West Asheville

Uh, I guess there is, there, I guess there is an Aldi on Airport Road.

No, I go to the Aldi in West Asheville.

Oh.

Well, I'm more than happy to stop by there, pick some up for you if I'm there before you.

Okay.

'Cause if you go, 'cause I got these goldfish at that pet supply place in West Asheville.

Oh, yeah.

On Haywood Road.

Yeah.

I mean, tractor trailers everywhere, watching the roof of an O'Reilly's auto parts store wrap itself around the bridge that separates downtown from West Asheville.

The River Arts District, where a number of our students had jobs, you know, was just-

Mm

Our r- road is still destroyed.

You know, it was interesting.

You had all the river corridors completely decimated, and then you had downtown and a lot of areas like West Asheville that had no damage.

As far as our program houses, three of them had massive trees on either side of them that fell and didn't touch a single house, and so thankfully everyone was safe.

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West Asheville residents' concerns about rising homelessness and unsafe encounters along Haywood Road have reached Asheville's Public Safety Committee.

One longtime resident reported open drug use, aggressive behavior, and a 911 call while urging the city and Buncombe County to expand community paramedics for people in crisis.

Safe Shelter also reports an uptick, linking it partly to the shortage of affordable housing.

What part of town do you work now?

West Asheville.

Okay.

So I lived over there for about 10 years just off of Haywood Road.

They were the first owners of West End Brewery.

That's cool.

There was a group of, uh, kind of investors and people that started bringing West Asheville back, like when Burgermeister came-

Yeah

Thanks.

I'm going to be playing tonight at the Free Holiness Church of West Asheville, J.D. Pincus' grassroots performance space.

And then, let's see, my country band, Old Roy, is playing in the River Arts District coming up, right in front of Rad Records, and that's on Friday the 2nd.

And then this October, I'm going up north on tour with Bobby Matt Patton from the Drive-By Truckers on bass, Claude Coleman Jr. from Ween on drums, and Isaac Railroad Johnson on the keys from My Neighborhood.

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The former Isis Music Hall in West Asheville is expected to return to the market within weeks.

The 8,000 square foot venue closed at the end of 2022 after more than a decade of live music and restaurant service.

Building owner Harris Woody says an earlier sale fell through because of financing problems and a potential buyer's illness.

It has everything for you.

And then the last one would be West Asheville.

This is around Haywood Road.

It's more of the artsy, the hip, very local vibe.