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From YouTube: Board of Commissioners' Briefing (Sept. 21, 2021)
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Briefing of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners for Sept. 21, 2021. To view the meeting agenda you can visit buncombecounty.org/commissioners.
B
B
B
So
I
I
did
want
to
say
that
there's
some
good
news
there
we
are
seeing
cases
decrease.
We
are
seeing
that
percent
positivity
decrease
after
several
weeks
of
what
felt
like
some
leveling
off.
So
that
is
a
welcomed
sign,
but
these
levels
are
still
far
too
high.
You
can
see
there
that
we
still
have
lots
of
red
and
orange,
particularly
in
those
upper
indicators.
B
I
did
want
to
give
you
some
vaccine
updates
that
by
the
numbers
that
we
have
about
65
percent
of
our
total
population,
partially
vaccinated,
as
indicated
by
our
graphic
there,
that
is
about
169
514
people
with
at
least
one
dose
that
buncombe
county
hhs
has
administered
about
99,
700,
total
doses.
Since
december
of
2020,
and
last
week
we
saw
about
265
first
doses
administered
since
week
prior.
B
B
It's
it.
It
does
appear
that
the
federal
employee
compliance
is
by
november
22nd,
more
guidance
and
information
forthcoming
for
businesses
that
the
reports
were
showing
roughly
about
two
months
after
that
announcement
that
we
could
see
that
potentially
go
in,
but
I
did
want
to
say
that
all
of
those
things
are
impacting
our
current
vaccine
operations.
B
With
that
we
have
the
anticipated
federal
vaccine
requirement
coming.
I
thought
it
was
really
important
to
tell
you
all
okay,
so
there
are
lots
of
folks
who
are
covered
in
that.
Let's
talk
about
folks,
we've
already
reached
and
then
talk
about
how
we
reach-
maybe
some
folks
who
may
not
be
totally
included
in
that
and
maybe
haven't
quite
come
to
us
for
other
reasons,
and
so
I
did
want
to
mention
just
some
of
the
things
that
we've
done
already,
including
our
mass
vaccination
efforts
for
the
general
population.
B
You
all
remember
that
we
were
at
a
b
tech
for
for
many
months.
We
do
still
have
our
fixed
site
operations
at
the
health
department
for
the
general
population
and,
as
I
mentioned,
about
99
700,
total
doses
administered
with
about
3
000
of
those
in
outreach
settings
and
roughly
2
500
of
those
in
equity
outreach
settings.
B
We
have
done
four
specific
events
for
our
homeless
population
to
specific
events
for
our
migrant
farm
workers,
and
we
have
over
a
dozen
of
events
that
were
for
work
sites
and
for
our
school-aged
children.
We
had
summer
partnerships
with
many
of
our
schools
in
the
area
to
reach
eligible
children
and
their
families,
and
that
resulted
in
13
school
events
with
administering
over
360
total
doses
with
those.
B
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
all
what
our
team
has
been
putting
together
and
kicking
off
actually
today.
So
I'll
talk
about
that
in
just
a
second
that
our
plan
will
hopefully
reach
those
that
may
not
have
been
included
in
what
we've
already
done,
maybe
haven't
been
or
won't
be
included
in
the
federal
requirement,
but
may
still
be
open
to
vaccination,
so
we're
affectionately,
calling
this
right
now
operation
all
in
and
welcome
better
names.
If
you
have
one,
but
efforts
here
are
to
increase
vaccination
rates.
B
That
will
include
events,
partnerships
and
campaign
tactics,
including
additional
vaccination
events
throughout
the
county,
local
vaccination
incentives
and
part
partnership
with
trusted
community
organ
organizations
to
provide
access
to
vaccinations
throughout
the
county.
I
did
want
to
highlight
working
with
a
local
marketing
agency
to
coordinate
a
very
integrated
ad
campaign
featuring
local
residents,
encouraging
vaccination,
and
these
are
many
of
what
I
would
call
non-traditional:
public
health
and
vaccine
champions.
When
I
think
about
your
public
health
director,
that's
a
very
traditional
champion
of
vaccine,
but
these
are
folks
who
are
living
in
our
communities.
B
They
are
respected,
folks
in
our
school
systems
and
in
our
other
community
settings
the
campaign
will
interface
with
the
regional.
My
reason
wnc
for
a
lot
of
reasons,
but
but
for
one
in
particular,
is
that,
as
we
concentrate
on
this
30-day
push
in
our
own
county,
we
know
how
varied
and
very
important
it
is
to
make
sure
that
there
are
that
same
messaging
and
that
same
campaign
throughout
the
region,
as
many
folks
may
work
in
our
county,
but
live
somewhere
else,
and
vice
versa,
so
really
leveraging
and
utilizing
that
partnership
in
the
region.
B
And
just
to
reiterate
again
engaging
schools,
vaccine
providers
and
community
members-
and
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
some
of
the
great
work
that
our
team
has
been
doing,
particularly
our
comms
director
stacy
wood
around
developing
a
psa
that
will
feature
a
local
champion
from
irwin
high
school
who
oversees
our
junior
rotc
program
so
more
to
come
on.
That.
B
Then
just
lastly,
parts
of
that
campaign
as
well
that
we
want
to
learn
from
our
youth
community,
in
particular
of
ways
to
educate,
inform
and
motivate
their
families
to
learn
more
about
the
safe
and
effective
covet
19
vaccine.
So
looking
to
get
that
qualitative
data
that
will
help
inform
how
to
better
engage
families
and
communities.
B
We
continue
to
have
our
vaccine
efforts
that
engage
local
vaccine
providers
in
a
coordinated
way.
We
continue
to
meet
weekly
to
talk
about
where,
where
are
the
access
points
that
are
needed
for
vaccine
and
who,
who
can
do
that,
whether
it's
buncombe
county
hhs
or
whether
it's
one
of
our
fqhcs
or
even
a
state
vendor
or
even
fema,
when
they
come
back
into
the
area,
so
better,
better
use
of
that
collaborative
support?
B
For
folks
who
may
not
be
opposed
to
vaccine,
but
just
haven't
done
it
yet
and
then
just
of
note,
it
doesn't
have
to
do
with
vaccine,
but
it
is
very
important.
I
did
want
to
say
that
we
are
going
to
be
seeing
expanded
testing
opportunities
within
our
county,
as
well
as
the
dhhs
state.
Vendor
starmed,
who
we
have
been
partnering
with
for
testing,
is
going
to
begin
offering
their
services
monday
through
friday,
beginning
next
week
at
harrah's
event
center
and
that
particular
vendor.
B
This
will
be
a
somewhat
temporary
spot
for
a
few
weeks
and
they
are
very
interested
in
having
a
much
more
permanent
and
fixed
site
to
be
able
to
provide
that
testing
and
vaccine
opportunity
much
more
regularly.
And
if,
if
the
space
is
available
and
can
work
for
them,
they
may
be
able
to
do
their
complete
operation,
which
could
include
the
monoclonal
antibody
treatment.
So
access
to
that
as
well
as
they
look
for
good
space.
B
For
that
and
as
I
wrap
up,
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
you
can
visit
myspot.nc.gov
to
find
a
vaccine
provider
near
you.
If
you
are
listening
to
us
and
another
vaccine
provider
is
closer
to
you,
then
we
want
you
to
go
where
it
is
easy
and
convenient
for
you
to
get
your
vaccine
and,
if
you're
out
our
way
near
the
health
department,
we
will
gladly
vaccinate
you
as
well.
C
B
C
B
C
B
C
B
B
There
yeah
so
not
much
change
since
the
last
time.
I
saw
you
that
you
might
remember
a
few
weeks
ago.
We
did
see
that
increase
from
about
you
know
we
were
seeing
an
average
of
like
14
and
we
saw
that
jump
up
to
about
20,
and
then
it
went
just
a
little
bit
higher
and
it's
staying
right
there
in
that
mid
20
percent.
I
believe
I
wrote
it
down
thinking
that
you
might
ask
that
it
is
about
20.
B
A
E
E
The
methane
component
is
the
part
that
we
destroy
in
the
generator
when
we
make
electricity,
which
is
a
powerful
greenhouse
gas,
so
we
collect
actively
collect
the
landfill
gas
out
of
the
landfill
direct
it
to
our
generator
combust.
