CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Village officials renewed their calls for help Wednesday during a meeting with the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
USACE officials were in Lake Lure and Chimney Rock as the agency marked the 200-day milestone in its Tropical Storm Helene recovery mission.
Mayor Peter O’Leary and Administrator Stephen Duncan said the biggest needs included financial help for business owners and clearing trees and debris to reach the village’s 130-gallon water tank.
When Duncan asked Maj. Gen. Jason Kelly, the USACE deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations, to show them the money, Kelly replied, “I don’t have it. I don’t have it. I’ve got work, though. I’ve got people to do the work.”…