.
Funding.
Support
for
this
event
is
vital
during
its
strong
growth
phase.
By
allowing
us
to
hire
an
event
coordinator
and
increase
our
marketing
budget,
the
funds
would
take
the
pressure
off
of
current
organizers,
most
of
whom
have
been
organizing
this
event
on
a
volunteer
basis
for
years.
K
Most
importantly,
the
funds
would
allow
us
to
increase
local
impact
by
upping
the
stipends
for
artists,
most
of
whom
are
from
Buncombe
County
and
expanding
the
number
of
free
community
events
called
pre
happenings
an
event
with
this.
Energy
originality
and
educational
possibilities
will
only
grow
with
the
potential
of
draw
more
locals
to
the
event
and
more
out-of-town
visitors
to
the
region.
On
behalf
of
the
Black
Mountain
College
Museum
and
Art
Center,
and
the
media
arts
project
I'm
grateful
for
your
consideration.
Thank
you.
Ok,.
K
L
I'm
Leslie
Hansen,
chair
of
the
board
of
directors
and
interim
director
at
child
abuse
prevention
services,
the
problem
with
child
abuse
and
neglect
effects
too
many
of
buncombe
county
children
and
everyone's
future.
Last
year,
Buncombe
County,
Health
and
Human
Services
investigated
over
3100
reports
of
child
abuse
and
neglect.
National
studies
show
that
this
represents
only
a
fraction
of
the
total
cases.
As
many
go
unreported.
Our
ability
to
thrive
as
a
society
depends
on
how
well
we
foster
the
health
and
well-being
of
the
next
generation.
We
are
here
asking
for
funding
for
our
services.
L
We
provide
prevention
and
personal
safety
programs
in
the
schools
to
educate
and
empower
children
with
skills
and
resources
to
protect
themselves.
Last
year,
our
educator
taught
classes
to
over
10,000
area
students.
We
also
provide
crisis,
intervention
and
counseling
for
children
and
families
who
have
experienced
abuse.
It
is
truly
a
collaborative
effort
here
in
company,
with
many
agencies
and
county
services,
making
our
community
a
safe
place
for
our
children
to
have
a
happy
and
healthy
childhood
to
reach
their
potential.
L
Currently,
we
are
collaborating
with
other
area
nonprofits
Buncombe,
County,
Health
and
Human
Services
law
enforcement
in
the
DA's
office
to
help
establish
a
Family,
Justice,
Center
and
Child
Advocacy
Center.
It
will
provide
easily
accessible
services
to
our
community
and
enhanced
collaboration
to
better
meet
the
needs
of
our
citizens.
M
Thank
You
commissioners
for
your
time
today
share
information
on
the
programs
of
wnc
communities
that
are
benefit
to
your
County.
My
name
is
Linda
lamp
on
the
executive
director.
You
have
previously
received
a
listing
of
services
and
details
on
programs
that
wnc
community
communities
provides
to
Buncombe
County,
as
well
as
19
other
counties
throughout
the
mountain
region.
Programs
like
the
wnc
honors
awards,
which
are
designed
to
recognize
rural
communities
for
implementing
a
variety
of
best
practices
to
enhance
the
quality
quality
of
life
in
their
communities.
M
Then
there
is
the
journey
scholarship,
a
program
created
to
support
our
region's
youth
in
their
pursuit
of
higher
education.
There
are
also
numerous
agricultural
entities
for
which
wnc
communities
provides
leadership
and
administrative
support
to
such
as
the
wnc
regional
livestock
Center,
the
wnc
Brewers
grain
Alliance
wnc,
beef,
cattle
Commission
and
the
wnc
dairy
Commission.
But
the
most
important
point
that
I
would
like
to
make
in
my
remaining
moments
with
you
today
is
that
Buncombe
County
has
been
a
partner
to
wnc
communities
for
over
65
years.
M
The
support
from
your
county
and
all
the
county
governments
throughout
the
mountains
have
been
critical
to
sustaining
this
organization
and
have
been
paramount
in
leading
to
opportunities
to
create
a
competitive
grant
program
like
the
TVA,
AG
and
forestry
fund,
or
battling
the
woolly
adelgid
through
the
hemlock
restoration
initiative
or
provide
funds
to
supplement
the
loss
of
tobacco
income
to
farmers
through
wnc
AG
options
and
a
one-time
program
this
year.
