Sylva may decrease size of proposed taxing district
Leaders of a downtown Sylva movement are considering downsizing a proposed special taxing district to encompass only the core downtown area.
Sylva downtown group to hire executive director
Downtown Sylva Association members have voted unanimously to hire an executive director, setting the organization up to more actively advocate for the downtown community.
Sylva discusses downtown parking woes
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Parking along Sylva’s downtown Main Street is a challenge.
Mayor wants windfall from watershed invested
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
The Town of Sylva has begun surveying the Fisher Creek watershed in anticipation of receiving a $3.5 million conservation easement to be awarded by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund.
Sylva librarian resigns as of Jan. 31
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Jackson County Librarian Michael Cartwright will be resigning from his post by the end of the year, prompting the Fontana Regional Library System to begin a search for his replacement.
Many Sylva building owners support downtown tax
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Most business and property owners have reacted positively to a Downtown Sylva Association proposal to create a municipal service district that would tax the downtown area to pay for improvements, say DSA officials.
An open letter to Sylva
Most of us in the course of a week find a reason to go to downtown Sylva. We may go out to eat, or to the library, post office or bank, or perhaps just shop. There’s plenty of pleasure — and necessity — to be found downtown for residents of the area. As a real, working, genuine town, Sylva functions very well.
Bridge project brings community together
The Bridge Park Project is a community effort to create a covered performance pavilion, market space, public gardens, and improved parking at the municipal parking lot in downtown Sylva, between Mill Street and Scotts Creek.
Sylva set to extend planning jurisdiction to Allen’s Branch
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Town aldermen are moving ahead with plans to vote the Allen’s Branch community into Sylva’s planning jurisdiction.
Grant allows Sylva to conserve Fisher Creek
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
The Town of Sylva has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund to purchase a conservation easement to protect its 1,088-acre Fisher Creek watershed.
