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Work cranks up on latest Asheville luxury hotel, The Asheville Foundry Inn
Jason Sandford October 9, 2016

The hotel will occupy a total of five buildings - three renovated structures and two new buildings.

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Word on the street: New boutique hotel coming to Market Street in downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford September 26, 2014

Asheville is seeing a boom in downtown hotel construction.

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PHOTOS Construction on Eagle and Market streets in downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford April 2, 2014

The project is a partnership between Mountain Housing Opportunities and Eagle Market Streets Development Corp.

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Asheville News
UPDATED Eagle-Market renaissance: New life for The Block at last?
Jason Sandford August 27, 2012

After years of talk about revitalizing the Block, money and plans are in place for million-dollar changes.

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Asheville events
Asheville Scene: Goombay!, reinvented
Jason Sandford August 24, 2012

Asheville's celebration of African and Caribbean culture gets new leadership and a new plan for 2012.

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Asheville arts, Asheville News
Apothecary to open in YMI building, will serve as artist resource center
Jason Sandford August 20, 2012

Apothecary seeks to cultivate creative community, collaboration, and innovation through experimental art and ideas, according to its FB page.

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Asheville News
Work begins on Eagle-Market street project in downtown Asheville
Jason Sandford July 11, 2012

Plans to rehab the area have been floated for years. Finally, there's action.

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Asheville News
Triangle Park mural progress on The Block
Jason Sandford July 4, 2012

The mural project led by Molly Must was successfully funded on Kickstarter.com.

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Asheville News
New street mural project on The Block celebrates Asheville’s black history
Jason Sandford June 18, 2012

Mural genius Molly Must, the artist behind the gorgeous electric blue Chicken Alley mural and the 240 overpass art downtown, is at it again. This time Must is running a Kickstarter effort to raise $7800 ...

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Asheville food and drink
New restaurant to open in downtown Asheville; Mr. Frog’s Soul and Creole coming to Market Street
Jason Sandford February 20, 2012

There’s a new restaurant coming to downtown Asheville. It will be called Mr. Frog’s Soul and Creole, and will open at 42 S. Market St. The eatery is a project of Vijay Shastri, most well ...

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