Swannanoa’s post-Helene wishlist: FEMA buyouts, accessible food and affordable new homes

Mobile homes line the riverbank in Swannanoa, North Carolina on Oct. 7, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)

This is one of multiple stories published by NC Newsline around the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene, documenting communities recovering in western North Carolina. Read the previous stories here and here.

SWANNANOA — For two Saturdays a month, residents of Swannanoa have the chance to shop for fresh produce…

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