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In the wake of the violence that erupted earlier this month at a white nationalist rally in Virginia, Asheville City Council approved a resolution condemning the actions of white supremacists and racial violence in Charlottesville. The resolution passed at its Aug. 22 meeting reads , in part: The Asheville City Council do hereby reject the message of all hate groups; renounce racism, white supremacy, anti-Semitism, the KKK, neo-Nazis, domestic terrorism and hatred; declare that those who want to spread hatred, bigotry and violence have no place in the city of Asheville; and commit to ensuring that Asheville remains a place of love and compassion, where hate is not, and never will be, welcome. The resolution also tasks Council ’s Governance Committee with reviewing “the relevant General Statutes and other applicable laws related to historical markers and monuments on city property.” Mayor Esther Manheimer said the city will formulate a plan for public engagement around monuments....

ALPHARETTA, GA -- Alpharetta voters will have only one contested race on the ballot when they head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 7 to make their decisions in the city's general election. The qualifying period for the municipal elections ended late Wednesday afternoon , and only one seat on the City Council will result in a race. Incumbent Mike Kennedy did not qualify to seek re-election, so contenders Ben Burnett and Ben Easterling will duke it out for the Post 2 seat. Incumbents Don Mitchell of Post 1 and Chris Owens of Post 3 will not face challengers this year. Burnett, a member of the city's Planning Commission, said he's running to give Alpharetta homeowners a "stronger voice in the future of their community." He and his family moved to the city six years ago because of Alpharetta's unique quality of live. As a native of Gwinnett County, Burnett said he has first-hand experience with what "poor planning and uncontrolled growth " can do to a ...

Share this article: Photo by John Schreiber. A skyscraper that would be the tallest residential building in California has been proposed for downtown Los Angeles as the neighborhood’s housing boom rolls on. Crescent Heights , a Miami-based developer, submitted a proposal to the city Planning Department this week to build a 70- story apartment building that would stand out in size and design amid the rapidly growing South Park district east of Staples Center,  the Los Angeles Times reported Friday . The 810-foot building with 794 units would be the third-tallest in Los Angeles behind the recently opened Wilshire Grand hotel and office tower and the U.S. Bank Tower office building completed in 1989. Last year, Crescent Heights completed Ten Thousand , a 40- story luxury apartment complex on Santa Monica Boulevard on the edge of Century City. It also plans to build two residential high-rises next to the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard, The Times reported . Its lates...

Newly released renderings provide the first look at the design of a planned highrise on Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh that will include a mix of stores, offices and residential rentals. The most prominent element in the design of the project, known as 400H, is an indoor-outdoor section on the ninth floor that will include a pool, fitness center, two pool deck lounges , two indoor lounges and spaces for a coffee bar, meetings and co-working. Developers are calling it the SkyHub. Gensler, an international design and architectural firm based in San Francisco with an office nearby in Raleigh, is working on the project. “400H is intentionally different and is not about a building merely introducing square footage to the market,” Chad Parker, managing director at Gensler Raleigh , said in an email Friday. “We worked collectively to make a place that thrives on social connectivity, talent recruitment and retention, as well as identity.” The city’s planning department has approved...

As Houston plots a sustainable path forward, it’s leaving fenceline communities behind. By Raj Mankad August 15, 2017 This article originally appeared on Grist. Juan Parras gives one hell of a tour of Houston’s east side. He’s charming and funny. Wearing a beret, he strikes an old-world look, like he might lead you to a cafe on a plaza. He doesn’t charge a fee for his services. After all, you’re on a “toxic tour,” and Parras is on a mission. Parras grew up in fifties West Texas . He remembers segregated schools, the restaurants that wouldn’t serve him, the unpaved roads, and the people who lived closest to the local refinery. Those experiences led him to a career as a social justice advocate . The resident of Houston’s heavily industrial east side has worked in a city housing department , for a union, for a law clinic, and on a campaign that stopped a PVC factory from being built in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” For the last decade, he has served as executive director of Texas Enviro...

The owners of a 54- unit townhouse development in Portola, located a few blocks from McLaren Park, have put the whole lot up for sale, which includes plans, permits, and parcels. Asking $10.75 million, an opportunity for some other would-be developer to fill in some in-fill in the city’s southernmost reaches. Once upon a time, 495 Cambridge was Bridgemont High School (also known as Bridgemont Junior High ). But the schoolhouse fell on hard times in 1998 and ended up evicted. The San Francisco Chronicle wrote at the time: Wells Fargo Bank yesterday evicted students of a Portola District religious prep school and more than 30 low-income boarders from their home. [...] The school defaulted on a $4.7 million note, allowing Wells Fargo to foreclose and buy the four-acre former Roman Catholic convent . The bank then used the Ellis Act to clear a 30- unit apartment house attached to the school. Back in 2014, the Planning Department said the circa- 1951 school buildings were being us...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Fayetteville Police are investigating a double homicide at the Barrington Place apartments - formerly known as Cambridge Arms. Two bodies were discovered around 5 a.m. Thursday at an apartment in the 300 block of Barcelona Drive. Click here to view a map of the area Authorities said a man and a woman were found shot to death in apartment #28 C, after someone passing by the rear of the apartment noticed a broken glass door . One body was found near the back door, while the other was in the kitchen. Police and family members identified the victims as 18-year-old Shaniqua Simmons and 29-year-old Jacoy Mahorn. "My sister's gone," cried Anita Simmons , who also lives in the complex. "She is fun. She is outgoing. She liked to have fun. She tried to live her life. She was so young." Simmons said her sister worked at the Sonic on Cliffdale Road and had spent all of Wednesday with Mahorn. She said the two were just friends, and she doesn't kno...

Five years after Howard County planning officials approved initial plans for a major transit- oriented development next to the Laurel Park race track , the project is back on the rails. New plans for the first phase of Laurel Park Station were recently submitted to Howard County's Department of Planning and Zoning, according to DPZ Deputy Director Raj Kudchadkar . The whole project is slated to bring 1, 000 residential units – a mix of apartments, condominiums and townhouses – as well as 127,000 square feet of retail space and 650,000 square feet of office space to a 65-acre plot of land in North Laurel, currently a parking lot adjacent to the Laurel Park MARC train station . Construction will take place over a period of eight to 10 years, according to Aaron Greenfield, an attorney for Laurel Park. The project is divided into four phases. "It's a transit- oriented development , so it's smart growth," Greenfield said. Phase one will bring 220 residential unit...

Damonte Ranch area is a sign of the city's need for housing in Reno, Nev. The recent influx of new workers combined with near-zero residential development during the recession gave birth to a classic supply-and-demand scenario that saw the cost of housing skyrocket in the Biggest Little City. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) Photo: Andy Barron, AP / The Reno Gazette-Journal" class="landscape" /> residential development during the recession gave birth to a classic supply-and-demand scenario that saw the cost of housing skyrocket in the Biggest Little City. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) Photo: Andy Barron, AP / The Reno Gazette-Journal" class="landscape" src="src" /> Damonte Ranch area is a sign of the city's need for housing in Reno, Nev. The recent influx of new workers combined with near-zero residential development during the recession gave birth to a classic supply-and-demand scenario that ...