Neighbors Helping Neighbors

SGA is a grassroots coalition of residents, neighborhood groups, nonprofits, churches, and businesses that are working together to support relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts in Swannanoa. SGA's regular meetings, held several times each week, provide a forum for folks involved in recovery to exchange information, connect resources with needs, and address and resolve problems. Hundreds of people have attended SGA meetings, and 70+ organizations have been represented.

Our network includes many local residents, businesses, non-profits, churches, and relief organizations, including (but not limited to):

  • All Hands and Hearts

  • Adventures Relief

  • American Red Cross

  • Appalachian Tool & Machine

  • Beacon Foundation

  • Black Mountain Presbyterian

  • Blunt Pretzels

  • Bounty & Soul

  • Buncombe County

  • Cragmont Assembly

  • First Baptist of Swannanoa

  • Friends and Neighbors of Swannanoa

  • Friends of Grovemont Park

  • Friends of the Swannanoa Library

  • Fuller Center Disaster Rebuilders

  • Generation Church

  • Savage Freedoms

  • Hearts with Hands

  • LEAF Global / Lake Eden Retreat

  • Local FEMA Representatives

  • Montreat Conference Center

  • Residents from communities within the Swannanoa Valley

  • Rotary Club of Asheville

  • Save Beacon Village

  • Silverados

  • Swannanoa Christian Church

  • Swannanoa Community Council

  • Swannanoa Fire & Rescue

  • UNETE NC

  • United Cajun Navy

  • Valley Hope Church

  • Warren Wilson College

Fog settles over crops in the Swannanoa Valley as the sun rises over the mountains.

Supporting the Road to Recovery.

In addition to providing a space for collaboration, SGA is working at the county, state and federal level to advocate for Swannanoa, and help ensure that our community receives the resources it needs for a sustainable recovery. SGA will be an active participant in the Buncombe County Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG) that is currently being formed. The LTRG will be receiving federal assistance to support the needs of individual residents and families as we move through the recovery process.

With the support of the county, SGA is also partnering with MountainTrue and other nonprofits on a community-driven resilience planning process for Swannanoa. MountainTrue has assembled a volunteer team of designers, planners, architects, environmental consultants, and structural and civil engineers to help our community envision and plan for a future Swannanoa that will be safer, healthier and more resilient. This process, which will include a variety of opportunities for community participation, is expected to kick off in early 2025.

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