Opinion: Asheville appears poised to address abandoned properties. It’s long overdue.

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Asheville does seem to love a lingering empty lot, or an empty building.

As I noted in a September column, we have a fair number of empty buildings that remain after Helene, some significantly damaged, but it’s going to take longer to remove these eyesores than many of us would like…

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