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(Asheville, NC)  The Asheville City Schools Foundation (ACSF) will honor exceptional volunteer leaders of the Asheville City Schools (ACS) district at the annual Celebration for Champions, to be held at The Venue on March 21^st. The awards will be chosen from a group of almost twenty community-selected nominees including the Lifetime Achievement, Community Agency Champion, Community Volunteer Champion, and the Parent Leader Champion. In addition to these awards, Parent Champions from each ACS will be honored as champions for their respective schools. ACSF strongly recommends purchasing tickets in advance and has released special incentive pricing available for the first fifty registrants online.

About the Event:

Celebration for Champions is ACSF's signature annual event. Celebration has raised money for the Foundation's cornerstone programs: professional development opportunities for teachers, IRL (In Real Life) afterschool program, TAPAS (Teaching Artists Presenting in Asheville Schools), and the Equity Fund. The Celebration of Champions award encourages individuals and organizations to engage with city schools and recognize the value a thriving public school system provides for the whole community.

Ticket holders will enjoy appetizers by The Corner Kitchen, a light dinner by The Venue, a spirited live auction with auctioneer Ben Martin, and inspiring short films awards honoring the volunteers by Industrious Productions. There will be a cash bar. 

ONLINE TICKET LINK: http://acsfcelebration2015.bpt.me

The ACSF Celebration of Champions is made possible by two of our premier sponsors- The Omni Grove Park Inn and Mosaic Realty.

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This artist rendering from the new Haywood Road zoning plan highlights the kind of pedestrian friendly dense growth it's supposed to encourage.

If all goes according to plan, a zoning change being considered by Asheville City Council Sept. 9 could eventually help lead to a more walkable and densely developed West Asheville -- all while maintaining its historical feel.

At least that's the goal of new rules called "form-based zoning" that have been in the works for more than a year. The plan regulates based on size, scale and design instead of use, making it more friendly to mixed-use development and, its advocates contend, a more adaptable way of setting predictable rules for an area. It's a very different approach from the city's previous development rules and, if city officials think it's a success, could provide a model for overhauling other neighborhoods as well... more

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http://mountainx.com/news/asheville-council-to-consider-new-west-asheville-zoning-plan/ Author:Jake Frankel