It
get
it
on
duke
energy's
power
lines
and
ultimately
it
goes
to
our
communities.
Homes
about
1100
homes
right
now
are
benefiting
from
our
project
and
then
just
some
background
right
now
we're
working
under
a
10-year
agreement
with
duke
under
a
pp4.
E
That's
our
current
ppa
agreement
with
duke
we've
had
some
pretty
good
pricing.
Historically
with
duke
moving
forward.
We
are
not
going
to
see
pretty
good
pricing
from
duke.
In
fact,
it
is
going
to
be
about
half
of
what
we
saw.
Historically,
the
capacity
pricing
is
essentially
gone,
so
that's
unfortunate
for
us,
but
what
we
hope
to
do
here
today
is:
I
have
a
notice
of
commitment
letter
from
duke
they
require
signature
of
that
letter
to
continue
talking
to
us
about
pricing
and
ppas
and
a
contract
moving
forward.
E
E
E
I
anticipate
coming
to
you
with
a
contract
from
duke
that
will
not
be
a
10-year
contract,
we're
hoping
for
a
three-year
contract
right
now,
five
or
ten
years
kind
of
their
standard,
but
we're
hoping
to
go
for
a
three
year
contract
that
gets
us
through
our
service
contract,
with
our
generator
is
really
what's
driving.
That
timeline.
There.
E
E
Okay,
so
as
I
as
I
alluded
to
the
pp5
pricing
that
duke
has
has
offered
as
our
option
moving
forward
is
significantly
less
than
historic.
So,
since
the
last
time
we
saw,
we
ran
some
new
revenue
and
expense
assumptions.
I
wanted
to
just
briefly
go
over
those
with
you.
Our
revenue
assumptions
are
based
on
our
engine
capacity,
so
we
have
a
1300
kilowatt
engine
if
we
assume
10
downtime,
the
revenues
associated
are
tied
to
that,
so
we're
assuming
3
cents
per
kilowatt
hour.
E
That's
basically
an
average
of
all
those
prices
you
just
saw
on
that
sheet
before
and
then
the
renewable
energy
credits
or
wrecks
we're,
assuming
at
four
dollars
per
megawatt
hour.
That's
a
standard
going
rate
for
north
carolina
renewable
energy
projects.
Right
now,
we
hope
to
get
more.
We
hope
to
get
15
dollars
per
megawatt
hour,
but
the
market
kind
of
drives
that
the
energy
sales
with
duke
will
be
fixed.
The
wrecks
have
a
potential
to
go
up
or
down,
and
then
we
have
the
carbon
credits
assumed
at
124
000
a
year
and
the
expense
assumptions.
E
E
So
those
are
our
assumed
expenses
moving
forward
and
then
I
will
show
you
what
that
looks
like
so
back
in
february,
dane
presented
this
graph
on
the
left
to
you.
That
was
our
initial
discussions
with
duke
when
it
looked
like,
we
were
going
to
get
2
cents
per
kilowatt
hour.
We've
we've
since
on
the
right.
This
is
where
we
are
now
we've
kind
of
closed
that
gap
between
the
expenses
and
revenues,
which
is
great
news.
E
We've
been
able
to
find
some
better
pricing
with
dukes
and
better
wreck
pricing
and
some
carbon
credits.
So
this
is
a
fairly
conservative
model.
You
know,
we've
we've
really
assumed
the
worst
in
expenses
and
the
worst
in
revenues.
We
hope
to
close
that
gap
even
more
by
getting
more
money
per
rex
and
carbon
credits.
E
But
as
you
see
moving
forward,
you
know,
for
instance,
fy22
there's
a
difference
of
about
almost
66
000
a
year
expenses
over
revenues
and
that's
100
staff
time.
Just
so,
you
all
are
aware.
Our
staff
person
probably
spends
about
50
of
his
time
operating
the
landfill
gas
energy
project,
and
then
we
have
him
do
other
things
as
well
all
right.
It
went
this
time
and
then,
if
the
generator
were
to
retire,
that's
the
beneficial
use
of
the
landfill
gas
right.
E
We
hope
to
sell
for
more
and
make
more
revenue
to
almost
we're
hoping
to
just
break
even
is
obviously
the
the
hope
and
so
next
steps.
We
are
hoping
to
sign
the
letter
of
commitment
letter
with
with
you
today
and
then
that
should
jumpstart
duke
into
negotiating
a
new
ppa
with
us.
They
will
firm
up
pricing.
The
pp5
pricing
is
the
best
guess
that
they
can
give
me
now.
We
don't
know
yet
a
term
for
the
contract.
It's
they
have
a
five-year
term
contract
option
a
10-year
term
we're
hoping
for
a
three-year.
A
If
we,
if
we
discontinued
the
operation
of
the
generator,
what
would
be
the
so
the
cost
to
just
kind
of
run
the
system,
as
it's
being
run
today,
is
430
000,
plus
the
debt
service
on
the
loan
75
000..
But
so,
if
we
just
said
hey
we're
not
going
to
you
know
this.
This
doesn't
look
as
good
as
it
did
in
the
past.
E
Oh,
the
the
expense
goes
way
down.
The
the
bulk
of
your
expense
is
the
generator
that's
about
240
000
a
year
on
average
to
just
run
that
thing.
So
in
my
mind,
I've
been
just
trying
to
figure
out,
can
my
wrecks
and
can
our
wrecks
and
our
energy
sales
cover
the
cost
of
that
generator?
That's
the
ultimate
goal,
but
the
operational
expenses
of
just
flaring
is
is
minimal
compared
to
running
a
generator.
Okay,.
E
E
A
E
A
But
it's
not
like
it's
free
there's
still
this
cost.
So
all
right,
thank
you.
My
my
only
feedback
would
be.
I
think,
if
we
can
get
a
shorter
contract.
That's
that's
good!
You
know
this
was
kind
of
a
no-brainer
in
the
past,
but
with
the
electricity
values
going
down
so
much
it's
you
know
it's
not
it's
it's!
It
seems
like
that's
the
right
thing
to
do,
because
if
we
were
just,
we
just
turned
it
off
with
the
with
the
190
we
still
have
to
pay.
A
We
would
actually
be
more
underwater
financially
than
it
looks
like
the
financially
right
decision
is
to
continue
running
the
generator.
It's
still
going
to
lose
some
money,
but
it'll
lose
we'll
lose
more
money
because
at
least
now
we
have
the
electricity
revenue
coming
in
to
help
offset
part
of
it.
So,
but
because
it's
not
clear,
I
think
we
wouldn't
want
to
commit
further
out
into
the
future.
If
we
can
avoid
that
just
so,
we
can
continue
to
monitor
it.
I've
also
heard
there
might
be
some
expensive
parts
that
need
to
be
replaced
in
the
future.
E
Yes,
sir,
you
said
it
perfect
and
fy24
will
have
a
major
maintenance
on
that
generator.
So
that's
a
kind
of
a
make
or
break
moment
for
the
project.
I
anticipate
you
know
maybe
technologies
that
get
better
in
the
next
five
ten
years
and
we
can
do
something
different
that
we're
just
not
there.
Yet.
Our
landfill
is
not
big
enough
to
to
get
the
big
projects,
yet
we
just
don't
have
the
gas.
So
for
us
right
now,
it's
really
the
most
feasible
project
and
to
speak
to
you,
your
previous
question
about.
E
A
Okay,
but
if
we
can
stick
with
the
three
years,
then
we
anticipate
that
we
could
then
renegotiate
the
ppa
or
discontinue
it
before
we
have
to
incur
that
big
capital
cost
for
the
equipment.
So
by
whatever
decision
we
make
here
if
it
goes
according
to
the
approach
you're
looking
at,
because
once
we
sign
the
ppa
we're
kind
of
obligated
to
run
it
for
that
period
of
time
right,
so
we
need
to
be
careful
to
try
to
stay
within
the
existing
useful
life
of
the
major
equipment.
