A plan to develop nearly 10 acres of land in Black Mountain for the construction of 56 dwellings, including single family homes and duplexes, prioritizes affordable housing for local residents struggling to rebuild after Tropical Storm Helene.
The development, proposed by Fuller Disaster ReBuilders, would utilize a community land trust model to allow qualified buyers to purchase homes on leased lots. The nonprofit organization, which has rebuilt nearly 20 homes in the region since the natural disaster, will hold a public question and answer forum on the project at Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, beginning at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 17.
Located southwest of the intersection of Blue Ridge Road and South Blue Ridge Road, the 9.98-acre pasture was identified by Fuller Center as a potential site on which to build “homes for working people who were affected by (Tropical Storm) Helene,” according to Nathan West, a longtime Swannanoa Valley resident who was hired last November to direct the nonprofit organization’s relief and recovery efforts in Western N.C…