That
is
not
listed
on
your
handout
is
the
school
energy
program
which
will
provide
over
67,000
dollars
to
Buncombe
County
Schools
to
fund
lighting
efficiency
projects.
M
Now
these
programs
are
funded
by
other
entities.
So
why
should
I
mention
them
today,
because
they
are
of
importance
to
your
county
and
the
region,
and
what
I
would
like
to
point
out
is
that
those
funding
opportunities
would
not
have
been
made
available
to
wnc
communities
on
behalf
of
our
region
if
support
of
our
counties.
Hadn't
sustained
us
in
some
seriously
lean
years.
One
more
item
to
note
that,
in
taking
an
account
of
the
programs
listed
in
front
of
you
as
a
measure
of
a
return
on,
your
investment
would
be
over
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
M
Wnc
honors
awards
was
fifty
one
thousand
going
to
rural
community
centers
back
in
November
in
Buncombe
County
the
journey
scholarship
afforded
$5,000
to
youth
in
Buncombe
County.
Last
summer,
the
TVA
AG
and
forestry
fund
provided
8302
extension
for
a
permaculture
project
in
2014
wnc
AG
options
provided
15,000
to
three
farms
in
your
county
this
past
year
and
the
school
energy
efficiency,
as
I
mentioned
early
67,000
dollars
to
the
schools
in
your
county.
M
This
total
does
not
include
sales,
benefiting
your
County
livestock
producers
at
the
WC
regional
livestock
Center
or
the
TVA
AG
and
forestry
fund
grants
currently
this
year
in
process
or
the
hemlock
restoration
initiative
awards
that
impact
the
entire
region.
But,
lastly,
I
would
like
to
say
it
has
been
an
honor
to
be
a
part
of
service
to
our
rural
communities
and
the
agriculture
sector
and
forestry
sectors
over
the
last
66
years.
Thanks
to
your
support.
Thank
you.
Thank.
N
Morning,
I'm
large
efforts,
executive,
director
of
the
mediation,
Center
and
I'm
here
today
to
talk
to
you
about
the
family
visitation
program.
The
family
visitation
program.
Excuse
me
serves
families
in
Buncombe
County
who
have
a
high
risk
or
a
history
of
domestic
violence,
child
abuse
and
child
abduction.
We
provide
two
services
to
these
families.
One
is
supervised
visitation,
the
other
is
monitored.
Child
exchange,
supervised
visitation
provides
a
way
for
a
child
to
visit
with
their
non-custodial
parent.
N
When
the
court
has
decided
that
that
visit
can't
safely
happen
without
a
professional
supervisor,
supervised
visitation
provides
an
alternative
to
two
things.
One
is
that
child
being
cut
off
from
their
non-custodial
parent,
which
research
shows
us
is,
is
a
predictor
of
poor
mental
health
as
an
adult.
N
The
other
option
is
that
the
child
visits
with
the
parent
unsupervised
in
a
way
that
is
not
safe,
which
can
lead
to
additional
trauma,
ongoing
abuse
and
ongoing
domestic
violence
toward
the
victim
parent,
safe
child
exchange
is
similar
and
that
we
help
parents
exchange
their
child
without
having
contact
with
each
other.
This
keeps
the
parent,
the
victim
parent,
from
having
contact
with
their
abuser
every
single
week.
N
It
keeps
their
children
from
seeing
abuse
from
seeing,
arguing
and
for
being
redrawn
tized
by
the
contact
between
their
parent
on
a
weekly
basis,
kids
dread,
those
exchanges,
they're
hard,
they're
stressful
and
they
add
to
their
trauma.
We
can't
do
this
without
you,
we
have
funding
from
the
governor's
Crime
Commission.
We
have
funding
from
the
united
way.
We
have
support
from
our
donors
and
we
have
a
gap
of
24
thousand
dollars
to
be
able
to
serve
all
the
families
who
are
referred
to
us
right
now.
N
We
have
10
families
who
are
on
a
waiting
list
who
are
waiting
for
a
spot
to
visit
with
their
kids
and
we're
worried
about
the
safety
of
those
families
were
worried
about
the
well-being
of
those
children
and
we
don't
have
the
funding
to
get
them
in
for
visits
or
exchanges.