A
E
H
A
E
I
A
So
I
just
wonder
if
I
mean
I
think
you
they
have
to
give
you
an
annual
like
they
have
to
buy
the
power
from
us
and
if
we
didn't
sign
a
multi-year
contract,
I
think
it
defaults
to
like
a
one-year
rate
so
anyway,
but
we're
not,
but
let's
sign
that
the
paperwork
to
continue
negotiating
this
or
just
exploring
it
and
then
you'll
bring
it
back
for
a
final
decision
right.
Okay,.
A
E
E
A
We're
not
interested
in
as
you
bring
the
final
recommendations
in
I
would.
I
would
want
to
understand
the
differences
and
if
we
are
potentially
obligating
ourselves
to
a
period
of
time
where
we
might
have
to
make
big
capital
investments,
I
would
definitely
want
to
understand
that
fully
any
other
questions.
Commissioners,
okay,
we
don't
need
to
vote
on
this
right
now.
This
is
just
for
discussion
correct
or
do
we
need
to
authorize
the
the
commitment.
A
A
H
We
can,
or
we
were
looking
to
see
if
you
want
us
to
continue
we'll
continue
with.
We
just
want
to
give
you
an
awareness
tonight
and
if
you
had
really
heartburn,
then
you'll
put
it
on
the
agenda
to
give
a
final
decision
either
way
it
works.
We
can
put
it
to
get
y'all
to
set
us
to
move
forward
as
a
formal
vote,
but
that's
not
a
vote
of
the
contract.
We'll
bring
the
contract
back
later.
H
A
A
H
A
J
K
K
L
Can
everyone
hear
me?
Yes,
ma'am,
awesome,
wonderful!
Thank
you
for
taking
time
today.
My
name
is
dr
noria
armstrong.
I'm
part
of
a
therapist.
Like
me,
the
executive
director
and
ceo
and
a
therapist
like
me
would
use
the
recovery
funds
to
enhance
behavioral
and
mental
awareness,
access
and
services
by
engaging
marginalized,
minoritized
and
bypoc
individuals.
L
The
health,
awareness
and
education
prong
of
our
working
on
wellness
will
work
to
bring
doctors
such
as
kamika
kuzmika
corbett,
who
played
a
major
role
in
the
development
of
the
production
of
the
moderna
cova
19
vaccine,
dr
nadine
burke
harris
the
surgeon
general
of
california
who
linked
adverse
childhood
experiences
and
toxic
stress
to
later
harmful
effects
in
life
and
other
black
and
brown
doctors
in
the
asheville
area.
Who
can
explain,
support
and
help
community
members
learn
about
their
daily
health
and
show
how
to
access
the
resources
available
to
them.
L
Our
second
prong
is
the
mental
health
community
outreach
program,
and
it
will
include
in
purchasing
a
bus
that
we
will
transform
into
a
counseling
office
and
travel
around
the
community
to
businesses,
schools,
neighborhoods
and
community
centers.
Talking
about
wellness,
wholeness
therapy,
counseling
and
even
encouraging
more
teenagers
and
adolescents
to
major
in
psychology
and
counseling,
so
they
can
become
therapists
for
their
own
community
as
well.
L
So
with
your
support
and
funding,
a
therapist
like
me
will
be
able
to
launch
and
nurture
this
program
our
wellness
on
wheels
over
a
period
of
time
and
accomplish
two
of
our
three-prong
initiatives
to
enhance
mental
health
and
behavioral
health
for
bipolar,
marginalized
and
minoritized
people
in
asheville.
We
appreciate
your
consideration
and
hope
that
you
will
choose
us
to
support.
Thank
you.
K
K
M
Okay,
please
begin
sure,
I'm
chantel
simpson,
the
chief
executive
officer
for
appalachian
mountain
community
health
center.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
time
to
present
to
you.
Today
we
are
a
federally
qualified
community
health
center
that
is
located
in.
We
have
six
locations
three
locations
in
buncombe,
county
and
three
that
are
spread
across
north
carolina
in
graham
clay
in
jackson,
in
cherokee
counties.
What
we
are
proposing
is
funds
to
help
us
to
advance,
enhance
access
and
prevent
the
spread
of
covet
through
focusing
on
patients
with
comorbidities
non-insured,
low,
insured
and
low-income
patients.
M
What
we
currently
offer
at
our
fqhcs,
we
have
about
20
providers,
medical
doctors,
physician
assistants
and
nurse
practitioners,
where
we
provide
primary
care
and
mental
health
services.
We've
been
able
to
offer
these
services
in
buncombe
county
and
we
do
receive
a
grant
from
hersa
being
that
we
are
federally
qualified
community
health
center,
but
we
are
in
need
of
additional
funds
to
create
to
build
a
new
infrastructure
to
be
able
to
house
staffing.
M
So
while
we
have
adequate
staffing
to
provide
these
wonderful
services
to
buncombe
county
patients,
we
have
ran
out
of
room
in
our
local
site
that
we
have
here
on
ashland
avenue.
So
we
are
looking
for
support
and
also
we
have
a
small
clinic
in
may
called
maze,
which
is
located
in
western
carolina
rescue
ministries.
We
are
looking
for
support
to
open
and
operate
monday
through
friday
in
those
offices
and
provide
medical,
primary
care
and
covet
services
to
our
patients.
We
do
offer
the
covet
vaccine.
M
K
G
Good
afternoon,
chair
and
commissioners,
I'm
leslie
mccrory
the
executive
director
of
old
souls
counseling
center.
We
provide
affordable,
individual
family
and
couples
therapy
to
those
are
without
insurance
and
for
those
who
also
have
high
insurance,
co-pays
or
deductibles
we're
a
21
year
old
nonprofit,
which
is
not
affiliated
with
the
cathedral
of
all
souls.
Although
the
center
had
its
origins
at
the
cathedral,
we
are
also
not
affiliated
with
paul
sol's
pizza.
G
As
you
are
aware,
it's
been
widely
reported
that
the
ongoing
pandemic
has
exacerbated
many
of
the
mental
health
issues
in
our
region,
which
will
have
a
long-term
effect
on
our
community,
and
our
vision
is
to
provide
compassionate
care
to
people
in
our
center
so
that
they
may
be
more
fully.
So
they
may
more
fully
participate
in
their
community
help
in
healthy
and
productive
ways.
G
G
G
O
D
Good
afternoon,
according
to
the
chamber,
over
300
jobs
were
lost
in
the
arts
and
entertainment
industry.
Last
year,
the
greatest
percentage
of
job
loss
from
any
industry
in
buncombe
county.
We
had
some
glimmer
of
hope
when
event
venues
were
able
to
reopen
in
may
after
14
months
of
closure,
and
now
we
find
ourselves
canceling
events
again.
Arts
businesses
are
on
the
front
lines,
enforcing
mass
mandates,
vaccine
checks
and
coveted
testing
desperately
trying
to
hang
on.
D
D
D
D
D
K
N
P
With
asap,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
all
right,
great
hi,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
asap
and
we're
requesting
funding
for
our
double
snap
program.
The
program
matches
snap
benefits
dollar
for
dollar
at
farmers,
markets
customers
get
twice
the
amount
of
fresh
local
food
for
their
snap
dollar
and
that
money
goes
directly
to
local
farmers.
Asap
started
the
first
farmers
market
to
accept
snap
benefits
more
than
10
years
ago
and
have
been
working
with
markets
to
expand
fresh
food
access.
We
are
currently
doubling
snap.
P
We
are
currently
building
snap
dollars
at
five
bunker
markets
and
the
project
will
expand
and
improve
the
sustainability
of
the
program.
Our
project
addresses
the
economic
harm
experienced
by
low-income
households
during
the
pandemic,
addressing
high
rates
of
food
insecurity,
and
it
addresses
the
harm
experienced
by
buncombe
county
farmers
and
small
businesses
who
are
still
recovering
from
the
pandemic.
P
In
2020,
with
the
onset
of
the
pandemic,
snap
sales
at
markets
tripled
sales.
This
year
are
projected
to
double
that
number
again.
In
july
alone,
participating
bunker
markets
match
27
000
in
snap,
which
represents
54
000,
total
in
food
for
families
and
sales
for
local
farms.
We
project
this
program
to
double
more
than
200
000
across
five
markets.
This
year,
every
market
manager
surveyed
reported
that
the
program
has
increased
their
markets.
