ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County commissioners will take up several Tropical Storm Helene recovery items Tuesday, including plans to seek state funding to rebuild damaged parks, help move an affordable housing project forward and add backup power at critical county facilities.
The county has three projects in mind for the state’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Community Infrastructure program.
One would help rebuild county parks damaged by Helene and return park services to pre-Helene levels, while also adding measures to better protect the parks from future disasters…