Maps of Neighborhoods in West Asheville

[zen]

You may live in a specific West Asheville neighborhood and not know the name - i know i did. Here, according to the Asheville GIS/Map information are some official neighborhoods:

Remember, it's all in the bigger neighborhood of West Asheville!

Brucemont Circle

Bear Creek

Burton Street

Falconhurst

Hall Fletcher

Haw Creek

Lucerne Park

Malvern Hills

Morningside Park

Pisgah View

Virginia Avenue

West Asheville Estates

Westwood Place (my neighborhood!)

Wilshire Park

[JenniferS]

Cool, thanks Zen! So I suppose Horney Heights is a subneighborhood of Bear Creek...

[Bridget O'Hara]

Horney Heights is the whole area from West Asheville or Gasaway park to Buttermilk Creek. Mr. Horney developed the area, owned all the land, and set aside the areas for parks.

If this info is on Asheville GIS it might be arbitrary groupings of streets made up for City or County staff to identify an area they are discussing or working on, rather than a designated historically named neighborhood.

[zen]

Does anyone know where i could get maps of the 'historic neighborhoods'?

thanks,
z

[Sage Linden]

Thanks for posting these maps!

There is an Asheville Neighborhood News email list you can join by emailing Marsha Stickford, the City Neighborhood Coordinator at [e-mail]

[zen]

Cool, Sage! I just signed up. Thanks.

[Linda Marcous, Pet Sitter]

does anyone know what the neighborhood of Indiana, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Swannanoa,
Montana is called ? It is not amongst the ones described.
Linda

[Bridget O'Hara]

Hi Everyone,

The names on the city map of neighborhoods were the result of groups forming and developing their own identities and boundaries and "registering" them with the city. That is part of the reason there are no neighborhood groups officially listed for many areas of the city - groups have not come forward and notified the city of their existence. Functionally, good neighborhoods are self-defined and it is appropriate for a neighborhood to determine its own names and boundaries – as long as they respect those set by other groups. In West Asheville, some of the older registered neighborhood groups seem to be inactive. The Bear Creek Neighborhood is one of those. I can find no one who was a part of that group and no sign that there is an active group at this point. So I am really open to hearing from other groups that are functioning neighborhoods and talking to them about becoming part of the network of neighborhoods I am working to facilitate.

The city has had a process to register for at least 15 years. It includes filling in a form and sending in your by-laws and the boundaries of your neighborhood. This is to let the city to know if this is an established group that will be a good channel for information and help in determining issues and concerns for an area and how to address those. Registered neighborhoods are listed on a data base and map that is used by city departments and Council to help them communicate more effectively with the community. I use the list to send out a neighborhood e-news letter and news and information items on city services, programs, and activities. Other departments use the list when they need a contact for a neighborhood if there are going to be changes in services or events that will impact the neighborhood. Example: Our arborist and his crew were going to be trimming and removing trees in the Brucemont area. I set up a meeting with the arborist and, through the contacts I had for Brucemont and Louisiana, about 6 community members. They had the opportunity to walk through their neighborhood with the arborist to see what trees would be involved and to learn more about additional services, like right of way tree planting, he had to offer. He and I learned more about the neighborhood, met some great folks and heard about their concerns for their neighborhood – which translated into actions taken by various departments to address identified issues.

I have attached the form. I am in the process of revisiting this process with the help of the Coalition of Asheville Neighborhoods to see if we can figure out how to make it work well for both neighborhoods and the city. Neighborhoods exist whether they want to be formally recognized or not. The city is not in the business of determining where there are neighborhoods and what their boundaries are. If you all belong to neighborhood groups that would like to be formally recognized by the city, I encourage you to fill in the form and send it back.

Regardless of whether or not you choose to do that, I am available to meet with you all to discuss anything related to your neighborhood that I can assist you with. If you have regular meetings, let me know if you would like me to come to one and tell you more about what I do and what services I can offer. I would enjoy the opportunity to meet you all and get to know more about your neighborhood.

Sorry for the long email. Let me know if you have any questions or comments!
Thanks, Marsha

Marsha Stickford
Neighborhood Coordinator
City of Asheville
828-259-5506
fax [phone]
[e-mail]