The City of Asheville asked the ULI Charlotte District Council to conduct a TAP to assist city leaders in addressing a surge of hotel development and associated visitors, particularly in the downtown area. The city responded to complaints over hotel design and the impacts of general growth of tourism by implementing a citywide one-year moratorium on hotel construction. The moratorium was approved on September 24, 2019. The TAP panelists were asked to provide guidance and strategies that the city could use to respond to new hotel development proposals post-moratorium.

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