First Baptist Church and YMCA partner to transform 10 acres in downtown Asheville into a mixed-use urban village with apartments, parking decks, restaurants, retail, office space

Project Aspire aims to meet community needs with affordable housing, a brand new YMCA facility, space for early childhood eduction and much more

First Baptist Church of Asheville and the YMCA of Western North Carolina have partnered to remake their neighboring into a mixed-use “urban village” with hundreds of apartments, two parking decks, restaurants and retail and office space, according to plans submitted to the city of Asheville’s development office.

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