SWANNANOA, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Buncombe County is asking residents in Swannanoa and nearby communities to weigh in on a long-range plan that will help guide growth, transportation and development in the area over the next 20 years.
The Swannanoa Small Area & Resilience Plan covers communities — including Riceville, Lytle Cove and Lake Eden — and is built from multiple rounds of public input. Now, county officials are using a new online poll to help refine more than 140 proposed policies and actions tied to land use maps, transportation priorities and broader planning goals.
Instead of asking people to dig through the full list of proposals, the poll summarizes the main ideas and asks residents whether the direction feels right…