We Ain’t Buying It: Mass Blackout 2025 & Shop Local Guide
Mass Blackout: No Target, Home Depot, or Amazon November 25th – December 2nd – and beyond! Click here for more info on why We Ain’t Buying It! What we’re doing instead: Shopping Local, BIPOC, & Living Wage Defending Democracy & Workers Reclaiming Community Power! Asheville Resource Guide Links: Just Economics Living Wage Certified Merchants of […]
Call to Action: Resolution To Block Use of City Property for Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 17, 2025 Introduction of Resolution That Would Block Use of City Property for Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities Press Conference Scheduled: Monday, November 17th at 12pm at Land of Sky United Church of Christ: 15 Overbrook Place Asheville, NC — Local elected officials, faith leaders, union representatives, and community organizations will hold […]
Free Food in Asheville & Western North Carolina
(en español abajo…) • Call to find local resources: 2-1-1 Manna Foodbank Finder: mannafoodbank.org/wheretogethelp • Bounty & Soul Market Schedule: bountyandsoul.org • BeLoved Asheville: Full list here or search “beloved food pantry” on Google maps • Appalachian Community Relief: appalachiancommunityrelief.org • YMCA Mobile Markets in Asheville, Candler, Clyde, Hendersonville, Leicester, Marshall, Marion, Mills River, & Old Fort: ymcawnc.org or call […]
I-26 Connector Updates 2018-2025
This week, elected officials received a DOT analysis of changes in the I-26 Connector project from 2018-2025. The analysis includes 25 points representing 25 areas on the maps. The I-26 Connector will alter neighborhoods, take homes, and change how our city moves. Asheville and DOT have legacies of devastating interstate expansion, causing harm especially to […]
Helene 6-Month Anniversary & Wildfire Preparedness
Friends and Neighbors, On this 6 month anniversary since we woke up to the devastation and losses of Hurricane Helene, our community is now fighting wildfires. We knew this could happen because the storm left so much debris on the forest floor and around our community, and because our reality is extremes of rain events […]
Asheville Fire Fighters Association Questionnaire
1. Asheville firefighters work 832 more hours per year than almost all other City of Asheville employees. Do you believe that Asheville firefighters should get paid an hourly living wage? Why or why not? Absolutely, and that our City firefighters aren’t yet paid a living wage is a shame. As a working class person, I […]
Post-Hurricane Helene in Asheville and WNC
Friends & Neighbors, Faced with the loss, wreckage, and trauma of Hurricane Helene, I’ve seen our community showing up with courage and compassion to take care of each other from mountains to valleys, from cities to hollers. As we share in grief, we also share resources as we knit an even stronger community and work […]
Q&A’s with Kim Roney
Thank you to our local media and organizations participating in voter education and engagement through questionnaires and forums! Linked here are my answers to: Mountain Xpress General and Primary Voter Guides 2024 (state, judicial, and local) Sierra Club Endorsement Questionnaire 2024 IAFF Local 332 Firefighters Endorsement Questionnaire Asheville on Bikes Questionnaire 2024 Asheville for All […]
Asheville Independent Restaurant Association Questionnaire 2024
Date: February 18, 2024 Why are you running for Asheville City Council? So many of us in Asheville are struggling to make ends meet as the cost of living rises while unchecked tourism strains our natural resources, burdens our infrastructure, and displaces our most vulnerable neighbors. It’s a matter of priorities: if we ensure this […]
Land of Sky Association of Realtors Questionnaire 2024
Date: May 13, 2024 1. What other elected or appointed offices have you held? My name is Kim Roney, and I’m running for re-election to City Council. In my fourth year on City Council, I have been advocating for working, poor, and compassionate people in City Hall since Dec. 9th, 2014, having attended all but […]