So
does
this
program
fits
well
with
buncombe
county's,
comprehensive
plan
to
address
domestic
violence?
It's
a
it's
just
a
piece
of
the
pie,
but
it's
an
important
piece
of
the
pie
to
the
families
that
we
serve.
We
expect
expect
to
serve
70
families
this
year.
N
Our
referrals
are
increasing
dramatically
and
I
wouldn't
be
surprised
if
we
have
the
capacity
and
if
we
have
the
funding,
if
we're
serving
80
to
90
families
next
year,
the
referrals
just
keep
coming.
We
know
that
domestic
violence
is
an
important
problem
in
Buncombe
County
and
we
want
the
service
to
be
available
for
the
families
who
need
it.
We've
been
doing
this
since
about
two
thousand
seven
we've
grown
over
the
years.
Last
year,
we
provided
about
900,
supervised
visits
and
150
safe
child
exchanges
and
there's
even
more
need.
N
So
thank
you
for
considering
support
of
this
program.
Thank
you
for
supporting
these
families,
who
really
need
this
help.
They
need
buncombe
counties,
help
they
need
the
family
visitations
program,
programs
help
and
their
kids
need
help
to
be
able
to
feel
safe
and
to
heal
from
violence
and
abuse.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Any.
O
Afternoon,
chairman
Gant
and
fellow
commissioners,
I'm
Adrienne
Vassallo
here
on
behalf
of
the
asheville
downtown
association
and
foundation,
we're
requesting
support
for
the
nearly
hundred
events
that
we
will
produce,
and
this
year
alone,
these
events
draw
over
a
hundred
thousand
of
our
citizens
and
visitors
and
to
the
downtown
community
to
shop,
dine
and
play.
These
events
are
free
and
open
to
the
general
public
and
we
do
them
for
two
reasons:
to
build
a
vibrant
community
and
to
support
local
business.
We've
already
kicked
off
the
event
season
with
easter.
O
On
the
green
a
few
weeks
ago,
where
we
had
over
2,000
children
and
parents
enjoy
a
saturday
afternoon
in
our
downtown
and
next
month
we
will
kick
off
the
27th
season
of
downton.
After
five,
however,
we're
not
resting
on
our
laurels.
We
are
kicking
off
a
new
sunday
music
in
the
park
series
in
May,
which
will
be
on
Sunday
afternoons
from
4
to
6
p.m.
right
here
in
pack
square
park
right
across
the
street
and
will
be
a
perfect
venue
for
local
families
to
come,
enjoy
a
Sunday
picnic
and
enjoy
local
entertainment.
O
We
also
after
Memorial
Day
kick-off
the
Pritchard
Park
arts
program.
That
series
is
in
its
eighth
year
and
features
hoop
jam
on
Tuesday
nights
on
Wednesday
nights.
We
have
a
partnership
with
leaf
schools
and
streets
where
local
teaching
artists
are
out
there
demonstrating
skills
and
teaching
school
children
in
the
park
on
Thursday
nights,
we
have
the
homegrown
series
which
supports
our
local
singer-songwriter
community
and
finally,
on
Friday.
We
support
the
drum
circle
by
permitting
the
park
in
providing
insurance
for
that
iconic
event
in
our
downtown.
O
O
These
events
are
produced
with
over
400
of
our
local
citizens
as
volunteers,
but
I've
said
often
that
sweat
does
not
keep
the
light
on.
We
need
financial
support
just
like
we
need
our
in-kind
support
from
the
city
and
the
corporate
support
from
our
financial
partners.
I
hope
you
find
this
request.
Favorable
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have
any.
B
P
Hi,
my
name
is
Jackie
rice
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
Asheville
Lions
Eye,
Clinic
I'm.
The
eye
clinic
has
been
in
operation
since
the
1930s,
but
over
the
years
we
have
streamlined
our
role
and
changed
our
role
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
community
and
spend
our
community
dollars
in
the
best
way
we
see
fit
to
reach
the
most
people
and
provide
the
most
service.
Over
the
past
five
to
ten
years,
we
sort
of
streamlined
into
a
program
called
I
care.