Customer
base
funding
will
support
the
five
markets
currently
doubling
snap
dollars
and
expand
the
program
to
two
additional
markets:
river
arts,
district
and
weaverville.
P
It
will
enable
participation
of
buncombe
county
farm
stands
and
we
are
currently
piloting
the
program
with
the
southside
community
gardens
farm
stand,
it'll
support
outreach
as
well
as
activities
that
make
markets
welcoming
and
engaging
spaces
support
assistance
to
address
challenges.
Families
have
accessing
markets
such
as
transportation
limitations
and
language
barriers.
Overall,
double
snap
provides
hundreds
of
thousands
of
dollars
of
income
directly
to
farmers
and
helps
function.
County
families
stretch
their
food
budgets.
K
Q
My
name
is
kit
kramer,
president
of
the
asheville
chamber,
code
of
19
shutdowns,
combined
with
the
police
department's
reduction
in
services,
have
left
residents,
business
owners,
employees
and
customers
shaken
the
proposed
community.
Connector
program
would
support
the
call
to
reimagine
public
safety,
while
contributing
to
the
social
and
economic
stability
needed
by
businesses
and
neighborhoods.
Q
An
advisory
group
of
businesses
and
strategic
partners
would
review
similar
programs
in
other
cities
and
develop
priorities
and
job
descriptions
for
the
community.
Connector
street
teams,
strategic
partners,
public
private,
non-profit
and
business
organizations
would
collaborate
to
support
the
success
of
the
program.
The
project
would
consolidate
existing
services
and
referral
processes
through
the
community.
Connector
teams
who
encounter
people
in
need
or
situations
that
need
to
be
addressed.
Q
The
program
could
provide
a
safer,
cleaner
environment
through
proactive
engagement.
Addressing
concerns
early
through
frequent
touch
points
and
intervention
could
help
connect
individuals
to
services
and
address
situations
that
need
the
attention
of
public
works.
The
cost
of
the
community
connectors
program
would
be
shared
with
matching
dollars
from
the
city
of
asheville
and
a
request
to
the
tourism
development
authority.
Q
This
three-year
pilot
project
aligns
with
the
county's
priorities.
It
directly
supports
equitable
outcomes
for
those
businesses
and
individuals
who
have
been
most
impacted
by
the
pandemic,
and
the
combined
funding
leverages
this
one-time
infusion
of
dollars
at
a
moment
when
we
need
it
most,
you
can
learn
more
about
the
community
connectors
proposal
at
ashevillechamber.org
community
connectors.
Thank
you.
K
R
These
goals
are
also
reflected
in
our
own
strategic
economic
development
plan.
Today,
at
least
35
percent
of
buncombe
county's
workforce
are
underemployed
or
working
full-time
for
less
than
living
wage.
Based
on
the
2019
u.s
census.
Bureau
data,
the
annual
median
income
of
residents
between
the
ages
of
15
to
24,
is
34
000
and
the
unemployment
rate
of
this
age
group
is
14
even
worse.
Residents
with
a
high
school
diploma
or
less
have
an
average
median
income
of
23
000,
while
manufacturing
wages
are
on
average
above
living
wage
and
above
the
state's
median
household
income
benchmark.
R
Manufacturing.
Employers
still
need
to
fill
about
1500
jobs
in
buncombe
county
alone
for
currently
open
unfilled
positions.
Accelerate
buncombe
is
a
talent,
recruitment
and
workforce
readiness
program
hosted
by
the
edc,
in
collaboration
with
a
b
tech,
inclusive,
hiring
employer
partners,
local
bypass
service
providers
in
several
community
organizations.
R
We
will
recruit
unemployed
and
underemployed
individuals
into
a
paid
training
program
where
students
earn
fifteen
dollars
an
hour
during
the
eight-week
training
which
allows
them
to
quit
their
current
job.
To
learn.
New
skills
upon
graduation
candidates
will
receive
job
offers
that
will
put
them
on
track
for
upward
mobility.
Their
curriculum
includes
leadership,
development,
certified
production,
technician
and
career
readiness
certificate.
With
your
support,
we
can
change
the
lives
of
residents
in
our
community
who
need
it
most.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
K
I
Good
afternoon
I'm
andy
barnett,
director
of
asheville
area,
habitat
for
humanity.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
tell
you
about
our
plans.
You
know
the
importance
of
healthy
and
stable
home
has
never
been
clearer.
Over
the
last
year,
homes
been
our
workplace.
It's
where
we
teach
our
children,
it's
our
haven
in
a
global
pandemic.
I
Those
who
lack
healthy
and
stable
home
field.
This
crisis
acutely
recent
studies
linked
poor
housing,
with
increased
rates
of
covet
and
covert
covet-related
deaths.
Commissioners
to
make
buncombe
county
more
resilient
to
public
health
threats.
More
people
need
healthy,
stable
housing.
The
american
recovery
plan
funds
are
a
historic
opportunity
to
invest
in
housing.
I
Asheville
area
habitat
for
humanity's
proposal
is
a
great
way
to
make
that
investment.
With
your
support,
we
can
expedite
two
shovel-ready
neighborhoods
neighborhoods
that
become
home
to
89,
low-paid
and
fixed-income
neighbors.
These
neighborhoods
add
density
on
land,
surrounded
by
development,
but
lacking
connection
to
infrastructure.
I
N
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
lindsey
rossen
and
I'm
the
director
of
finance
and
operations
at
the
asheville
art
museum,
the
asheville
art
museum,
produces
hundreds
of
educational
programs,
lectures,
films,
workshops,
professional
trainings
and
more
each
year,
as
we
make
our
way
through
the
cova
19
pandemic.
The
need
to
run
these
programs
in
a
hybrid
of
in-person
and
live
virtual
formats
is
becoming
increasingly
important.
N
The
museum
requests
funding
to
equip
the
museum's
educational
studio
and
multi-purpose
space
with
the
video
and
audio
technology
to
support
these
hybrid
programs.
Museum
staff
has
become
adept
at
delivering
virtual
programming
and
we
seek
the
ability
to
offer
unified
on-site
and
live
virtual
programs
to
best
serve
our
diverse
audience
and
increase
our
cultural
reach.
N
K
S
S
Abccm
purchased,
24
acres
of
undeveloped
land
for
transformation
village,
a
multi-phased
project
that
will
ultimately
provide
on-site
support
for
every
need,
including
health
care,
nutrition,
life
skills,
employment,
training
and
more
for
approximately
350
residents
mission
is
to
provide
stability
to
homeless,
women
and
children.
We
provide
this
through
personal
skill,
training,
education
and
training
to
equip
adults
for
employment
and
sustainable
housing.
S
The
fallen
have
been
found
to
be
the
principal
reasons
that
people
come
to
transformation:
village,
one
poverty,
two
domestic
violence,
three
unemployment,
four
low-paying
jobs
and
five
lack
of
affordable
housing,
abccm
doubled
its
capacity
for
women
and
children
with
completion
of
the
phase
1
of
our
transformation
village,
which
provides
90
beds
for
transitional
housing
each
year.
We
project
that
we
will
be
able
to
help
up
to
240
women
and
children
find
sustainable
housing.
Currently
we
have
a
waiting
list
of
70
single
women
and
50
moms
with
73
children.
S
Although
we
have
doubled
our
capacity
in
phase
one,
we
still
cannot
meet
the
needs
of
women
and
children
in
our
community.
In
the
2021
school
year,
544
children
enrolled
in
our
school
systems
were
identified
as
homeless
or
unstable,
unstably
housed
by
the
city
and
school
systems.
This
does
not
count
preschool
siblings,
a
point
in
time.
Survey
of
homelessness,
while
shows
a
decrease
in
all
categories,
one
category
increase,
and
that
was
families
and
most
of
these
homeless
families
are
led
by
women.
U
U
U
V
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name
is
joanna
graham
mcgeechen
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
ebitha,
the
life
center
will
intentionally
and
innovatively
address
health
disparities
and
public
outcomes.
A
bible's
request
for
funding
for
the
program,
implementation
and
purchase
of
a
space
to
operate
of
life
center
will
be
a
collaboration
between
avipa
and
nc
brookhaven
behavioral
health
to
promote
supportive
services
to
individuals
through
utilizing
a
space
that
celebrates
and
cultivates
resilience,
restoration
and
renaissance.
