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		<title>Altamont Brewing prepares to start production, will be Asheville&#8217;s newest brewery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Altamont Brewing in West Asheville is preparing to finally live up to its name and start brewing beer. The joint on Haywood Road has been operating as a bar since it opened last March. My colleague Tony Kiss aka The Beer Guy reported thusly on Altamont Brewing&#8217;s plans: The brewery part comes later, said partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Belgium holds public input sessions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nice Storify roundup here via BlogAsheville: [View the story "New Belgium holds open house for Asheville input about big change in the RAD" on Storify]]]></description>
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		<title>The Get Down in West Asheville asks public for donations to keep doors open</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Get Down&#8217;s page on Facebook: One of Asheville&#8217;s, and the East Coast&#8217;s, best music venues is in danger of shutting it&#8217;s doors,let&#8217;s not allow that to happen! Aside from struggling month to month to pay our normal operating costs, and trying to recover from all the legal issues that occurred last fall, we&#8217;re getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WNC Alliance and Sweetwater partner to raise money to clean up French Broad River</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release here: During the month of June, the fishing will be good throughout the French Broad River Watershed, as more than 20 bars, restaurants and businesses will sell “fish” to their customers. Paper fish, that is &#8211; encouraging customers to “give of your liver to save the river.” For more than five years, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing: Parents call for emergency school board meeting to address concerns w/ Asheville Middle School</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asheville City Schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the letter that&#8217;s making the rounds: Dear Families, Parents, Students, and Staff, We are writing this e-mail to ask for your participation in providing a voice to help support Asheville Middle School. We as parents are extremely thankful for those teachers who are committed to education and value diversity. There are many great programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban coffee hits the streets of Asheville</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a nice note from loyal reader Rebecca: Jason, Coming out of a Page Ave office bldg in the wee hours Thursday morning, a couple of guys at a bright shiny outdoor vendor cart across from Basilica called out “Cuban coffee, is ready!” I walked over there thinking, sure, it’s Cuban coffee (not). But it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Variety: &#8216;Glee&#8217; writer tapped to pen &#8216;Dirty Dancing&#8217; remake; will it be filmed in Western North Carolina?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word on the street is that Lionsgate folks have been scouting Western North Carolina for film locations for the upcoming remake of Dirty Dancing. No word yet if any of the film will be shot around here. Fans of the movie will recall that the original was filmed around Lake Lure back in the 1980s. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers sought for Wednesday attack on invasive plants at Richmond Hill Park in Asheville</title>
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		<comments>http://www.ashvegas.com/volunteers-sought-for-wednesday-attack-on-invasive-plants-at-richmond-hill-park-in-asheville#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release here: The Western North Carolina Alliance seeks volunteers to participate in an invasive exotic plant management/control event on Wednesday, April 25 in Richmond Hill Park. Details: Who:  Western North Carolina Alliance volunteer work day What:  Invasive Exotic Plant Management/Control Where:  Richmond Hill Park, Asheville When:  9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 25 Why:  To restore native plant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asheville blogger featured in upcoming issue of &#8216;Natural Home &amp; Garden&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.ashvegas.com/asheville-blogger-featured-in-upcoming-issue-of-natural-home-garden</link>
		<comments>http://www.ashvegas.com/asheville-blogger-featured-in-upcoming-issue-of-natural-home-garden#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DIY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flooring]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release here: Rachael Evans, Asheville native and author of the popular DIY blog, Lovely Crafty Home, has been featured in Natural Home &#38; Garden’s  May/June 2012 issue. The feature article, titled “Fab Floors,” focuses on Rachael’s beautiful, unique and environmentally friendly paper bag flooring technique. The floors are created by gluing and staining plane paper grocery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carolina Public Press wins $14,000 grant</title>
		<link>http://www.ashvegas.com/carolina-public-press-wins-14000-grant</link>
		<comments>http://www.ashvegas.com/carolina-public-press-wins-14000-grant#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press release here: CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS, an online investigative news journal covering Western North Carolina, has been awarded a $14,000 grant by the McCormick Foundation’s New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative. CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS is one of four women-led public-service news projects selected by McCormick to develop initiatives in the coming year. Winners were chosen from 227 proposals received in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast Lane Electric Bikes opens in Asheville&#8217;s River Arts District</title>
		<link>http://www.ashvegas.com/fast-lane-electric-bikes-opens-in-ashevilles-river-arts-district</link>
		<comments>http://www.ashvegas.com/fast-lane-electric-bikes-opens-in-ashevilles-river-arts-district#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More action in the River Arts District. Congrats to loyal readers Fur and Kathy on their new shop: Hey Jason, We just wanted to drop a line to let you know about our new store opening in the RAD. Fast Lane Electric Bikes is an electric bicycle shop co-owned by long time Ashvillians Fur Banks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Jargon Society now under auspices of The Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center</title>
		<link>http://www.ashvegas.com/the-jargon-society-now-under-auspices-of-the-black-mountain-college-museum-and-arts-center</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Sandford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very cool. Press release here: The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center is honored to announce that the Jargon Society, the highly significant small-press publisher founded in 1951 by Jonathan Williams (Asheville native, Black Mountain College alumnus, poet, publisher and photographer) is now under the museum’s auspices. The Jargon Society was founded by Jonathan [...]]]></description>
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