Paul Woolverton

6 days ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The public may learn this week what the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners will do with the stalled $145 million Crown Event Center performing arts and meeting venue in downtown Fayetteville. The commissioners received reports about the project on Monday morning from the county manager, and they anticipate meeting later this week to discuss the project, commissioners’ Chair Kirk deViere said during his monthly “Chats with the Chairman” news conference.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

A walk through downtown Fayetteville shows the city’s former commercial heart presents a mixed picture of its health, but signs of growth. A passer-by might find homeless people wrapped in blankets, surrounded by battered baggage filled with their belongings, snoring in the evening in a doorway.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

Ron Ross of Gray’s Creek says customers shouldn’t have to pay millions of dollars for the Fayetteville Public Works Commission to protect the public from PFAS. “My problem is, this is not your problem,” Ross told the board members of the Fayetteville Public Works Commission on Wednesday during a public comment session on the utility’s proposed 2025-26 budgets. Ross was the only member of the public to offer comment on the proposed budget.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The Fayetteville Public Works Commission has not given up on its plan to build a $9.5 million solar farm off Ramsey Street just north of Fayetteville after the Cumberland County Commissioners on May 19 threw a roadblock in the project’s path. The electric utility’s board held a closed-door meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss its options to proceed. No public action on the project was taken after the PWC’s commissioners ended the closed session, PWC spokesperson Gavin MacRoberts told CityView.

1 week ago | cityviewnc.com | Paul Woolverton

The Fayetteville area’s drinking water met safety standards in 2024, the Public Works Commission’s latest water quality report says, but the amount of PFAS “forever chemicals” in the water will have to be reduced to meet upcoming restrictions. The Fayetteville PWC released its annual water quality report on May 7. It covers the condition of its drinking water supplies in the 2024 calendar year. The PWC is the city-owned electricity, water and sewer utility for Fayetteville and surrounding areas.