A walk along the French Broad River
Our city is expanding greenways, especially along the section of the French Broad River that runs through Asheville. Much of the area is a former industrial and working corridor lined with old buildings now housing artists' studio in an area dubbed RAD (River Arts District). Much more is still industrial/working corridor both up and down river.
New Belgium Brewery, for their Eastern US site, chose to redevelop an abandoned Western North Carolina stockyard site a few years ago in RAD.
It's now become a vibrant place for folks to enjoy the river views and expansive areas surrounding their "Liquid Center." They tried to place as many natives as they could in their landscape, restored a degraded stream corridor near the brewery, and happily, there's now a lovely stretch of greenway below the brewery/Liquid Center complex, with additional greenways under construction across the river.
The view from the outside area at New Belgium is lovely (and dog-friendly). Nothing not to like about that.
We enjoyed a mild spring evening with Woody and shared a beer on our after-dinner walk this evening. I didn't have my phone along, but here's an image of the French Broad at Biltmore Estate, just up the river, from a post a couple of years ago.
It's a beautiful river.
New Belgium Brewery, for their Eastern US site, chose to redevelop an abandoned Western North Carolina stockyard site a few years ago in RAD.
It's now become a vibrant place for folks to enjoy the river views and expansive areas surrounding their "Liquid Center." They tried to place as many natives as they could in their landscape, restored a degraded stream corridor near the brewery, and happily, there's now a lovely stretch of greenway below the brewery/Liquid Center complex, with additional greenways under construction across the river.
The view from the outside area at New Belgium is lovely (and dog-friendly). Nothing not to like about that.
We enjoyed a mild spring evening with Woody and shared a beer on our after-dinner walk this evening. I didn't have my phone along, but here's an image of the French Broad at Biltmore Estate, just up the river, from a post a couple of years ago.
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What a great feature for your town.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! It's great.
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