Time:
4:00 - 7:00 PM on
Date: Tuesday,
November 12
Place:
RiverLink Offices
170 Lyman Street, Asheville NC
28801
The FOHCG is a committed group of
neighbors and other community leaders dedicated to creating and managing
community parkland on fourteen acres of land bordering nearly a mile of Hominy
Creek in West Asheville. The FOHCG and the City of Asheville have signed a
partnership agreement to collaborate on the development of the park.
Doug "Brotherhug"
Barlow led the effort to protect the space after moving to West Asheville from
Atlanta in 2006. "The first time I saw the land I immediately felt that it
needed to be public space," says Barlow. "Credit really goes to the
hard work of many people in the community. Thanks to them we now have a magical
new park."
The land was purchased in
February of 2011 through a coalition of the City of Asheville, Buncombe County
and private funds raised by the Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, RiverLink, and members
of the community. The tract includes a bygone section of the world's first
hydroelectric powered trolley developed by lumber baron and developer Edwin
Carrier in 1892. FOHCG is committed to maintaining the
greenway's wild nature, preserving its history, and connecting West Asheville
to the French Broad River and downtown.
For more information about the
Friends of Hominy Creek Greenway or to become a member, please contact: Jack
Igelman at jack@igelman.com or 828-216-0888
Visit our website at: www.fohcg.org
FOHCG Facebook page at:http://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfHominyCreekGreenway
RiverLink Inc., has supported the
FOHCG and the development of the park as a partner and fiscal agent for the
Friends Group.
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