V
life
center
will
be
modeled
after
the
dream
of
our
late
founder,
dr
charles
blair,
to
replicate
the
jackson,
medical
mall
in
jackson,
mississippi,
which
was
transformed
from
an
abandoned
shopping
mall
to
a
modern
medical
and
real
retail
facility.
The
mission
was
to
provide
health
care
for
underserved
and
promote
economic
and
community
development.
20
years
later,
the
jackson
medical
mall
sits
proudly
in
the
center
of
the
city
state
capitol,
providing
high
quality
health
and
community
services
just
as
organizations
we
address
health
holistically
by
thinking
of
physical,
mental,
financial
and
social
health.
V
So
so
will
this
project
and
so
to
be
able
to
improve
the
design
execution
of
health
and
public
health,
small
businesses,
nonprofit
support
and
assistance
to
households,
serviced
by
disproportionately
impacted
communities
and
assistance
to
un
unemployed
workers.
A
pimple
will
be
the
anchor
institution
to
build
the
foundation
of
17
years
of
social
terms
of
health
work.
V
This
addresses
a
holistic
approach
to
just
an
equitable
model
of
hover
19
recovery
by
investing
and
growing
organizations
and
individuals
that
would
not
normally
have
access
to
the
funding
due
to
the
lack
of
funding
or
capacity
to
receive
or
manage
funds
appropriately.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
K
W
Yes,
the
blue
note
junction,
the
blue,
gnome
junction,
gets
its
inspiration
by
the
blue
note
the
once
historical
landmark
built
in
the
1920s
by
the
community's
founder
e.w
pearson.
The
blue
note
served
as
a
grocery
store
a
hairdresser
and
also
our
community's
first
community
center.
This
project
is
a
continuation
of
that
legacy
and
the
ongoing
partner
organizations
asheville
creative
arts,
hood
huggers,
international
and
peace,
gardens
and
market
expanding
on
our
successful
efforts
to
develop
a
youth
training
program,
build
entrepreneurs
and
establish
a
culturally
appropriate
health
affirming
green
spaces.
W
We
are
building
a
destination
that
supports
the
physical
and
emotional
and
economic
health
of
the
black
community,
while
giving
visitors
an
immersive
cultural
experience,
part
culture
center,
part,
neighborhood,
spa,
part,
business
incubator.
This
all-inclusive
space
will
create
a
model
for
high-knees
communities
that
have
been
hardest
hit
by
c19
in
the
region.
X
Good
afternoon
commissioners,
I'm
david
nash,
executive,
director
of
asheville
housing
authority.
A
few
years
ago,
we
entered
into
partnership
with
the
county
and
homeward
bound
to
transform
wood
from
apartments
in
downtown
asheville
into
a
location
for
the
hardest
to
house.
Members
of
our
community
experiencing
homelessness
in
that
setting
homeward
bound
provides
case
management,
support
on
site
for
in
for
18
households
and
the
county
provides
security
funding
to
to
support
that
activity.
The
housing
authority
provides
the
units
and
maintains
them
and
maintains
the
building.
X
We
quickly
put
up
some
scaffolding
to
protect
passerbys
on
the
on
the
sidewalk,
and
we
did
some
investigative
work
to
find
that
there
was
a
substantial
amount
of
other
work
that
needed
to
be
done
to
that
exterior
for
safety
of
the
residents.
Safety
of
the
case
managers
who
work
there
and
safety
of
folks
generally
passing
by
this
project,
is
a
one-time
capital
investment
to
preserve
this
historic
structure.
There
are
some
costs
additional
cost
because
it
is
national
regis.
It
is
part
of
the
national
register.
X
Y
X
K
Z
You
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
chosen.
Positive
opportunities.
Develop
success
is
a
community-led
initiative
after
school
program
for
students
that
was
initially
implemented
during
the
pandemic,
to
bridge
the
digital
divide
and
offer
academic
and
emotional
support
to
children,
primarily
living
within
our
actual
subsidized
housing
communities.
Z
At
the
request
of
parents.
We
are
current.
We
currently
have
an
after-school
program
at
the
arthur
eddington
center,
where
we
have
currently
about
55
students
who
receive
individualized
academic
and
social
emotional
support
when
they
leave
school.
They
also
receive
dinner
three
days
out
of
the
week,
as
well
as
social,
emotional
learning
on
a
daily
basis.
Z
The
best
part
about
this
program
has
been
the
support
and
buy-in
of
the
people
who
live
in
these
communities.
It
has
allowed
housing
the
ability
to
build
authentic
relationships
and
connect
with
community
members
that
we
rarely
hear
from.
We
also
have
the
ability
in
which
we've
hired
several
of
our
residents,
as
well
as
our
teenagers
to
work
in
these
sites.
K
G
AA
Hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
thank
you.
My
name
is
amanda
bryant,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
asheville
museum
of
science.
We
are
a
hub
for
science
and
stem
education
in
our
county.
We
serve
locals
and
guests
students
and
teachers
with
field
trips
and
outreach,
and
we
lead
several
after
school
programs
and
camps
throughout
our
region.
Fema's
is
also
one
of
the
only
family,
friendly
cultural
organizations
in
our
county.
AA
AA
However,
this
has
not
stopped
us
from
being
a
leader
in
science
and
supporting
our
community
and
learning
about
covid
vaccines,
supporting
virtual
education
programming
and
advising
on
health
and
safety
standards
for
children.
We've
also
provided
a
free
covet,
19
exhibit
in
the
downtown
area.
We
are
specifically
requesting
recovery
funds
to
address
the
impacts
of
lost
revenue
due
to
cova
19
to
cover
back
rent
payments.
AA
While
we
were
closed,
our
recovery
plan
also
includes
a
request
to
help
us
increase
our
physical
capacity,
so
we
can
deliver
science
education
in
a
safe
social
distance
way
and
to
further
expand
on
our
stem
education
programs
that
we're
already
providing
in
the
museum
and
in
our
area,
schools,
science
and
stem
education
is
more
important
than
ever.
The
disaster
has
revealed
a
significant
need
for
a
science
literate
community
science
helps
humans,
understand
critical
issues,
so
they
can
make
informed
decisions
and
we've
seen
that
it
saves
lives.
AA
AB
AB
AB
We
need
to
support
them
with
our
career
center.
We
will
include
financial
aid,
counselors
academic
advisors,
as
well
as
personal
advisors
as
a
safety
net,
under
which
these
students
will
continue
to
be
enrolled
matriculate,
as
well
as
graduate
our
goal,
is
more
credentials
more
degrees
to
support
my
future
nc.
AB
This
space
that
we
hope
to
use
in
this
building
will
be
for
interview
space
for
employers
resume
and
interview
skill
development,
apprenticeships.
Basically,
we
are
going
to
have
a
one-stop
center
for
jobs
for
our
students.
As
we
work
with
our
other
agencies,
they
can
be
for
the
entire
community.
Thank
you
for
your
support.
K
AC
AC
While
the
federal
government
was
quick
to
fund
the
nutrition
programs
across
the
nation,
there
are
no
public
assistance
programs
that
help
families
meet
the
essential
need
of
clean
diapers
and
baby
wipes
across
the
nation
and
community-based
diaper.
Banks
like
babies
in
the
bottoms
are
working
together
with
local
government
volunteers,
local
funders
and
social
service
agencies
who
serve
families
facing
economic
hardship
to
provide
diaper
assistance.
Programs
diapers
are
part
of
the
infrastructure
that
keeps
young
children
healthy
and
their
parents
working.
AC
If
awarded
these
funds
would
be
used
to
expand
our
diaper
assistance
programs
in
partnership
with
these
early
child
care
education
centers
in
order
to
promote
better
health
outcomes
for
children,
reduce
stress
for
caregivers,
better
economic
outcomes
for
their
families
and
a
community
that
recognizes
the
importance
of
making
sure
parents
have
the
resources
that
they
need
for
their
families
to
thrive.
Thank
you.
AC
K
AD
Yes,
I
am
thank
you
all
right.
First
off,
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
for
the
process
to
the
commissioners
for
inviting
me
into
such
a
vital
meeting.
