Daycare closings spark plan for new Kid City center in Hendersonville
Residents face a daycare shortage as Tomorrow's Hope will close by August 2025 after a board decision. The Hendersonville City Council weighs rezoning for a Kid City USA preschool and daycare in a former retirement home on Ninth Avenue West. Landlord David Lee touts the operator's scale and five star goals while subsidized spots to help lower income families are planned. Local agencies note staffing challenges in the area.
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Sheriff’s Department
Hope United Methodist
Hoots and Maybin
Hoots
Danielle Hammett
Hammett
Tomorrow’s Hope
Hendersonville
Kid City USA
Ninth Avenue West
Kid City
North Carolina
David Lee
Blue Ridge
Ninth Avenue
Hendersonville Middle School
Lee
Linda Carter
WNC Source
WNC
Ryan Latrell
Latrell
Neill Seeks Credit For Estate Payments In Probation Case
Neill testified at a 24 hour hearing that he has tried to make victims whole after embezzling from four estates. He cited a $325,000 sale from the Ruth Davis estate and argued his land sales and former real estate attorney skills were aimed at benefitting the estates. He described depression after the 2022 ruling that denied credit for a $1,075,000 payment and said the two year appeals process felt like a Damocles sword over potential incarceration.
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Neill
Brooks Kamszik
Asheville
Damocles
N.C. Court of Appeals
Superior Court
Bradley Letts
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Amy McCrawi
Lightning Hope United Methodist Church
East Flat Rock
Tomorrow’s Hope Daycare
Bill Moss
Hendersonville Lightning
William Stetzer
Sam Neill