Montford & Stumptown Stories
I’m real proud of Stumptown, I know it’s a long way from Stumptown but I can’t forget, that’s my roots. That’s my roots.
Sophie Ware Dixon
I still have it in my mind where everybody lived from here over to the end of Morrow Street because we were in this community all the time.
Bessie Brown Joyce
Stumptown really was a wonderful place to grow up. It was the best place to grow up.
Martha and Mary Brown
Stumptown was a magical place, a safe place, a place where you were just secure and everybody, everybody loved you.
David Jones, Jr.
I loved the fact that you knew everyone in your neighborhood, everyone stuck together… if you needed something, there was somebody to give it for you.
Jenny Pickens
We can’t repair what the past has done, the damage, it’s too great. It is too great. But what we can do is try to preserve as much as we can.
Kimberly Collins
A lot of good folk came out of Stumptown, we have a lot of good preachers, teachers, lawyers, doctors that came out of this area. And when they ask the question, “can anything good come out of Asheville?” we say, “yeah, Stumptown.”
William Ray
Additional Reading
“How do racial inequities limit homeownership opportunities?“
Research brief by Habitat for Humanity
“Understanding Community Land Trusts“
Article on Shelterforce
“The Racial Wealth Gap: Moving to Systemic Solutions“
Series on Shelterforce
Additional Resources
Visit the Asheville-Buncombe Community Land Trust (ABCLT) website, abclt.org, for more resources.
Gratitude & Acknowledgments
A special shoutout to STM Multimedia and Garnet Prose + Projects for producing the Montford & Stumptown Stories docu-series, and to Major Moments for filming and editing.
The videos are made possible in part by support from Alternate ROOTS, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Preservation Society of Asheville & Buncombe County.
