Amar Stewart x ABCLT Let's Talk About Redlining 8x10 Print

Garden Party is honored to be working with Amar Stewart and the Asheville Buncombe Community Land Trust on a project to support ABCLT's campaign to provide permanently affordable housing, home improvements, and property tax relief to legacy residents of historic Burton Street Community, which is located off Haywood Road in West Asheville. On December 15, 2022 a special portrait of Mr. Clifford Cotton was unveiled at Tracey Morgan Gallery. Mr. Cotton, a longtime resident of Burton Street, is also the grandson of E.W. Pearson. Mr. Pearson was a prominent figure in Asheville's history who brought an entrepreneurial spirit and community engagement to Black neighbors in West Asheville. Pearson owned several businesses, helped create an agricultural fair for community members, started the first Black baseball team in Asheville, established affordable housing projects, and throughout his life advocated for better social, educational, economic, and charitable opportunities for Asheville's Blac