Mosley places Asheville reparations at the fore with move to halt mixed-use development

Plans for a mixed-use, mixed-income development on Biltmore Avenue may be scuttled after 5 years of planning and more than $7 million in spending

A view of the city-owned property at 319 Biltmore Ave. from the Lee Walker Heights public housing community./ photo by Jason Sandford

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Any discussion of reparations paid from the City of Asheville to the Black Community must begin with determining what to do a slew of property the city acquired more than 50 years ago through the racist polici…