Can the City of Asheville grow without involuntary annexation?
It is true that much of the City’s growth since 1950 has been through annexation. However, the City did not involuntarily annex between 1991 and 1999. Much of our population growth is now occurring through infill development, with Downtown Asheville serving as one of the hottest residential markets in the region. Despite this infill development, the 2000 Census showed that Asheville grew the slowest of the 15 largest NC cities, mainly because we didn’t annex during the 1990s.
