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Buncombe County launches public engagement for Swannanoa small area plan; wildlife agency provides $10,000 technical assistance
Summary
Planning staff outlined a public engagement timeline for the Swannanoa small area plan, including boundary and SWOT polls, hazard vulnerability work, contracts with Land of Sky Regional Council and a $10,000/80‑hour technical assistance award from the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.
Shannon, a Buncombe County planner, briefed the Planning Board on July 21 on the county's rollout of the Swannanoa small area plan, saying the public engagement phase began with a July 1 kickoff and will include a sequence of polls, community events and a December design workshop to produce a future land use map.
Shannon (Buncombe County planning staff) said staff are completing an existing‑conditions study drawing on census and GIS data and will include a hazard vulnerability assessment using recent FEMA data and other post‑Helene risk information. She said the hazard work is intended to inform resilience recommendations later in the planning process.
The county contracted Land of Sky Regional Council as the land‑use planning consultant and will work with several local subcontractors. Shannon named Mary Roderick as the primary Land of Sky contact. Shannon also said the county…
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