Fun fact: Blue Azures are blue when emerging in spring but lavender when emerging in summer. | Photo by AVLtoday
Monarch migration may be en route, but a new winged species has touched down on the Asheville Butterfly Trail. Bee City Asheville’s trail of human-scale butterfly stations has a new addition — a Summer Azure at the Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary.
The pollinator advocate org is on a mission to install at least 10 stations across Buncombe County. All the butterflies represented will be native to WNC, and each station will include information about the history of the species, as well as a QR code to learn more about their pollination ecology, sustainability, and metamorphosis.
Blue Ridge Audubon partnered with Bee City Asheville to bring the Summer Azure to Beaver Lake Bird Sanctuary to underscore the role butterfly and moth caterpillars play in feeding baby birds.
Get ready to take flight.
Screenshot via Proxi
Eager for your photo op with the other butterflies? Click on the map above to find all the locations on the Asheville Butterfly Trail.
Events
Events
Friday, Oct. 3
Haunted Trail | Friday, Oct. 3-Sunday, Oct. 26 | 6-9 p.m. | Adventure Center of Asheville | $20+
Improvised Jane Austen | Friday, Oct. 3-Sunday, Oct. 5 | Times vary | Wortham Center for the Performing Arts | $32+
Community support is key to strengthening healthcare in Weaverville. | Photo provided by AdventHealth
AdventHealth is moving forward with a new hospital in Weaverville, and community support is needed to expand its impact.
The system has applied for a Certificate of Need (CON) for 129 additional beds (in addition to the 92-bed hospitalalready planned). These beds are critical to expanding care and services for local families.
Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam is returning to Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville on Saturday, Dec. 13 after the concert took a year off in the wake of Helene. Funds will support the Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity and BeLoved Asheville. The lineup is TBA, but you can go ahead and sign up for presale access.
Traffic
The Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over I-26 in South Asheville is now open to traffic. Although the new bridge is up and running, work will continue for about six weeks as crews will now remove the old bridge and finish widening the interstate underneath.
Eat
Remember when we told you all about Imperial Street Food last week? Now you can get a taste. The cocktail bar’s new food addition is up and running, offering pig ear “chilaquiles,” octopus fried rice, and Jamaican fried chicken wings. Check out more menu deets.
Arts
To celebrate 20 years of the Craft Research Fund, the Center for Craft is giving you the opportunity to own exclusive and rare craft pieces. Check out what’s available in the center’s online benefit auction.
Cause
Our local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association raised $120,000 last weekend at its Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Fletcher. The organization hopes to increase that number to $130,000 by the end of the year — learn how you can support the nonprofit.
Shop
Make more room in your cabinet. Spicewalla is expanding its repertoire, adding olive oil into the mix. You can buy the brand’s Le Vigne Extra Virgin Olive Oil at Chai Pani, Botiwalla, Spicewalla’s Grove Arcade store, or online.
Biz
If you’re wondering how you’re going to find someone stellar to fill your job opening, we can help. With our Job Board, you can post your listing for free and score a new employee in your community. It’s quick and easy — try it.
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City
$12.4 million for 8 capital projects
Beacon Park has big plans for recreation. | Photo via Beacon Village
This week, the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority approved $12.4 million for eight capital projects through its Tourism Product Development Fund, supported by lodging taxes paid by visitors.
The Beacon Foundation was awarded the largest grant of $4.5 million to contribute to the creation of Beacon Park in Swannanoa. The project will transform the former Beacon Manufacturing Company (once the largest blanket manufacturer in the world) into a a hub for outdoor recreation and industry + residential and commercial uses.
Plans include outdoor bouldering walls, a one-mile paved walking loop, a 4,000-person capacity event lawn, and “the largest all-wheel bike facility of its kind in North and South America” designed by Vesolutions. The project is expected to be fully completed in June 2026.
Click the button below to see how the rest of the funding shook out.
Your favorite Nordstrom fall fashion essential. Sometimes, just one great new piece can update what’s already in your closet from last year. We’re eyeing:
The fun doesn’t have to end here. After reading the newsletter, head over to our games page. Games refresh with new challenges every day at 6 a.m. from crossword puzzle to Sudoku to themed word search.
The city is rolling out its Food Truck Friday program today, Oct. 3 in Pack Square Park. Make your way downtown from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to grab some grub.
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