P
The
eye
care
program
has
two
parts
and
we
are
requesting
$25,000
to
partially
fund
this
program,
and
it
is
co-funded
by
fundraising
from
the
Asheville
Lions
Club.
The
first
part
is
vision
screenings.
We
we
provide
about
anywhere
from
13
to
14
thousand
vision
screenings
every
year.
That
is
a
near
and
far
acuity
screening,
something
similar
to
like
what
you
do
at
the
DMV
for
a
vision
test.
P
We
provide
these
services
29
between
nine
and
ten
thousand
individuals
of
those
nine
to
ten
thousand
individuals.
Eighty
to
eighty-five,
percent
of
them
are
school-aged
children
between
the
ages
of
four
years
in
preschool
up
to
18
years
of
their
seniors.
We
provide
these
screenings
in
all
of
the
city
and
county
elementary
middle
and
high
schools,
the
charter,
schools,
the
parochial
schools
and
the
private
schools.
P
The
other
fifteen
to
twenty
percent
of
our
screenings
are
provided
in
the
community
to
adults
who
work
in
our
community
at
local
factories
and
businesses
and
who
participate
in
several
community
health
fairs
that
we
do
every
year
of
these
screenings
that
we
provide.
We
have
about
a
thirty
percent
referral
rate,
which
would
be
twenty,
forty
or
worse,
that's
an
ophthalmologist
standard
at
twenty,
forty
or
worse,
it
is
referred
that
you
go
and
see
an
eye
care
specialist
for
further
evaluation
for
students.
We
have
a
referral
process
that
we
use
with
the
school
nurses.
P
Each
student
is
screened
twice
after
they
spell
a
second
screening.
We
send
a
letter
home
to
their
parents,
letting
them
know
that
they
have
felled
a
second
vision
screening
at
school
and
that
we
feel
like
it
would
benefit
them
to
take
their
child
to
see
an
IQ
specialist
and
if
they
cannot
afford
it,
then
we
offer
financial
assistance
for
that
which
brings
me
to
park
two
of
our
program,
which
is
the
eye
care
assistance
part.
P
This
is
a
big
piece
since
november
of
2011,
Medicaid
has
quit
paying
for
I
care
assistance
for
anyone
under
the
over
the
age
of
21
unless
you
have
a
mitigating
circumstance,
such
as
diabetes
or
glaucoma.
Something
like
that.
So
having
said
that,
we've
seen
a
huge
increase
in
requests.
Since
then,
we
used
to
get
maybe
10
requests
a
month
for
I
care
assistance.
P
Q
Good
afternoon
I'm
Renee
brain
director
of
Swannanoa
Valley
Christian
ministry,
we've
been
in
ministry
since
1975
we
serve
clients
who
are
living
in
poverty,
those
who
live
in
the
ridgecrest
area
to
the
east
asheville
area
right
at
the
VA
hospital.
During
2014
we
provided
more
than
18,000
services.
The
role
of
the
ministry
is
to
help
with
those
in
poverty
and
in
hardship
have
both
they're,
both
basic
and
emergency
needs,
and
we
have
a
GED
program
and
we
helped
send
clients
to
give
them
scholarships
to
go
to
a
BTEC.
Q
We
are
requesting
$25,000
to
continue
our
community
service
navigator
position
at
the
ministry.
This
position
was
put
into
place
in
December
of
2012,
thanks
to
the
vision
of
Mandy
stone,
and
it
was
a
tremendous
vision
and
an
asset
to
those
people
who
are
living
in
poverty
prior
to
the
establishment
of
the
position.
The
ministry
we
kind
of
did
the
mechanics
of
the
things
that
needed
to
be
done
and
offered
the
basic
services
and
financial
help,
but
we
didn't
know
a
lot
about
what
was
available
in
the
Greater
Buncombe
County
area
with
health
and
human
services.
Q
So
this
has
really
been
a
wonderful
wonderful
asset
to
the
poor
people,
just
real
quickly.
The
kinds
of
things
that
our
community
service
navigator
refers
people
to
is
for
health
care,
medication,
assistance,
Medicaid
health
insurance,
job
resources
and
employment,
housing,
childcare,
legal
phone
access,
home
repair
and
weatherization
services
for
the
elderly,
substance,
abuse
programs
and
the
schedule
of
meeting
and
places
food
beyond
what
the
ministry
can
give
and
many
many
other
vital
services
that
are
do
with
health,
well-being
and
care
and
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
sum.
