EqualityNC Endorsement Questionnaire
I am honored to again carry the endorsement of EqualityNC! Please share the LGBTQ+ focused events that you have attended and the LGBTQ+ organizations that you have supported: As an ongoing practice to advance and protect human & civil rights, I show up regularly with and for community by using my time and resources with […]
Homestay Network Questionnaire
Please clarify your understanding of the difference between an STVR and a homestay? In Asheville, a homestay is a room or rooms within a permanent residence that are permitted for short-term rentals for less than a month, while a short-term vacation rental encompasses any dwelling units, including whole-home, accessory units, apartments, condos, etc. New STVRs as […]
Asheville Downtown Association Questionnaire
This is the 2nd, final version of my answers: Please tell us why you are running for City Council. As a community, we are woven together, and need one other to do our part to Be ‘Bout it Being Better. I’ve been attending City Council and board & commission meetings for over 5 years, distilling information […]
Sunrise Movement Questionnaire
How will you use your office to advance and build support for a federal and local Green New Deal? We will need a robust community engagement effort that addresses barriers to participation so our neighbors can engage in what a Green New Deal for Asheville means. This includes working with the City’s offices of Equity […]
Mountain Xpress Questionnaire
Here are my submissions to the Moutain Xpress questionnaire for the Asheville City Council primary, out in print this week. Key endorsements: City Council members Sheneika Smith and Brian Haynes; Rev. Amy Cantrell; Chef Gene Ettison; Julio Torodya; Magaly UrdialisAmount of money raised: $7,336Top three donors: Kendall Oliver, Esther Cartwright, Dr. Lisabeth Medloc What makes Asheville home to […]
Why I Can’t Support The 3-Cent Property Tax Increase As Proposed: We have what we need, this gets in the way of what we want.
Friends & Neighbors, Climate change and migration is the biggest public safety issue of our time. I agree that we must treat this issue with the urgency required, and that we need a Green New Deal for Asheville. But how we do that is very important. Since our most vulnerable neighbors are those with the […]
Deeply-affordable housing means creative, collaborative solutions.
After 5 years of advocating for housing for working and poor people, I understand that deeply-affordable housing is going to require creative, collaborative solutions: When the Unified Development Ordinance is reviewed, we need to ensure planning and policies that allow greater density along transit corridors for access to jobs, groceries, education, health care, and community […]
Ami Worthen on Townsend/Roney 2020
Ami Worthen, our friend and fellow community organizer, has put her powerful pen to work endorsing our collaborative run for Asheville City Council. “Celebrate and do not underestimate the importance of the fact that Kim and Nicole are running as a team. Their commitment to a collaborative approach points the way to solutions beyond the […]
Asheville Area Arts Council Primary Survey 2020
I’ve been following the conversation about whether to build a new performance arts center or renovate the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium for over a decade. Now a project estimated at $100 million, estimates just 5 years ago showed we had a project estimate for $55 million, resources were invested in planning and consulting, and there have […]
You’re invited: Roney & Townsend in January 2020
Friends & Neighbors, We hope this message finds you well. As we begin to wrap up 2019, we would like to invite you to our upcoming events. On Saturday, January 4th, 2020 10 AM – 12 PM we will gather at Garden Party AVL (West Asheville) for Tea with Townsend & Roney. We want to spend […]