My
name
is
ronna
rudisil
founder
founder
and
ceo
of
back
on
track
recovery
center
incorporated
a
501c3,
nonprofit,
peer-led
peerland
piran
organization,
structured
to
provide
support
for
individuals
living
and
dealing
with
substance
use
mental
health
and
co-occurring
disorders
in
our
local
community
back
on
track.
AD
We
use
these
funds
for
it
to
provide
a
rich,
a
bridgeway
to
hope
in
reconnecting
families
and
create
a
conducive
environment
for
people
to
learn
and
grow
back
on
track.
Recovery
center
was
formulated
for
my
13
years
of
working
and
living
in
the
world
of
substance
use
and
mental
health
to
reflect
my
experience
and
professionalism
in
the
field
of
recovery
back
on
track.
Recovery
center
is
a
direct
replicant
of
myself
and
I'm
a
direct
replica
of
back
on
track
recovery
center
back
on
track.
AD
Recovery
center
will
provide
a
30
to
90
day
recovery
program
with
minorities,
at
the
forefront
to
curb
some
of
the
negative
data
affiliated
with
the
recovery
and
minority
community
partnering.
With
trinity
real
estate
development
llc,
we
will
develop
an
affordable
housing
component
for
graduates
who
complete
the
program
in
need
of
affordable
housing.
AD
Drug
overdoses
deaths
rose,
close
to
30
percent
in
the
united
states
in
2020,
hitting
the
highest
number
ever
recorded.
More
than
93
000
people
died
from
drug
overdoses.
Recent
focus
on
white
population
ignores
the
havoc
that
opioid
epidemic
has
wreaked
on
people
of
color,
including
the
black
hispanic
and
native
american
populations,
nationally
between
2013
and
2017
deaths
from
synthetic
opioids
other
than
methadone
increase,
18
fold.
AD
AE
Yes,
good
afternoon,
I'm
john
brooks
board
chair
for
the
black
mountains
flown
to
a
chamber
of
commerce.
We
have
more
than
275
business
partners
in
the
eastern
part
of
the
county
and
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
explain
our
unique
need
that
was
born
out
of
the
pandemic
and
exponential
impact
that
this
grant
could
have
after
the
initial
shutdown
in
communities
across
america.
We
realized
that,
as
people
wanted
to
get
away
from
the
concentrated
urban
areas
of
infection,
we
were
there
away.
AE
Folks
came
for
the
fresh
air
and
the
hiking
trails
and
the
biking
routes
that
black
mountain
is
a
gateway
for,
and
tourism
increased
in
our
region
of
the
county
to
more
than
2
million
visitors
per
year.
Even
the
number
of
individuals
that
stepped
into
our
tiny
visitor
center
increased
by
200
percent
and
it
hasn't
slowed
down.
Our
unique
request
comes
from
realizing
that
we
now
need
help
in
rebuilding
a
consistent
workforce
and
managing
all
of
the
unexpected
outsiders
who
have
discovered
us
as
one
of
the
few
requests
from
the
eastern
part
of
the
county.
AE
Our
project
proposal
will
have
a
sustained
impact
on
hundreds
of
businesses
and
create
a
nearly
turnkey
job
force.
Training
venue
in
this
part
of
the
county,
within
a
half
block
of
public
transit,
we're
proposing
a
modest
parking
deck
to
take
pressure
off
congested
areas
where
locals
and
tourists
have
no
choice
but
to
encroach
on
private
property
and
adjacent
to
this
location
is
an
existing
building,
which
is
the
ideal
new
location
for
our
visitor
center.
In
the
central
business
district.
AE
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
Our
local
businesses
were
remarkably
good
stewards
of
the
government
relief
that
we
pointed
them
to
during
the
pandemic,
and
now
their
resilience
can
be
maintained
if
we
can
address
their
current
workforce
needs
and
parking
needs
to
meet.
The
unprecedented
tourism
demand.
T
Hi,
can
you
guys
see
me
yes,
hi?
My
name
is
clarissa
gilliam
and
I'm
a
ninth
grade
school
counselor
here
at
asheville
high
school,
and
so
we
want
to
thank
you
for
considering
providing
us
with
the
support,
as
we
come
into
this
school
year
after
two
years
a
year
and
a
half
of
not
having
in-person
instruction,
we're
recognizing
that
students
are
not
only
in
need
of
academic
support
in
which
we
are
trying
to
bridge
two
years
of
lost
in-person
instruction.
T
K
AF
I'm
here,
do
you
see
me
there
we
go,
looks
like
I'm
there
now,
okay,
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
my
name
is
jason
euros
and
I'm
the
director
of
a
program
called
kids
and
parks,
and
when
I
told
my
boss,
at
the
blue
ridge
parkway
foundation
that
I
only
had
two
minutes
to
explain
our
entire
proposal
today.
She
chuckled
so
I'm
gonna
need
a
little
good
luck
from
y'all
our
program
and
our
project
is
aimed
at
helping
buncombe
county
families,
improve
their
overall
health
and
wellness
and
cope
with
the
stresses
and
uncertainties
of
a
covet-impacted
world.
AF
AF
Kids
in
parks
is
working
to
reverse
these
trends
since
2009
our
award-winning
program
that
started
right
here
in
buncombe
county
has
engaged
more
than
one
million
outdoor
adventures
in
kids
and
families.
The
program
provides
everyone
with
a
shared
hub
for
finding
opportunities
to
be
physically
active
and
learn.
Outdoors
research
clearly
shows
that
covet
19
has
had
detrimental
impacts
on
children
and
their
education
with
lower
income
students
and
students
of
color
being
more
severely
impacted
through
this
project.
Kids
and
parks
can
help
reverse
this
coveted
slide.
AG
Hello,
yes,
hi
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
kate
justin,
I'm
a
program
director
with
bonneville
cities.
Our
organization
has
spent
over
20
years
working
to
support
urban
agriculture
projects
within
asheville
and
buncombe
county
prioritizing
our
work
with
partners
in
communities
of
color
experiencing
higher
rates
of
economic
inequity.
AG
In
2018
we
acquired
a
one-acre
tract
of
land
in
west
asheville
and
160
000
contribution
from
a
local
entrepreneur
for
the
purpose
of
developing
this
food
hub.
While
we
made
significant
progress
in
the
initial
planning
and
development
of
this
project,
it
was
delayed
by
the
onset
of
covet
19..
The
funding
we're
requesting
will
enable
the
construction
and
program
development
for
the
community
food
hub
to
move
forward.
AG
This
one-time
investment
in
support
of
urban
agriculture
infrastructure
within
bunking
county
can
also
help
to
reduce
food
insecurity,
increase
employment
opportunities,
improve
land,
water
and
air
quality,
as
well
as
improve
the
preparedness
of
neighborhoods
and
our
city
as
a
whole
to
respond
to
emergencies
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
Y
As
you
know,
food
insecurity
became
part
of
the
national
spotlight
in
day-to-day
conversations
during
the
pandemic
right
here
in
wnc,
one
in
four
children
and
one
in
six
adults
face
food
insecurity
and
that
has
dramatically
increased
since
kobit
food
insecurity
has
one
of
the
most
extensive
impacts
on
the
overall
health
of
individuals
contributing
to
higher
rates
of
chronic
disease.
In
addition,
loneliness
has
become
a
national
epidemic,
with
more
than
two-thirds
of
americans
experiencing
social
isolation,
which
has
worsened
through
covet.
Y
The
benevolence
box
program
will
address
both
the
need
for
equitable
access
to
nutritious
food,
while
also
tackling
social
isolation.
This
program,
which
started
during
the
pandemic
to
meet
a
gap
in
service,
continues
to
be
a
need,
as
the
economic
and
health
effects
of
the
pandemic
still
linger
on.
This
program
features
the
delivery
of
fresh,
healthy,
culturally,
appropriate
food
boxes
with
food
grown
and
sourced
from
local
farmers
and
businesses.
Nutrition
information,
cooking
tips
and
recipes
in
english
and
spanish
are
included.
In
addition,
those
receiving
boxes
will
be
connected
with
a
community
caseworker
providing
weekly
personal
check-ins.
