<h2><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">From Pastureland to a Lakeside Neighborhood</span></h2><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Before Beaver Lake became one of Asheville’s most recognizable outdoor spaces, the area was simply a meadow known as “Baird Bottom.” Cows grazed there, and Beaverdam Creek carved its gentle path through the fields. All of that …