Q
This
up
real
quickly
by
saying
our
community
service
navigator
can
go
more
in
depth
with
clients
than
our
Minister.
Can
we
have
so
many
clients
coming
in?
We
cannot
possibly
manage
them
and
spend
the
in-depth
time
with
them
that
they
need
I,
don't
know
if
you've
ever
been
in
the
position
of
the
client,
but
if
you're
on
Medicaid
and
you
need
several
teeth
pulled
and
maybe
some
surgery
you
try
to
get
an
appointment.
The
community
service
navigator
I
can't
tell
you
the
number
of
dentists
that
were
called
yesterday
and
trying
to
help
this
poor
man.
Q
If
you're
in,
if
you're,
in
a
situation
of
poverty
and
you're
in
crisis-
and
you
try
to
take
a
step
forward,
you
get
road
block
at
the
roadblock
after
roadblock
that
community
service
navigator.
It
was
a
great
vision
to
have
those
in
place
because
they
can
go
that
extra
mile.
They
know
where
those
places
are
where
they
can
be
referred.
Q
They
can
encourage
I
witnessed
a
man
who
is
suicidal
and
the
community
service
navigator
working
person
working
with
him
and
he
has
gone
from
being
at
the
deepest
part
of
his
soul,
just
being
torn
out
of
his
frame,
not
knowing
which
direction
to
go.
Do
I,
hang
myself,
I,
don't
know
if
I
want
to
live
and
to
the
community
service
navigator
and
the
director
working
together
to
get
him
help
and
now
he's
very
happy
to
be
finding
a
job
and
working
amen.
B
R
Afternoon
my
name
is
Molly
Nikolai
and
I'm,
a
program
director
with
ASAP
I'm
here
today
to
both
thank
you
for
your
support
in
the
past
and
also
to
ask
you
for
that
support
to
continue
achieving
multiple
goals
across
the
Buncombe
County
sustainability
plan.
Our
work
is
really
focused
around
building
demand
for
local
food
and
supporting
the
farms
in
our
region
by
really
telling
the
story
about
where
our
food
comes
from,
but
also
building
those
connections
with
those
who
grow
it.
R
So
I
thought
it
only
appropriate
to
tell
you
a
story
that
illustrates
how
your
support
is
helping
to
build
those
personal
connections
with
local
food
and
farms.
Chef
Phillip,
move
to
asheville
from
chicago
to
take
on
the
role
of
being
a
head
chef
at
the
grove
park
in
serving
both
the
edison
restaurant,
as
well
as
the
sunset
terrace.
R
So
I
met
with
chef
Phillip
to
help
him
try
to
determine
what
try
to
determine
what
his
needs
were
and
what
the
best
farms
might
be
to
fit
his
his
purchasing
needs
there
at
the
end
and
one
of
his
top
priorities,
as
he
was
looking
for
someone
that
could
grow
greens
to
serve
his
restaurants.
Year-Round
now,
I,
don't
know
if
many
of
you
have
grown
greens
year
round
here
in
the
Martins,
but
mountains.
R
But
it
is
a
challenge,
but
there
was
one
farm
that
came
to
mind
that
is
working
on
variety
trials,
to
really
try
to
find
those
greens
that
do
well
to
grow
all
throughout
this
season
and
so
I
recommended
that
that
might
be
a
possible
source
for
him
to
connect
with
ivy
creek
farm
out
in
barnardsville.
It
also
happened
that
ivy
creek
farm
was
on
our
annual
farm
tour,
and
this
gave
him
the
opportunity
to
meet
this
farm
in
person
and
go
out
and
see
their
operation
after
the
farm
tour.
R
All
of
those
greens
before
the
freeze
hit
in
addition
to
building
these
relationships
with
ivy
creek
farm
chef,
Phillip
has
also
worked
with
ASAP.
He
was
part
of
our
business
of
farming
conference,
presenting
on
how
farmers
could
sell
to
area.
Restaurants
he's
also
reconnecting
the
grove
park
with
our
community.
