{"id":2180691,"date":"2025-11-29T08:21:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2180691"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:21:48","slug":"asheville-community-celebrates-salvage-stations-move-to-historic-site-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/asheville-community-celebrates-salvage-stations-move-to-historic-site-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Asheville community celebrates Salvage Station&#8217;s move to historic site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 <\/span>Stakeholders and music enthusiasts in Asheville are reacting to the announcement that Salvage Station intends to reopen at a new location. The outdoor music venue plans to reopen at an indoor venue along Riverside Drive, in the building that once housed the Asheville Waste Paper plant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s totally reaffirming. It&#8217;s fantastic,\u201d said Bryan Matheny, a longtime local musician involved heavily in the music community. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s a good signal for our recovery too, for someone of their stature and reputation to get back in it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Matheny explained Salvage Station&#8217;s success at its former site, farther north of the River Arts District.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can draw mid-tier acts, I think a lot of people want to see, and who may not be able to go to Raleigh or Charlotte to see,&#8221; Matheny said. &#8220;Do it on the river and in that fantastic River Arts District, and that whole vibe they create is fabulous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More details: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/wiped-out-by-helene-a-year-ago-salvage-station-plans-comeback-with-indoor-venue-relocate-interstate-26-project-connector-hurricane-helene-tropical-storm-homer-simpson-donut-historic-property-flooding-mcmahan-pace-family-recycling-center-asheville-waste\" target=\"_blank\">SALVAGE STATION PLANS COMEBACK WITH RIVER ARTS DISTRICT INDOOR VENUE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To have them staying in the RAD is one of the most exciting things we could have right now,&#8221; said Jeffrey Burroughs, president of the River Arts District Artists. <\/p>\n<p>Burroughs explained that having a large music venue in the center of the River Arts District was publicly identified as a priority by RAD stakeholders participating in community brainstorming groups, as part of the Unified RAD initiative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did this whole community-wide research on a vision and what we can create for the future of the RAD. This is the kind of project that was something our community and city identified,&#8221; Burroughs added.<\/p>\n<p>Burroughs, who owns a jewelry store in the district, is well aware of what musical acts can bring to an area. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Salvage Station has just been one of the most incredible places, always great music selection,&#8221; Burroughs said. &#8220;There was no other outdoor music venue in Asheville like it, so to have them staying in the RAD is thrilling. It&#8217;s such a big property.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On Nov. 25, Salvage Station&#8217;s owners posted to social media to announce the new development, writing, &#8220;Today, we are proud to share that our new home will rise in the heart of the River Arts District, on the iconic McMahan\/Pace family property long known as Asheville Waste Paper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wlos.com\/news\/local\/helene-a-journey-of-hope-river-arts-district\" target=\"_blank\">HELENE: A JOURNEY OF HOPE (RIVER ARTS DISTRICT)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The music venue owners said the first step at the new building is clean-up and rehabilitation. <\/p>\n<p>There were no details as to the amount of investment dollars that would go into the site or when it would break ground. But the post did mention a commitment to work with the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority. The TDA is closely tied to the area&#8217;s Tourism Development Fund, which awards millions in hotel and short-term rental tax revenue to projects aimed at attracting more visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The social media post by Salvage Station included a quote from the Pace family, which has held the new property since the 1940s:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trey and Whitney Pace shared, &#8216;Our family was devastated seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Everything our family had worked for over 83 years was swept away overnight. Meeting Danny and Katie [the owners of Salvage Station] and feeling their excitement in their vision has brought so much happiness to our family in knowing our property will continue to serve the community, as it always has!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Salvage Station did not post specifics on when work would start on the future indoor venue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wlos.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) \u2014 Stakeholders and music enthusiasts in Asheville are reacting to the announcement that Salvage Station intends to reopen at a new location. The outdoor music venue plans to reopen at an indoor venue along Riverside Drive, in the building that once housed the Asheville Waste Paper plant. &#8220;It&#8217;s totally reaffirming. 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