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Five Tips to Attract Pollinators to Your Backyard

One out of every three bites of food we eat relies on pollinators, mostly insects, to reproduce. Unfortunately, bees (colony and solitary), butterflies, moths, bats, birds, and beetles are facing challenges due to habitat loss, disease, parasites, and pesticides.

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How to Build a Pollinator Garden

Pollinators are the engine that run healthy habitats. Whether you have a few feet on your apartment balcony or several acres, you can make a difference.

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Folk Art Center a Rare Jewel on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Asheville is fortunate to have a unique combination of people, businesses, activities, and interesting side roads that come together to give it a depth of spirit unlike any other city in the South.

The welcome sign for the Burton Street community in front of a garden.

Burton Street Neighborhood Profile

The Burton Street neighborhood, founded in 1911 by dedicated civic leader E.W. Pearson, is a historically African American neighborhood located in West Asheville off of Haywood Road.

Welcome Sign at Gan-shan Station

Neighborhood Profile: Asheville’s Oakhurst Community

Nestled above Biltmore Avenue between McCormick Field and Memorial Stadium to the north, Mission Hospital to the south, and Beaucatcher Mountain to the east, Oakhurst is a small community of about 45 houses.

An illustration of a person juggling boxes from a moving van to a home.

Renting 101: Tips for First-time Renters

Many students are heading back to school this month. College students as well as other renters are moving into rental apartments and houses across the state—some for the first time.

Two people installing solar panels on a roof.

A Step-By-Step Guide for Consumers Going Solar

So you’re thinking about joining the 3 million U.S. homeowners who have gone solar. Solar energy will help you save on your monthly electricity bills and combat climate change, but what needs to happen to get those solar panels on your roof?

A honey bee in a bright yellow sunflower.

Bees and Beekeeping

Honey bees play an important role in Buncombe County’s environment and North Carolina’s economy. Honey bees add millions of dollars statewide to the value of fruit, vegetable and seed crops.