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What s ahead for Asheville in 2021? Will tourism, economy, jobs rebound?

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.

NC surpasses 8,000 new daily cases as COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths rise

NC surpasses 8,000 new daily cases as COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths rise Brian Gordon, USA Today Network © Angela Wilhelm/awilhelm@citizentimes.com The first COVID-19 vaccines in WNC were administered at Pardee in Hendersonville December 15, 2020. North Carolina has now topped 8,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, another record as the state continues to see rising hospitalizations ahead of the holidays.  On Dec. 18, North Carolina added 8,444 coronavirus cases  more than 900 cases above the previous one-day high set a week ago. There are currently 2,824 people hospitalized with COVID-19, also a record. Only 17% of intensive care unit beds are empty and staffed according to state data, and health care workers on the frontlines say they re being stretched thin.

A light at the end of the tunnel: First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Western North Carolina

A light at the end of the tunnel: First COVID-19 vaccines administered in Western North Carolina Derek Lacey, Asheville Citizen Times Cheers for first COVID-19 vaccine recipient in WNC Replay Video UP NEXT HENDERSONVILLE Jamie Kilpatrick is a registered nurse who works with COVID-19 patients every shift in the ICU. Her father is at high risk after a recent heart attack and she hasn’t set foot in her parents’ house in more than a year. Tuesday, she was the second person in line to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in Western North Carolina, hoping to give people confidence in the vaccine and help turn the corner on the pandemic that’s spreading at the highest rates ever in Western North Carolina.

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