The Asheville Street Food Coalition is a group of food trucks that have banded together to campaign for safe, affordable, and legal access to street food in Asheville, NC by:
• Gathering vendors, business people, street food enthusiasts, and other concerned citizens to create a movement for positive change in Asheville’s mobile food system
• Persuading local and state lawmakers to revise current restrictive vending ordinances which hinder the proliferation of street food culture, and to implement instead a regulatory system which encourages food truck / food carts entrepreneurship
• Fostering positive relations between street vendors and the residents and businesses of the communities they serve
• Educating and creating awareness of the integral role street vendors could play in rejuvenating the life and economy of Asheville through the creation of viable business opportunities and jobs for Ashevillians
• Facilitating a thriving urban street food scene that brings casual, affordable, delicious food options to Asheville’s streets, fosters connectivity between residents and promotes the city itself as a food culture destination
• To create an awareness (project) that will bring positive light on how street food can help cities and local businesses thrive
