Two New Parks Slowly Taking Shape In Asheville

BPR News | By Matt Bush

Published April 18, 2017 at 10:59 AM EDT

Two major park projects are slowly but surely coming together in Asheville. One is Overlook Park, which could provide stunning view of the city. But there's one hitch - the city has not provided any funding for the park (yet). Volunteers are looking for grants and donations currently to get the process started. Meanwhile, the city council took action on the future of the so-called 'Pit of Despair', a prominent piece of empty real estate downtown across from the U.S. Cellular Center. But the ongoing saga of what will be built on the land is far from over. Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Joel Burgess joined BPR's Matt Bush to talk about the latest developments.

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Matt Bush joined Blue Ridge Public Radio as news director in August 2016. Excited at the opportunity the build up the news service for both stations as well as help launch BPR News, Matt made the jump to Western North Carolina from Washington D.C. For the 8 years prior to coming to Asheville, he worked at the NPR member station in the nation's capital as a reporter and anchor. Matt primarily covered the state of Maryland, including 6 years of covering the statehouse in Annapolis. Prior to that, he worked at WMAL in Washington and Metro Networks in Pittsburgh, the city he was born and raised in.

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