Asheville's Historic Biltmore Village Secures $2.4 Million State Grant for Helene Recovery and Resilience
By Marge | Published 2025-11-25T16:53:20.049+00:00
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Asheville -- November 25, 2025: The City of Asheville has been awarded nearly $2.5 million in state grant funding to restore and upgrade critical public infrastructure in Biltmore Village, a unique and historically significant commercial area severely damaged by Helene.
The total award, which is slightly more than the initial $\$2.4$ million figure, comes from the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Small Business Infrastructure Grant Program (SmBIZ).This state-level initiative is dedicated to helping communities rebuild the infrastructure that local small businesses rely on to operate and thrive in the wake of the storm.The Source of the FundingThe $$2,492,801$ in grants is part of a larger, $13.8 million second round of awards announced by Governor Josh S