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Event Spotlight
🍺 Hoppy anniversary
A trolley line used to run through the 14-acre forest. | Photo via City of Asheville
The Hominy Creek Greenway is turning 15, and to celebrate, you can cheers with a beer brewed from plants foraged straight from the greenway.
The star of the night is “Knotty by Nature,” a special small-batch saison brewed with Japanese knotweed — an edible yet highly invasive plant commonly found along the creek. As Friends of Hominy Creek Greenway trustee Jack Ingleman says, “If we can’t beat it, drink it.”
There’s a new place for a pick-me-up. Woodfin Coffee Dept. is now open daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., serving up coffee, tea, breakfast, and lunch from the cute blue building at the Elkwood Avenue intersection.
Opening
This Thursday, April 16 at 1 p.m., the WNC Nature Center will unveil the new butterfly garden, renovated barn, and expanded gift shop as part of its Gateway to the Southern Appalachians project. Wander through the garden and ask educators how to build your very own butterfly oasis at home.
Stat
Buncombe County’s population fell by roughly 1,800 residents to 277,417 as of July 2025 — its first decline in more than two decades. State demographer Dr. Mike Cline attributes the drop primarily to Helene, which both displaced residents and deterred people who had planned to relocate to WNC. (Blue Ridge Public Radio)
Development
A 70-unit affordable senior living complex called Redwood Commons is being built next to the Aldi on Swannanoa River Road, expected to be completed about a year from now. (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Outdoors
Grab your phone and get outside. Asheville is participating in this year’s City Nature Challenge, a global bioblitz kicking off on Friday, April 24. Locals can join in by snapping photos of wild plants and animals, then uploading their observations to help document biodiversity.
Try This
Houston, we have an idea. With our collective sense of cosmic wanderlust piqued in the midst of the Artemis II mission, the galaxy beckons. This map will help you find a spot nearAsheville to gaze at the skies with less light pollution impacting your view.
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Spoiler alert: Downtown After 5 returns this Friday. | Via AVLtoday
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Trust, I can appreciate a Taco Bell crunchwrap supreme as much as the next person. But I have no doubts that the DSSOLVR Bell version is a step up. All month long, the brewery’s new kitchen is serving up its takes on the fast food favorites — peep the menu.
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