Displaced: Grassroots organizers fight for Swannanoa residents

Volume
31
/ Issue
26

Cover Design Credit:

Scott Southwick and Caleb Johnson

Cover Photography Credit:

Caleb Johnson
Like many rural places in Western North Carolina, the Swannanoa community is scattered around hollers and dead-end roads. Because of this, people in each neighborhood had unique experiences of Tropical Storm Helene — whether they were near forested slopes off Bee Tree Road or in riverside complexes within the flood plain. But throughout the community, its members came together to assist one another in the aftermath of the storm. And their efforts continue. Featured on this week’s cover, from left, are Dale Halford, Kevin Halford and Beth Trigg.

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