Owning a home involves building wealth, having solid housing costs, and the freedom to make the area your own. But owning a home comes with some non-negotiable costs: the mortgage, home insurance, and asset taxes.
The Buncombe County Homeowner Grant Program can help cover prices that cannot be deferred. The program provides qualified county homeowners with a grant of up to $300, and those who live in the city of Asheville can get up to $500. Recipients can apply the estimate to their estate tax bill and/or directly to their home loan or insurance.
To qualify, citizens will have to own a residential asset in Buncombe County that they have lived in as their number one apartment for at least five years and earn 80% or less of the area median source of income ($52,350 for a individual, $74,800 for a household of four). This year, the program was aimed at mobile owners.
Eligible families cannot qualify for tax deferral assistance for seniors, disabled or veterans and must have no more than $60,000 in liquid resources, such as money or budget in combined checking and savings accounts.
“If you think you might qualify, but you’re not sure, call our team,” Chief Economic Officer Phillip Hardin said in a July 15 press release. “We know there are a number of unique circumstances and our will works with the owners to help them find solutions. “
To apply, avl. mx/e12 or call 828-250-5500. Applications will be accepted until Monday, September 30. Applicants who won grants last year will want to reapply for the program.
Following a national search, the Dogwood Health Trust announced last month that Rebecca Noricks had joined the organization as vice president of communications. Noricks, who most recently served as communications officer at the W. K. The Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he led communications. The Foundation’s project methods and commitments to racial equity, is guilty of devising and implementing methods of internal and external communication that promote Dogwood’s purpose, vision, values, and culture.
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Warren Wilson College has been named a member of NCAA Division III effective Sunday, September 1 for its leadership and stable expansion in athletics. To Division III status, the school added men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s rugby, and men’s and women’s track and field. and women’s triathlon. The school has also added a full-time sports data director and a strength and conditioning coach. The additional groups have contributed to the expansion in the number of student-athletes, who make up 40% of new students over the past two years.
The Asheville Breakfast Rotary Club won a $39,000 global grant from Rotary International for a sanitation effort to serve the network in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico. The grant will be used to provide environmentally friendly toilets and waterless sinks and is the beginning of a series of sustainable developments. The club’s global grantmaking committee is headed by Asheville resident Bill Biddle, whose role is to identify and coordinate service assignments that benefit other homeless people in one of Rotary’s concentrated areas.
To meet the growing demand, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Asheville Regional Airport opened a fourth security screening lane last month. According to the airport, Asheville surpasses last year’s passenger numbers in this peak tourist season, which runs from summer through October. The TSA security checkpoint opens at four in the morning every day and closes after the last scheduled departure of the day. Flight delays can cause the TSA to close before departure, so airport officials recommend passengers arrive at least two hours before flight boarding. time.
Nancy Galsim, a qualified nursing assistant at Lutheran Services Carolinas (LCS) Aston Park Senior Care Community, won the organization’s Loyal Service Award for 2024. The peer-nominated award recognizes teammates who satisfy LSC’s project by serving consumers and citizens in an ordinary way. Array Only seven teammates out of the Carolinas’ more than 2,500 are revered each year. Galsim has worked at LSC since 2000 and was appointed through Aston Park Chief Executive Marsha McClure.
Pisgah Legal Services, which provides free legal advice, pro bono attorneys and others to underserved populations in Western North Carolina, said earlier this year that Jim Barrett would retire after serving as the organization’s executive director for 41 years. Barrett celebrated the case at Highland Brewing. Co. on July 18. Jaclyn Kiger, who joined Pisgah Legal Services in 2010, began serving as the nonprofit’s executive director on August 3.
Asheville-based solar energy company Sugar Hollow Solar has announced a partnership with the N. C. Clean Energy Fund to launch a solar loan program. This partnership aims to make solar energy available to more North Carolinians by providing financial answers at below-market rates and no intermediary fees. The North Carolina Clean Energy Fund operates in the style of the “Green Bank,” effectively introduced in other states, with a project to boost investments in blank electric responses and build climate resilience in North Carolina, especially for underserved populations. More information in avl. mx/dgd.
Work began last month to maintain the home of Nina Simone’s formative years in Tryon. The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program of the National Historical Trust for Preservation, hired Every Angle Inc. as general contractor for paintings to reclaim the space as an interpretive ancient site committed to telling the story of the iconic singer’s youth . The first phase includes the installation of an access ramp, a geothermal heating and cooling system, and the installation of interpretive landscaping. The task is expected to be completed this fall.
Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority announced Jay Curwen as Director of Sports, Film and Entertainment effective August 12. According to a news release, Curwen is an experienced sales manager and Asheville local and brings extensive experience in recreation and event management. and film production for the role.
Asheville Cat Weirdos, a local nonprofit that helps cat owners pay emergency veterinary bills, spay and neuter vouchers, cat food and supplies, will host a food drive on Sunday, Aug. 18 at the puppy supermarket at 244 Tunnel Road, United States 70. , from 11 a a. m. de m. to five p. m. m. La nonprofit will collect donations of cat food, litter, treats and toys, and offer raffle tickets for a basket of puppy supplies. FurEver Friends, an Asheville-based animal rescue nonprofit, will host an on-site adoption occasion during the food drive. .
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