Laurelwood Apartments offer an extreme local rarity — market-rate rents affordable to workers. Despite preservation efforts, the complex will be vacated to accommodate improvements to Wilson Road.
It is becoming increasingly apparent to me that the NCDOT, Transylvania Co and Brevard have a bad relationship going on. I've never seen a traffic circle for 3 roads, The pavement for US 64 in front of Ingles is in deplorable condition. They build a bridge for no apparent reason over the Davidson River. Chirping crosswalks amuse and do not help pedestrians. I can see a big traffic circle at the Pisgah Forest entrance, but in front of Ingles a traffic circle is going to be confusing, esp. with a school and rescue station across the street and up the hill. Also, I'm sure there must be a way to preserve much needed affordable housing which is in decent condition.
It seems to me that Brevard should explore the benefits of the EB-5 visa program which is aimed to channel fpreign investments into businesses which create jobs for Americans, especially in rural or economically depressed parts of the country. For 900 thousand dollars, foreign investors become eligible for green cards as long as the money succeeds in ceating at least ten jobs. See https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program for further details. If Brevard could find a way to make use of this program, there might be less need for the housing that we are losing. There must be a better way to develop affordable housing than putting in another round about and kicking people to the curb.
Wow. To think they got 40+million in a federal Grant for the trail from hendersonville to pisgah forest. I wonder if anyone will think of a free permanent train trolley running both ways to help with transportation to jobs. Seems like brevard is being tun by people who only think of profiting from the vacation lifestyle.
It indeed will be funny to see all the service businesses die off because workers cant live in brevard. The vacationers wont be happy when that happens.
How obvious can poor planning and total lack of care about the lifelong residents. No kid will be able to live in brevard all his or her life.
PS : I hate the roundabouts. They arent needed anywhere around here. I don't see the advantage to making brevard streets look cosmopolitan while rag tag or abandoned businesses line Asheville hwy.
Ask the mayor what it takes to make it "beneficial to the City", since she said in meetings that she saw no benefit to this extension for the City. But yet, wants to look like the ambassador for "Affordable Housing" in our County. Lots of double-speak and forked tongues.
Dan. Do you know something about economics that the rest of the world doesn't? Supply. Demand. You think you can create a planned economy that gives everyone what they want even when what they want changes? You might have heard of this: the Headless Heart. You might also consider how your own lifestyle - biking in retirement - affects all this. The crazy traffic pattern at Wilson and Ecusta existed effectively for a long time and then you moved here. You, and people like you, may be part of this problem too you know.
It is becoming increasingly apparent to me that the NCDOT, Transylvania Co and Brevard have a bad relationship going on. I've never seen a traffic circle for 3 roads, The pavement for US 64 in front of Ingles is in deplorable condition. They build a bridge for no apparent reason over the Davidson River. Chirping crosswalks amuse and do not help pedestrians. I can see a big traffic circle at the Pisgah Forest entrance, but in front of Ingles a traffic circle is going to be confusing, esp. with a school and rescue station across the street and up the hill. Also, I'm sure there must be a way to preserve much needed affordable housing which is in decent condition.
It seems to me that Brevard should explore the benefits of the EB-5 visa program which is aimed to channel fpreign investments into businesses which create jobs for Americans, especially in rural or economically depressed parts of the country. For 900 thousand dollars, foreign investors become eligible for green cards as long as the money succeeds in ceating at least ten jobs. See https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program for further details. If Brevard could find a way to make use of this program, there might be less need for the housing that we are losing. There must be a better way to develop affordable housing than putting in another round about and kicking people to the curb.
Wow. To think they got 40+million in a federal Grant for the trail from hendersonville to pisgah forest. I wonder if anyone will think of a free permanent train trolley running both ways to help with transportation to jobs. Seems like brevard is being tun by people who only think of profiting from the vacation lifestyle.
It indeed will be funny to see all the service businesses die off because workers cant live in brevard. The vacationers wont be happy when that happens.
How obvious can poor planning and total lack of care about the lifelong residents. No kid will be able to live in brevard all his or her life.
PS : I hate the roundabouts. They arent needed anywhere around here. I don't see the advantage to making brevard streets look cosmopolitan while rag tag or abandoned businesses line Asheville hwy.
Ask the mayor what it takes to make it "beneficial to the City", since she said in meetings that she saw no benefit to this extension for the City. But yet, wants to look like the ambassador for "Affordable Housing" in our County. Lots of double-speak and forked tongues.
I saw several properties along Wilson Rd that seemed closer to Wilson than Laurelwood. Are they going to tear them all down?
Dan. Do you know something about economics that the rest of the world doesn't? Supply. Demand. You think you can create a planned economy that gives everyone what they want even when what they want changes? You might have heard of this: the Headless Heart. You might also consider how your own lifestyle - biking in retirement - affects all this. The crazy traffic pattern at Wilson and Ecusta existed effectively for a long time and then you moved here. You, and people like you, may be part of this problem too you know.