R
You
can
see
him
this
week
end
at
the
Asheville
City
Market
he'll
provide
be
providing
cooking
demonstrations
featuring
local
cheeses
and
this
project
supporting
this
project
will
help
us
build
a
demand
for
local
food,
increased
sales
and
support
function,
County
farmers
with
training,
marketing
and
connections
for
direct
sales,
I'm
Molly.
Thank
you
any.
B
S
Nationally
here
in
buncombe,
county
we've
been
active
since
nineteen
fifty-seven,
when
a
group
of
parents
and
relatives
with
people
with
disabilities
started
our
organization
and
we'd
like
to
thank
you
for
over
the
past
ten
years
of
the
support
that
we've
gotten
from
buncombe
county
and
as
a
result
of
the
support
with
gotten
from
you
this
year.
For
the
first
time,
we
will
get
CDBG
funds
from
the
city
that
will
help
broaden.
S
As
you
know,
we've
had
the
program
for
quite
a
number
of
years
at
TC
roberson
that
we're
continuing
with
fun
and
we
started
this
year
at
Inca,
high
school
and
I
would
just
like
to
say
that
the
people
we
work
with
the
ones
that
have
no
representatives.
You
know
a
lot,
don't
vote,
but
we're
concerned
to
help
them
because
they
have
they
need
a
voice
and
people
to
represent
them
and
how
I
got
involved.
This
early
on
is
a
kid.
S
We
had
a
young
man
in
our
neighborhood
who
was
disabled
and
I,
got
into
more
fights,
defending
him
from
the
kids
who
were
picking
on
him,
but
I
always
said
if
I
would
get
in
a
position
to
help
people
with
disabilities.
I
would
and
that's
why
today,
even
though
I'm
retired,
this
is
the
only
organization
that
I
really
work
with
thankthank.
T
Hello,
I'm
sharon
west,
and
I
am
the
chair
of
the
board
of
the
why
my
cultural
center
and
want
to
say
thank
you
so
much
commissioners
for
your
support
of
the.
Why
am
I,
over
the
years
as
we
enter
into
our
120
third
year
of
existence,
an
organization
who
is
believed
to
be
the
oldest
institution
of
its
kind
in
the
entire
country
located
here
in
buncombe
county?
We
make
a
emphasis
and
put
our
emphasis
on
cultural
awareness,
enhancing
cultural
awareness
in
our
community,
but
also
expanding
cultural
expression.
T
We
also
are
very
pleased
about
our
Dixon
Stevens
Leadership
Institute
for
those
young
young
adults
ages,
20
to
35
to
expand
on
their
experiences
to
expand
on
their
business
of
leadership
skills,
and
then
we're
excited
about
the
ex
missions
that
we
are
able
to
put
on
such
as
cash
crop,
which
depicted
the
transatlantic
slave
trade
on
last
year,
which
is
very
popular
and
allowed.
The
students
show
the
students
from
middle
schools
and
elementary
schools
to
come
through
and
view.
T
We
are
very
excited
about
May,
first
offering
our
documentary.
We
were
contacted
by
a
local
institution
in
Greensboro
and
wanting
to
know
we
would
host
the
Nina
Simone
documentary
so
we'll
be
showing
that
on
may
first
hope
you
can
join
us
with
that
from
12
and
2
3
and
then
in
June.
The
National
Institutes
of
Health
would
like
for
us
to
exhibit
the
contemporary
African
American
surgeon
exhibition,
which
will
have
for
the
entire
month
of
June.
Our
facility
is
18,000
square
feet.
Our
facility
is
122
years
old.
T
Our
facility
is
one
that
we
put
a
lot
of
emphasis
on
infrastructure
sustainability
and
to
make
sure
it's
safe
and
secure
for
outcome.
For
our
community
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
support
and
your
emphasis
you
place
on
protecting
our
cultural
history.
Thank
you.
So
much
thanks
sharing
any
questions
miss
with.
U
Our
state
Department
of
Cultural
Resources
also
believes
this
is
important
work
and,
according
to
their
data
in
Buncombe
County
we're
talking
about
potentially
seven
hundred
million
dollars
in
sales
well
over
six
thousand
jobs,
and
for
that
reason
the
state
sends
funding
to
every
county
in
the
state.
So
the
allocation
in
Buncombe
County
comes
through
us
and
y'all
match
that
last
year
we
have
that
again
this
year.
We're
looking
for
support
to
build
that
out.
