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Henderson County (Nov 4, 2021) - The Hendersonville City Council on Thursday honored the unsung heroes who ensure that water comes out of the faucet and the toilet flushes even as floods and power outages threaten the system.
Hendersonville, like many other localities across the country, is facing a crisis in affordable and workforce housing availability. City officials believe it's a supply and demand issue due to a lack of land to build on, zoning restrictions and high construction costs. “I think you’re seeing people fleeing parts of the country where climate change has had a dramatic affect," City Manager John Connet said. "People are moving from the West Coast, Arizona, New Mexico and those kind of places because of the drought and wildfires.” Despite a developer's best intentions to set rent costs lo...
2021-22 Hendersonville budget approved with 3-cent property tax hike Hendersonville City Council on Thursday unanimously approved a $45.2 million 2021-22 fiscal year spending plan, which includes a $20.5 million general fund and a 3-cent property tax rate hike for the city. The property tax rate will increase from 49 cents to 52 cents per $100 of assessed value. City officials previously predicted the need for a 6 cent increase in the upcoming fiscal year but "strong sales tax and property tax collections" allowed the increases to be spaced out – 3 cents in the upcoming year and 3 ce...
Striving to maintain top-notch customer service while keeping the employees who carry out those services led the city staff to recommend a 3-cent property tax hike plus water and sewer and garbage bill increase for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The City Council appears poised to accept the recommendation when it adopts the 2021-22 budget next month. The property tax and fee increases add up to $189 more a year for the owner of a home valued at $250,000, $218 for a home valued at $350,000, and $377 a home valued at $500,000. The city has commissioned a pay and classification study to deter...
Police chief, Black Hendersonville residents share thoughts on Chauvin verdict Hendersonville resident Indián Jackson couldn't contain her joy when she heard the guilty verdict read for Derek Chauvin, a white police officer accused of killing Black Minneapolis resident George Floyd last year. “I screamed, ‘Yeah!’ And I threw my fist out the window as I was riding down Sixth Avenue just screaming, ‘Yes! Yes!’ out the window," Jackson said. "I just couldn’t contain myself. ... That was a great, great victory and there’s still so much work to do." She expected a not guilty ver...