Next steps on UNCA woods’ fate will take longer than planned, with original timeline scrapped, school leaders say

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In August, when the University of North Carolina Asheville announced it was pausing a controversial plan to build a stadium-anchored development atop 45 acres of wooded campus, the school said it would appoint a commission to engage the community and evaluate ideas. Its work would continue into January “at the latest,” UNCA said at the time.

Two and a half months later, the commission has not materialized, and the January timeline is out of the question…

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