Category: North Carolina

"Parklet" Coming to Asheville this Summer

A demonstration "parklet", including plants, benches and a bike rack will replace a few parking spots in downtown Asheville. The initiative is the first major effort from Open Asheville, a new nonprofit, to apply "tactical urbanism" to downtown. The non… more »

News, North Carolina – Jul. 25, 2012

Durham’s Cigarette Factories Focus of Downtown Redevelopment

The former American Tobacco cigarette factory in Durham has become a poster child for mixed-use urban redevelopment. Its eye-catching collection of restaurants, bars, offices, and shops, along with several other new projects in the area that followed it… more »

News, North Carolina – Apr. 23, 2012