Community members gathered to hear alternative proposals for the University of North Carolina Asheville’s millennial campus property last week. The recommendations were in response to the university’s plan to build a new stadium, which includes the controversial destruction of 45-acres of beloved woods.
The advocacy group Save the Woods organized the event at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. More than 30 people attended. The proposals stemmed from a three-day visioning workshop in August. Scott Burroughs, a local architect with This Land Studio, created the designs.
“ The purpose of this was, here are some other ways that you can get” the economic benefit, Burroughs said. “Perhaps get them quicker and perhaps get them more resilient to economic changes.”…