Source: Joel Burgess, ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES, 9/15/21

 Climate change will now be among 11 areas that could receive $26.3 million in federal pandemic aid managed by the city. The City Council voted 7-0 Sept. 14 to add climate change to the categories for which it will ask businesses and nonprofits to make project proposals for American Rescue Plan Act money.

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