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A committee dominated by University of North Carolina Asheville insiders will shape the future of the campus’ woods in a process shielded from the public, a move that critics of a proposed development on the site say shows the school has little interest in outside points of view.
UNCA on Tuesday unveiled the membership of its Millennial Campus Development Advisory Committee, which the university announced it would create in August in response to public blowback over its plan to raze 45 acres of woods to build a multi-use development anchored by a 5,000-seat semi-professional soccer stadium…