In the summer of 2025, UNC Asheville announced that they would hire a consulting firm to form a Millennial Campus Development commission that would be tasked with creating a process to evaluate potential projects for its Millennial Campus properties, including the UNCA woods.

We've heard from trusted sources that the UNCA Millennial Campus Commission is soon to be announced. It's likely none of our members or anyone we know is going to be on it.

The UNCA Executive & Governance Committee of Board of Trustees has called a special virtual meeting Wednesday January 21, 2026, at 3 PM. We don't know if it's related to the commission or the UNCA woods. Meeting link: https://www.youtube.com/live/clHNy9qE-so

What we do know is that the exclusion of Save the Woods members and community members on the commission would be a sham. We cannot stand idly by while a group of supposed "experts" with no ties to or interest in our community works to add a veneer of credibility to UNCA's dreadful plans.

Let's raise our voices to ask community voices be included on the commission and remind them of our goal to preserve the UNCA woods.