Asheville to copy FortZed

First New Belgium and now FortZED. Asheville, N.C. has been chosen as the second home for Fort Collins’ largest brewery, New Belgium Brewing, and now an Asheville councilmember is planning on pitching an idea to the Blue Ridge Sustainability Institute, according to Mountain Xpress, a news outlet located in Asheville.

Councilmember Cecil Bothwell intends to lay out for the organization a plan called the Asheville Metro Area Zero Energy District or AMAZED for short. A press release from Bothwell says that by “following the lead of Fort Collins and other cities around the world, Asheville can adopt a goal of net…