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What s ahead for Asheville in 2021? Will tourism, economy, jobs rebound? John Boyle, Mackensy Lunsford and Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times © Angeli Wright, ANGELI WRIGHT/ASHEVILLE CITIZEN TIMES Construction continues at Sycamore Cottages, a 130-home subdivision in the Fletcher area above Smiley s Flea Market, on Oct. 16, 2020. Let s be brutally honest here: 2020 was a year for the wastebasket or maybe a certain flushable device. Popular Searches The global pandemic shut down entire industries, caused millions of jobs to vanish and killed 2 million people worldwide. Locally, tourism dried up, causing hotel and restaurant shutdowns that translated to a 17.5% unemployment rate in Buncombe County in April. The Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area (Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties) lost an astounding 36,400 jobs that month.

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