Buncombe Commissioners OK $14 Million Spending Boost for Helene Recovery

The move is a critical step in advancing long-term resilience projects—including landslide remediation engineering, park restoration, and creating a dedicated county recovery office—but it comes with a major caveat: the county must spend the money first and rely on a slow federal reimbursement process.FEMA Reimbursement is an Approval ProcessThe increase in the grant project budget is an internal local action that authorizes Buncombe County to hire staff and move forward on contracting major pro