Y
The
boxes
will
serve
seniors
people
living
in
rural
areas,
marginalized
communities,
single-parent
and
low-income
households.
Participants
are
referred
to
community
parts,
partners,
nc
care,
360
and
government
agency
in
a
multi-sector
effort
to
address
the
needs.
Currently,
we
serve
320
individuals
in
regions
across
buncombe
county
and
we
earn.
We
aim
to
increase
that
to
a
thousand
participants
by
the
end
of
2022.
Y
The
funding
will
provide
a
refrigerated
delivery
van
as
well
as
facility
infrastructure
and
staffing
capacity.
With
your
investment.
We
can
increase
food
and
nutrition
and
security,
improve
the
health
and
well-being
of
buncombe
county
residents
and
reduce
the
healthcare
costs
and
cause
the
sodium
associated
diet-related
diseases.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
K
AH
Yes,
good
afternoon,
I'm
reverend
gary
mcdaniel,
pastor
brown,
temple
cme,
church
ashford,
north
carolina,
we're
requesting
funds
to
prevent
and
mitigate
covet
1919
in
our
building
brown
temple.
Seemingly
church
is
seeking
funds
to
reopen
the
physical
building
in
order
to
continue
to
provide
a
variety
of
services
to
low
wealth
and
african
american
communities
services,
including
providing
copic
19
information
to
local
communities.
Residents
partnering
with
local
food
banks
to
provide
food
to
needy
communities.
AH
Sensory
project,
voter
registration
driving
health
ministries,
in
partnership
with
the
ashford
welcome
institute
of
parity
achievement,
which
is
known
as
the
bible.
The
building
is
also
used
to
host
the
delta
delta,
sigma
authority,
sorority
and
corporate
summer
reading
program,
the
bunking
county
faith,
leadership,
engagement
ratio
and
actual
planning
meeting
at
the
inter
denomination
minister
alliance,
and
we
partner
with
abccm
and
collect
food
clothing
and
for
for
their
use
the
results.
The
overall
results
outcome
of
the
project
is
to
help
those
along
the
way.
We
thank
you
for
your
time.
K
AI
AI
The
loss
of
113
early
educators
triggered
classroom
closures
and
a
loss
of
460
child
care
slots
negatively
impacting
families
who
rely
on
child
care
to
work
and
employers
who
rely
on
a
stable
workforce
as
the
pandemic
continues.
Workforce
competition
is
fierce
across
sectors
and
it's
beyond
challenging
for
child
care
providers.
AI
AI
With
your
support,
this
two-year
infusion
of
funds
will
support
early
care
and
education
programs
and
their
staff
through
an
unprecedented
disruption
in
the
workforce,
enabling
programs
to
return
to
pre-coded
staffing
levels
and
full
child
care
enrollment,
so
that
families
may
return
to
work.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
AJ
Hi,
I'm
shannon
boyd,
I'm
the
mckinney-vento
and
foster
care
coordinator
and
director
of
the
buncombe
county
schools,
family
resource
center.
Imagine
this
you're
a
12-year-old
student
living
in
the
family
car
with
mom
and
dad
with
no
access
to
food
shower
or
laundry
moving
around
from
place
to
place
then
covet
hit
now
you're
even
forced
to
do
schoolwork
in
the
car.
AJ
This
is
just
one
case
out
of
the
600
students
identified
as
homeless
in
buncombe
county
our
family
resource
center.
The
face
of
hope
began
on
march
16
2020
due
to
covid.
We
are
a
one-stop
concept
for
buncombe,
county
schools,
homeless,
migrant
and
underserved
students
and
families
in
the
resource
center.
We
provide
case
management
services
daily
basic
needs,
supplemental
food
bags,
home
goods
and
clothing.
The
new
proposed
family
resource
center
is
a
one-time
investment
for
a
6400
square
foot,
building
centrally
located
on
the
bus
line
for
easy
access.
AJ
It
will
provide
current
services
as
well
as
laundry
and
shower
facilities
for
students
and
families
of
buncombe
county
schools.
We
collaborate
with
many
community
partners,
and
this
multiplies
our
impact.
This
project
will
create
something
that
does
not
currently
exist
in
north
carolina.
The
center
will
facilitate
parent
engagement,
resource
and
job
fairs,
as
well
as
a
drop-in
center
for
our
172
homeless,
youth,
where
they
will
receive
mentoring,
tutoring
and
access
to
workforce
development
opportunities.
AJ
The
family
resource
center
does
not
reinvent
the
wheel.
Instead,
it
creates
the
hub
of
the
wheel
connecting
all
the
services
in
one
location,
with
existing
established
relationships
with
their
students
and
families.
Our
combined
services
will
allow
for
a
long-term
societal
impact
by
improving
the
family
environment
and
enabling
children
to
learn.
This
is
a
proven
concept
with
proven
results
now
fast
forward
to
today
the
12
year
old
and
his
family
are
in
permanent
housing
and
they
are
thriving.
K
AK
AL
The
heart
of
our
approach
is
our
annual
six-week
summer
program
that
aims
to
stop
the
summer
slide
and
put
an
end
to
learning
loss
that
accumulates
over
time
and
significantly
contributes
to
the
shockingly
high
achievement
gap
in
our
area
for
children
of
color
and
children
from
families
of
lower
socioeconomic
needs.
We
also
have
educational,
social
and
parent
engagement
activities
throughout
the
school
year.
What
makes
our
program
special
is
the
children
join
horizons
the
summer
after
kindergarten
and
remain
part
of
the
program
until
high
school.
AL
Graduation
horizons
takes
a
culturally
responsive
asset
based
approach
to
working
with
our
students
incorporating
student
agency,
parent
involvement
and
sibling
enrollment.
We
are
passionate
about
equity
and
racial
justice
and
we
prioritize
building
a
diverse
and
dedicated
core
of
staff
and
volunteers
and
working
to
break
down
systemic
racism
and
unconscious
bias
within
educational
environments.
We're
part
of
a
nationwide
network
of
horizons
programs
that
are
operating
at
independent
schools,
putting
top-notch
facilities
to
work
for
a
public
purpose.
AL
AM
Hey
everybody,
my
name
is
rob
morris,
I'm
the
executive
director
at
christ,
mount
conference
center
here
in
black
mountain
we're
a
year-round
camp
and
conference
center.
We
run
camp
leki
gap
for
campers
with
autism
and
we
would
like
to
expand
this
through
a
proposal
called
a
camp
for
all
friends
for
all.
AM
In
a
nutshell,
here's
what
we're
proposing
camp
for
all
friends
for
all
is
a
community-wide
collaborative
camping
program
focused
on
serving
some
of
the
most
marginalized
members
of
our
communities,
folks
with
developmental
disabilities,
autism,
chronic
or
terminal
illness,
bringing
together
a
myriad
of
agencies
and
organizations
within
our
communities
who
would
collectively
pool
resources,
seek
local,
national
and
private
funding
working
to
ultimately
make
visible
those
in
our
communities
who
have
been
mostly
invisible
to
the
general
public.
So
here's
how
it
works.
AM
Let's
say
that
the
arc
of
bumping
county
wants
to
deepen
its
impact
on
the
ones
they
serve.
They
approach
christmas
and
say:
hey.
We
want
to
do
a
weekend
retreat
for
art
members.
Christmas
says
great.
Our
director
of
adaptive
programming
and
his
team
are
ready
to
make
it
happen.
Christmas
gets
to
work
drying
up
the
schedule,
recruiting
overnight
staff
programming
staff
and
preparing
a
menu
design
specifically
for
the
art
members.
AM
The
arc
of
buncombe
county
gets
to
work,
recruiting
volunteers
to
help
during
the
days
of
the
retreat
reaches
out
to
community
partners,
friends
and
foundations
to
underwrite
the
cost
of
the
event.
The
event
takes
place
in
a
good
time.
No
way
a
great
time
is
had
by
all.
This
idea
has
had
proven
success
in
other
states,
specifically
a
camp
for
all
in
houston,
texas,
where
the
results
have
been
tremendous
positively,
impacting
the
lives
of
the
campers,
as
well
as
increasing
the
economic,
health
and
social
connectivity
of
the
greater
community.
