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Asheville staff outline parks, arts and cultural recovery priorities after Tropical Storm Helene
Summary
Parks and Recreation Director Dee Tyrell McGirt briefed Asheville City Council on a Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Group plan to prioritize reopening parks, support artists and cultural institutions, and restore riverfront and tree canopy after storm damage from Tropical Storm Helene.
Parks and Recreation Director Dee Tyrell McGirt told the Asheville City Council at a March 20 agenda briefing that a Natural and Cultural Resources Recovery Support Group is prioritizing reopening damaged parks and supporting the local arts economy after damage from Tropical Storm Helene.
The recovery support group (RSG) has been divided into three small teams — arts and creative industries, historic and cultural heritage, and parks and natural resources — and is using the FEMA disaster recovery format to align short-, medium- and long-term projects, McGirt said. "This update today highlights our ongoing recovery efforts, again, related to natural and cultural resources," she said.
The nut of the update: staff are prioritizing rapid reopening of parks and greenways that are safe to use, identifying temporary services to replace lost amenities, and coordinating longer-term, resilient redesigns for major sites…
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