About this event: Asheville is in an affordable housing crisis. Homeownership in Montford is far out of reach for most Asheville families. You are invited to join your neighbors at an upcoming event to learn what you can do to change that, while enjoying a “Paint...
We had a wonderful time with neighbors and friends at the Mooseman’s Records Block Party on Saturday, May 22, 2022 in Magnolia Park, another historically Black section of census tracts 2 and 3. We celebrated the memory and music of one of Montford’s cultural...
On July 14, 2020, Asheville City Council passed a Resolution supporting community reparations for Black Asheville. Buncombe County Commissioners followed suit in August. In their Resolutions, each body names, apologies for, and resolves to “make amends” for policies...
This June I attended the kickoff event for the Montford & Stumptown Fund of the Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust. Afterwards, because we were eager to learn more and to support the fund, my husband Kyle and I decided to host a house party fundraiser in our...
We are grateful for the energy and generative momentum of the Montford & Stumptown Fund kickoff event on June 8, 2021 at the Pearson Garden. Many thanks to everyone who attended and donated! As we shared in the May 2021 issue of the Montford Newsletter (page...
