The 35th and final Bele Chere street festival has come and gone. The City of Asheville has decided it can no longer afford to fund the event. Asheville Citizen Times reporter and columnist John Boyle spoke with David Hurand about the end of what has been billed as the largest free street festival in the southeast.
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