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Asheville elegy (Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 1 - In this April 5, 2017 photo, people hold a position during a yoga session at the health fair tailored to the homeless community held in Pritchard Park in Asheville, N.C. (Maddy Jones/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 1 - In this April 5, 2017 photo, Tyrone Wise, 55, who was formerly homeless, tests the blood sugar of Marshall resident Samuel Boultinghouse at the health fair tailored to the homeless community in Pritchard Park in Asheville, N.C. (Maddy Jones/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)

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This Nov. 4, 2016 photo shows a massive Christmas tree covered in lights outside The Biltmore House in Asheville, N.C. Lonely Planet has named Asheville the No. 1 destination on its 10 best in the U.S. list for 2017.(LeeAnn Donnelly/The Biltmore via AP)

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine speaks to supporters Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, in Asheville, N.C. (Maddy Jones/The Asheville Citizen-Times via AP)

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This undated image provided by the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau shows fall color along the Blue Ridge Parkway not far from Asheville, N.C., at Bent Creek Gap. Asheville offers an interesting mix of urban attractions including restaurants, the River Arts District and historic sites, but its location also offers easy access to the great outdoors. (FallintheMountains.com/ Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau via AP)

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This 2015 photo released by Asheville Bee Charmer shows Kim Allen, background left, and Jillian Kelly, background right, serving honey samples at the honey bar of the Asheville Bee Charmer, the store they own in Asheville, N.C. The store sells 50 varieties of honey. Asheville is home to many interesting and unusual retailers, artists and other attractions. (Paul Howey/Asheville Bee Charmer via AP)

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This undated image provided by the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau shows fall color along the Blue Ridge Parkway not far from Asheville, N.C., in an area called Graveyard Fields. Asheville offers an interesting mix of urban attractions including restaurants, the River Arts District and historic sites, but its location also offers easy access to the great outdoors. (FallintheMountains.com/Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau via AP)

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Concern citizens, Kendell Hale, dressed as Lady Liberty, and her husband Steve Norris from Asheville, N.C. demonstrate with other protesters in front of the Duke Energy office building, Thursday, May 1, 2014, as shareholders hold their annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Some Duke Energy investors plan to push the utility's board of directors to investigate issues surrounding a massive coal ash spill that dumped toxic sludge into a 70-mile stretch of a North Carolina river. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, T. Ortega Gaines) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NEWSPAPER INTERNET ONLY (REV-SHARE)

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Livia Soares, 4, of Gainsville, Fla., samples her first snow at Pritchard Park in Asheville, N.C., Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, while visiting Asheville with her father, Andre, and mother Lisiane. The couple moved to Florida from tropical Brazil and, like their daughter, they had never seen snow and came to Asheville when they heard the storm was coming. (AP Photo/Asheville Citizen-Times, John Coutlakis)