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Short Term Rental Issues Continue To Dominate Asheville Politics

BPR News | By Matt Bush
Published November 17, 2017 at 3:30 PM EST
City of Asheville
Drawings of McCormick Place townhomes, one of several projects where developers are seeking to city approval to have AirBnB-style lodgings

Short term rentals were easily the most discussed issue on the campaign trail ahead of this month's city elections in Asheville.  Even after the votes have been counted, the future and prevalence of AirBnB-style lodgings remains a political flashpoint in the city.  The Planning and Zoning Commission has received requests from outside developers to allow units be set aside for short term rentals in planned townhouse and condominium projects, like McCormick Place (pictured above) which is slated to be built near McCormick Field.  Meanwhile, the Asheville city council took steps to update regulations for short term rentals in the burgeoning River Arts District this week.  Jason Sandford of AshVegas.com joined BPR's Matt Bush in studio to recap a busy week regarding the issue in Asheville.
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Matt Bush
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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