Outstanding local charity looking for donations and volunteers due to recent natural disaster…read more Involved in many aspects of relief effort and many other projects such as housing construction as well'

While visiting Asheville for a long weekend from Washington, D.C., booking a Hood Huggers tour was…read moreone of the best things we did. Led by Mr. Dwayne, the tour is an hour and a half learning about the Burton Street Community, a historically Black neighborhood in West Asheville and the victim of gentrification and highway expansions. Hood Huggers was created to serve as a champion for the 1912 neighborhood and its long-time residents. My wife, eight-year-old daughter, and I booked a Sunday morning tour. Since it was just us, he gave us the option to walk it or take his little shuttle. Mr. Dwayne gave us the background on the area before Mr. Cotton, the grandson of the man who founded the neighborhood, joined us with a book of photos. After a drive, we ended at the Peace Gardens and Market, a sacred space for the community.

What a cool tour. Our tour guide was very friendly and even offered to do a shuttle right for us…read moreversus a walk ride due to the weather being cold and it was just us on the tour for that morning. He showed us a lot of different areas that were Historical for the African-American community. He also shared a lot of historical information of the schools and colleges in the area that were very prominent years ago. I will definitely recommend this tour hands down to give you more of a historical African-American background of the city based on the money that we spent I feel that it was a great value for the tour that we received the service was outstanding by our tour guide and hands-down. I definitely would recommend this tour.

My family makes a small monthly contribution to this organization. We are especially grateful to…read moreManna as the government shutdown is cutting into SNAP access to food.

Blue Jean Ball Benefit tonight! 80's Theme tonight...plenty of kinked hair, leg warmers, neon…read morecolors, high side pony tails...Michael Jackson music. Restaurants include Biscuit Head, which opened last week, as will as Chestnut, Posana, Lexington Avenue Brewery, Cucina 24, the Biltmore Estate, French Broad Chocolate Lounge, Tupelo Honey, Dough and others. Musical entertainment for the evening includes the soulful rockers The Broadcast, plus Flashback Sally. Very fun event for the Manna Food Bank. The food bank, founded in 1982, collaborates with 221 other agencies in 16 Western North Carolina counties and distributed more than 11 million pounds of food last year.

I'm super into this store. Great selection, nice employees, and discount days for seniors.read more

Amazing thrift store with unbelievable prices! All clothes (including jackets and shoes) are $3…read moreexcept for special occasion wear - and I got a satin cocktail dress, NWT, for $7! I also got a bomb retro hair dryer for $3.50 and was sorely tempted by some bedframes (all less than $40). Quality of everything is clean and in good condition, the store is very well kept, smells fresh and everyone is so nice! Sadly I live 4 hours away or I would be at this store twice a week.

These people do amazing work. It feels good to know that things I no longer need can benefit others…read morewhile not adding to our landfills.

Great nonprofit helping our locals afford a home of their own. Sometimes there are great finds, but…read moreI find a lot is overpriced for quality. Everyone is polite and helpful. I don't go out of my way to stop in unless looking for something specific in the furniture department.

Wonderful volunteers and reasonable prices. Wide array of furniture, artwork, and decorative items.read more

My son needed stuff for his new apartment so I found this store. The selection isn't fantastic and…read moremost of the things aren't high end. This is a thrift store. Everything is affordable. I got a couch, recliner, dining room table (no chairs), some silverware, and a set of sheets plus paid for delivery all for $208. The merchandise was delivered the next day. The staff was helpful and very nice. Yep, I'd go here again.

The Collider brings me joy! It makes me happy to see that…read moretheir events are usually pretty full because I regain my faith in humanity, sounds weird but this is what it does to me! The Collider is a nonprofit organization , an innovation center that is focused on cataloging market driven climate solutions . Their headquarter is in "climate city" Asheville. They believe that climate solutions must be founded in the best possible science and the language of everyday business. It exists to bring together a diverse expertise to stimulate new business. The Collider is in the center of downtown on the fourth floor of the Wells Fargo Bank. In addition to a cowork space they also have an event space. That's where I come in. This is where they offer movies, talks , workshops and more. We watched the Movie " the Human Element " there an environmental movie from James Balog a National Geographic Photographer ( it was great, eye opening and scary , thought provoking) . I also visited there at a talk about the behavior of cats. This is what I like about it, the diversity and community. So far I always came out of the elevator to a little donation table where you can also sign up for the news letter and then free Beer , water and snacks. The people there are nice and helpful and the event space large. I look forward to go to many more events here!

First time visitor and felt so welcomed and comfortable - great class beautiful studio. They opened…read morethe doors and we could hear the birds singing while we did our asanas. What a wonderful experience 10/10 highly recommend.

While visiting the Asheville area, I looked to see what yoga studios would be nearby. This studio…read morehas tons of classes all throughout the day with multiple studio rooms available. They have all the props and tools you need, including mats already laid out! I really love how their focus is making yoga available to the community as all of their classes are donation-based. I also thought it was really neat how they put an emphasis on their environmental impact by offering things like secondhand clothing and compostable paper towels. I took a gentle yoga class on a Sunday morning, and it was wonderful. Just what I needed after a day of travel. The class was very full, I think she said around 40 people had signed up. While I do prefer a smaller class size, I was luckily able to find a mat on the edge and still really enjoyed the class. I wish we had a studio like this in the Columbus area!

It's a small store but they have a really decent selection - lots of J. Crew, Banana Republic and…read moreGap. I found a Marc by Marc Jacobs top, a theory top and a really nice pair of skinny Gap khakis at $3.75 each. Can't beat that!

Employee went inside leaving box of donations on road after previous car drove off then cursed me…read moreout for not seeing it/running it over. Then accused me of trying to donate an item they didnt accept. So i left and wont be back.