Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the city of Asheville is home to nearly 90,000 residents spread across the city's 45 square miles. Most nonresidents and tourists know Asheville as the site of the Biltmore Estate, a chateau-inspired 1890s-era Vanderbilt mansion that, with more than 250 rooms and four acres of floor space, remains the largest privately owned house in the United States.  

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Community Partnership awards recognize innovative programs or processes between and/or among a local government and other governmental entities, private sector businesses, individuals or nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of life for residents or provide more efficient and effective services.