Vote Yes. For a Buncombe County that looks and feels like home.
You can take action this fall to protect the people and places you love—to provide relief to our residents and safeguard our environment. Vote Yes on Bonds for Buncombe County on Nov. 3.
Vote Yes
Open Space Bond for Conservation
$30 Million / $18 per year
- What: The Open Space bond will invest $30 million in protecting our drinking water, conserving mountains, farmland, and creating more greenways and parks.
- Why: We are running out of time to protect our natural resources, invest in floodwater management, and invest in conserving public open space. Nothing is more essential than having clean drinking water, and natural treasures cannot be replaced after they are lost. Also, preserving our scenic beauty and providing outdoor recreation are key to Buncombe County’s identity, our quality of life, and our longterm health.
- Cost: estimated $18/year per $450,000 in home value.
Vote Yes
Housing Bond for Affordable Housing
$40 Million / $25 per year
- What: The Housing bond will invest $40 million in keeping seniors in their homes and providing safe, stable homes for low and moderate-income residents.
- Why: Our housing shortage causes 46,000+ Buncombe residents to spend 50% or more of their income on rents, mortgages, and utilities. Even more residents pay more than 1/3 of their income on housing. This decreases quality of life for our residents—seniors, working families, longterm homeowners, and renters alike—whose housing costs consume funds for medical care, healthy food, education, and recreation.
- Cost: estimated at $25/year per $450,000 in home value.
Vote Yes on Open Space and Affordable Housing—$0.83 per week for homeowners, for a Buncombe County that looks and feels like home.
Who is asking you to Vote Yes on Bonds?
A coalition of hundreds of Buncombe County residents from all walks of life, plus civic partners and endorsers including:
Photo credits: Actual Buncombe County homeowners on the front porches of their affordable homes, courtesy of Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. Deaverview Mountain by Travis Bordley. Women hiking at the future Deaverview Park, courtesy of Connect Buncombe. Photos of children playing and tubing in the French Broad River by Grace Levert of Patchwork Meadows. Wildflowers in bloom and also cyclists at Karen Cragnolin Park by Grace Levert of Patchwork Meadows. Aerial of Karen Cragnolin Park, courtesy of RiverLink. Family with stroller at Westmore, courtesy of Mountain Housing Opportunities. The park at Glen Rock, courtesy of Mountain Housing Opportunities. Photo of hikers at Fairview Community Forest by Rose Lane. Biking at Fairview Community Forest by Kiko Salazar. The Light Center on Route 9 and trail at Fairview Community Forest by Kiko Salazar. Photos of youth riding bikes in parks in summer and fall both courtesy of Asheville on Bikes. Used with permission.