Hendersonville rivals contest seat on Heritage Museum Board
Jim Toms edged Tom Orr 3 2 in a Henderson County Board of Commissioners vote to fill a vacancy on the Heritage Museum Board. Orr and Toms, longtime local history buffs, were both active in the county’s museum plays and heritage work. The appointment expires June 30 2015 and several other applicants were listed.
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Henderson County
County Heritage Museum
Heritage Museum Board
Jim Toms
Tom Orr
Museum Board
Board of Commissioners
Grady Hawkins
Orr
Larry Young
Toms
Michael Edney
Hawkins
Tommy Thompson
Charlie Messer
Young
Alfred Clinton Dean
Hunter Marks
Tom
County
Seventh Avenue to gain color and parklets flair
The Seventh Avenue Advisory Committee endorses a plan to narrow the travel lane, add crosswalks, and paint areas in various colors for artistic flair in the Historic Seventh Avenue District. Parklets will reuse parking spaces for seating and planters after City Council approval, with work to start soon.
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Seventh Avenue
NCDOT
Conner
Stephens Replaces Smith on Downtown Advisory Committee
Mayor pro tem Ron Stephens replaced Councilman Jerry Smith on the Downtown Advisory Committee because Smith's teaching schedule at Hendersonville High School made the 9 a.m. third Wednesday meetings difficult. Smith had arranged to miss one hour of class monthly for attendance, but he could not regularly attend. The council also appointed the Seventh Avenue Advisory Committee.
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Ron Stephens
Jerry Smith
Smith
Hendersonville High School
Bobby Wilkins
Council
Seventh Avenue
Parking study examines leaf season parking demand in Hendersonville
Dixon Unlimited conducts downtown parking study for the city and will return to Hendersonville October 17 to 22 for field work. The consultants will use tech tools and physical counts to measure space availability against demand, hold focus groups with business owners Main Street employees and downtown residents, and assess peak demand during a leaf season weekend. They will make a recommendation in November with a draft report by December and a full report to the City Council in January.
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Dixon Unlimited
Hendersonville
John Conner
State Employees PAC backs Apodaca for seventh term
The State Employees Association of North Carolina PAC endorses state Sen. Tom Apodaca of Hendersonville, citing past and expected support for public services and employee rights including health benefits. The recommendation came from SEANC members at the local level.
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State Employees Association of North Carolina
Tom Apodaca
Hendersonville
Senate
Statewide Employees
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