U
Requests
are
generally
three
times
the
funding
that
we
have.
In
addition
to
that
program,
we
also
have
a
program
granting
program
that
supports
professional
artists
in
making
changes
and
moves
in
their
career
equipment
training
that
sort
of
thing
which
is
also
matched
by
the
state.
We
also
have
a
grant
that
funds
art
in
neighborhoods
arts,
education,
one
of
the
programs,
a
couple
of
the
programs
mentioned
earlier-
are
funded
through
that
program.
U
U
According
to
the
americans,
for
the
arts
in
2012,
the
economic
impact
of
nonprofit
organizations
was
45
million
dollars.
So
it's
a
lot
of
potential
to
grow
jobs
and
to
grow
the
economy
through
the
potential
that
the
arts
hold
our
emerging
entrepreneurs
or
where
we
focus
our
energy
teaching
them
important
things
in
terms
of
business
management.
U
So
in
my
last
30
seconds,
I
will
just
say
that
the
Arts
also,
of
course,
bring
a
huge
value
to
the
community
in
terms
of
education
in
terms
of
quality
of
life
in
terms
of
community
neighborhood
identity
power
in
the
urban
core
outdoor
special
events.
So
many
of
the
things
we've
heard
and
we're
eloquently
stated
by
others
earlier,
so
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
serve
in
this
way.
We
appreciate
it.
Thank.
U
B
V
Good
afternoon
I'm
dawn
Chavez
from
astral
Greenworks,
and
I
am
the
relatively
new
executive
director
of
this
42
year
old
organization.
Our
mission
is
to
enhance
the
environment
and
the
quality
of
life
for
citizens
in
asheville
and
buncombe
county
through
community-based
volunteer-led
projects.
As
you
can
imagine,
this
has
been
a
very
busy
week
and
continues
to
be
for
us
with
earth
day
and
Arbor
Day,
and
you
might
have
seen
us
in
our
volunteers
out
cleaning
up
neighborhoods
and
we've
been
part
of
and
supporting
cleanup
candler.
We
have
a
hard
to
recycle
event.
V
This
weekend
we
had
we're
very
busy
and
I
thought
it
would
only
be
during
the
spring,
but
we
are
busy
all
year
long.
We
keep
growing
and
we
have
lots
of
projects
that
I'll
tell
you
them
out
we're
requesting
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
support
our
five
core
programs.
Those
include
environmental
education,
which
includes
waste
reduction,
education,
cleanups
on
rivers
and
roadways,
edible
and
shade
tree
plantings,
countywide
recycling
events
and
community
building
events
and
activities.
V
There
is
the
equivalent
of
ten
dollars
worth
of
impact
that
we
produce
for
our
environmental
education
and
waste
reduction,
education,
programming,
we're
reaching
students
all
throughout
the
county,
doing
recycling,
education,
composting,
education
and
activities
and
teaching
about
the
environment
in
general
and
the
impact
that
they
have
on
it.
We
recently
you
signed
an
agreement
with
the
land
of
sky,
Regional
Council
to
operate
the
recycling
education
vehicle
and
at
38
events
throughout
four
counties
and
22
of
those
events
will
be
in
Buncombe
County
this
year.
So
that's
an
expansion
of
our
environmental
education
and
outreach.
V
We
might
be
best
known
for
our
river
and
roadside
cleanups.
In
the
past
year,
we've
collected
18
and
a
half
tons
of
trash
through
almost
200
projects
and
had
about
3,000
volunteers
out,
and
we
continue
to
grow.
We
accomplish
this
all
through
those
3,000
volunteers
and
partnerships
with
other
organizations,
universities
and
a
very
small
staff
of
about
four
full-time
equivalents,
so
we're
look
to
expand
and
have
an
even
greater
impact
throughout
the
county.
We
are
requesting
funding
to
support
our
staff
and
our
projects.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
Thank.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Okay,
we're
going
to
take
a
five-minute
break.
Oh
we
will.
We
will
resume
its
115
by
that
clock.
Next
up
will
be
eagle
market
street
development,
Evelyn
Greene
opportunities
in
manna,
Food
Bank.
So
if
y'all
can
sit
on
those
front,
rows
will
be
ready
to
go
in
just
a
few
minutes.
Thank
you.