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Stand as a neighbor who says: Welcome!

May 21, 2024

Sign on to the Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC Platform. We face a national housing shortage and a climate emergency that requires our communities to take action. We can make…

Don’t Let Airbnb Overpower Locals.

April 13, 2024

We need you to act now to defend Buncombe County from powerful special interests who are fighting against reasonable regulations on short-term rentals. If they win, Buncombe County will become even more…

MountainTrue Member Spotlight: Rod & Bess Baird

April 2, 2024

The Bairds have been MountainTrue members for more than a decade. Recently, they’ve focused on supporting the Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC program. Read on to learn why.

Let’s Bring Middle Housing Back to Asheville!

March 27, 2024

Asheville, like the nation and the world, is experiencing both a housing shortage and a climate crisis. Our city simply does not have enough homes available to rent or to…

Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC Supports Project Aspire

October 10, 2023

photo credit: Project Aspire conceptual packet, submitted to City of Asheville Planning and Zoning Commission In September, we sent the letter below to the members of Asheville City Council expressing our…

Rendering of the project showing bike lanes, crosswalk, and existing road

Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC Supports Road Safety for all Users in Downtown Asheville

October 2, 2023

photo credit: City of Asheville project page This week, we sent the letter below to the members of Asheville City Council expressing our support for the College / Patton Project in…

We Are Speaking Up in Support of Needed Housing in Hiawassee, GA

September 18, 2023

This month, Neighbors for More Neighbors WNC and MountainTrue staff collaborated to evaluate and subsequently express full support for a proposed housing development for Hiawassee, GA. The project is called The Commons at…

BYON = Bring Your Own Neighbor to the Neighbors for More Neighbors Kickoff Party on August 10

June 20, 2023

The community is invited to be part of a solution to today’s housing and climate crises. Asheville, NC – Do you enjoy hanging out with your neighbors? Do you have…

Open Space Amendment Promotes Healthy Communities and the Environment

June 13, 2023

MountainTrue’s Susan Bean in the MountainXpress on the City of Asheville’s Open Space Amendment. In this March 21, 2022 Mountain Xpress Contributor piece, MountainTrue Housing and Transportation Director Susan Bean expresses MountainTrue’s…