AM
AN
Good
evening,
can
you
see
me
how
you
doing
my
name
is
bruce
walla.
I
am
director
of
black
wall
street.
Our
motto
is
to
honor
history
and
to
honor
history
and
expand
businesses
and
ownership.
Our
mission
is
to
grow
start
and
expand
40
black
businesses
yearly
and
help
them
create
at
least
one
living
wage
job.
Our
project
is
laid
by
entrepreneurs
working
alongside
45
black
businesses
in
bunker
county.
This
collective
project
seeks
to
close
economic
gaps
between
revenue
generated
by
white
and
black
businesses
and
owners.
AN
Areas
most
impacted
by
covet
includes
those
who
are
underserved
and
marginalized.
This
population
includes
those
who
had
low
income,
lived
in
close
proximity
and
did
not
have
easy
access
to
medical
information
and
services.
A
total.
Our
total
project
has
three
areas:
the
black
wall
street
marketplace
in
south
side,
neighborhood
growing,
black-owned
businesses
and
creating
information
technology
that
directs
residents
and
tourists
to
local
black-owned
businesses.
AN
We
are
seeking
funds
to
hire
a
director
or
continue
to
work
and
to
create
a
small
micro
loans
and
grants
for
black
people,
starting
and
growing
their
businesses
in
buncombe
county.
The
one-time
funds
that
we're
requesting
will
propel
the
black
wall
street
into
a
similar
way
that
the
initial
seed
funding
that
we
did
have
to
help
explain
black
wall
street,
which
is
specifically
black
wall
street
junior,
providing
c
funding
for
young
people
to
test
out
their
ideas
as
well.
AN
In
december,
2020
nc
idea
deal
provided
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
funding
with
the
program
year.
To
date,
the
momentum
has
grown
and
attracted
other
funders
and
opportunities.
During
the
festival,
grand
fest
black
businesses
collectively
raised
74
000
in
revenue
that
also
included
that
we
have
grown
from
40
black
businesses.
When
we
put
this
in
there,
we
have
run
to
60
black
businesses
in
buncombe
county
and
we're
still
growing
and
expanding,
and
it's
becoming
sustainable
and
it's
on
its
own,
and
I
really
appreciate
the
time.
AN
AO
AO
Many
thanks
to
each
of
our
buncombe
county
commissioners
for
your
leadership.
In
times
such
as
these,
as
founder
and
and
chair
of
the
board
of
the
coach
take
foundation
together
with
our
leadership
team.
We
are
excited
and
honored
to
be
a
part
of
this
process.
Today
we
bring
to
buncombe
county
citizens
a
strategic
plan
that
includes,
but
not
limited
to
the
following
number
one:
a
long-term,
sustainable
community
and
economic
infrastructure
development
plan
for
the
safety,
the
security
and
the
protection
of
our
people,
our
places
and
our
things
number
two.
AO
We
bring
income
producing
work
and
business
contracts
number
three:
a
new,
safe,
affordable
and
eco-friendly
housing
to
include
restoration
of
historical
property.
Number
four:
a
24,
7,
365,
strategic
education
and
entrepreneurship,
learn
to
earn
curricula
in
collaboration
with
local
organizations,
number
five,
a
shared
vision
mission
and
provision
with
measurable
outcomes
that
demonstrate
that
the
beneficiaries
are
tangibly
benefiting
as
purpose
number
six.
We
we
when
we
receive
we
give
back
to
the
community
through
our
pay.
It
forward.
AO
Local
citizens,
profit
sharing
fund,
where
every
citizen
in
buncombe
county
will
receive
a
shaft
in
the
coach
tape
foundation,
profits
for
the
community's
legacy
sustainability.
Our
team
has
identified
the
land
and
we've
submitted
our
plane.
The
coach
tank
foundation
is
prepared
and
ready
and
to
positively
impact
the
lives
of
our
people
in
buncombe,
county.
F
Thank
you
good
afternoon,
commissioners.
My
name
is
brian
repass
and
I'm
the
head
start
director
for
community
action
opportunities.
I
want
to
begin
by
thanking
each
of
you
for
your
bold
leadership
and
supporting
and
expanding
high
quality
early
childhood
education
opportunities
for
buncombe,
county
children
and
families.
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
today
to
talk
about
our
proposal
addressing
child
trauma
and
supporting
behavioral
health
and
head
start
classrooms.
F
When
parents
and
environments
are
stressed,
we
know
children
are
negatively
impacted
and
traumatic
stress
interferes
with
children's
abilities
to
concentrate
learn
and
perform
in
school.
Children
with
childhood
trauma
need
a
specialized
environment
and
strong
mental
health
services
to
support
their
development
and
increase
their
sense
of
safety,
which
together,
increases
resiliency
and
supports
social,
emotional
learning
and
positive
behaviors.
F
Our
proposal
creates
a
trauma-informed
model
classroom
serving
10
children
a
year
at
the
hillcrest
head,
start
center,
supported
by
a
head
start
and
buncombe
county
coveted
funds
that
will
allow
us
to
diminish
childhood
trauma
by
providing
a
deeply
trauma-informed
learning
environment
paired
with
extensive
mental
health
services
for
children,
parents
and
families.
Creating
a
model
classroom
for
children
with
childhood
trauma
is
an
opportunity
to
improve
kindergarten
readiness
and
success
in
school
as
well
as
starting
to
mitigate
the
lifelong
impacts
of
childhood.
F
Trauma
is
identified
in
the
adverse
childhood
experiences
for
aces
research
model,
classroom
teachers
and
mental
health
staff
will
coach
other
classrooms,
leading
to
improved
classroom
environments
and
child
outcomes
for
over
500
children
per
year.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
our
request
to
address
childhood
trauma
and
support.
Behavioral
health
and
head
start
classrooms.
K
AP
Good
afternoon,
are
you
able
to
see
and
hear
me?
Yes?
Yes,
thank
you
great.
This
is
stephanie
sweptson
twitty
president
and
ceo
with
eagle
market
streets
development
corporation
good
afternoon
commissioners,
and
thank
you
for
allowing
us
an
opportunity
to
present
the
community
equity
fund
for
more
than
27
years.
Eagle
market
streets
has
provided
small
business
development
and
non-traditional
capital
to
historically
black
indigenous
people
of
color
and
women
owned
businesses.
AP
These
owners
have
consistently
been
undervalued
and
marginalized.
The
businesses
often
lack
first
in
friends
and
family
dollars.
Eagle
market
street
seeks
to
address
this
by
allowing
them
equity
capital
versus
debt
to
scale
their
businesses
by
job
creation
or
acquisition
of
greater
market
share
the
fund
launched
in
july
of
this
year
and
to
date
we
have
raised
330
000
of
private
con
contributions.
AP
We
have
placed
200
000
of
those
contributions
on
the
street,
with
three
promising
businesses
and
hired
an
experienced
fund
manager.
The
funds
were
dispersed
within
seven
days
of
our
receiving
them.
They
created
13
jobs
with
the
potential
to
create
15
more.
Finally,
with
your
support,
we
feel
we
can
address
the
county
strategic
initiative
to
support
small
local
business,
particularly
targeting
by
parking
women-owned
businesses
and
ultimately
to
improve
the
potential
for
generational
wealth
for
these
populations.
AP
O
I'm
david
jones
iii,
a
registered
dental,
hygienist
retired
and
a
member
of
the
east
end
valley,
street
neighborhood
association,
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
is
start
a
dental
program.
The
center
of
for
disease
control,
oral
health
and
covert
19
study
notes
that
the
populations,
including
elderly,
lower
income
african
americans,
are
at
higher
risk
for
chronic
disease
and
are
more
likely
to
have
oral
care
issues.
O
The
eastern
valley
street
neighborhood
association
recognizes
that
dental
needs
of
the
african-american
communities,
lower
income
and
elderly
residents
within
our
community
is
undocumented
in
community
plans.
However,
the
east
end
valley
street
neighborhood
association,
are
undocumented
in
community
plans.
However,
there
are
real
needs
expressed
by
the
residents
themselves.
O
O
AQ
Hello
and
thank
you
very
much
historically
eblin
has
administered
tenant-based
rental
assistance
through
buncombe
county's,
affordable
housing
services
program.
Our
most
recent
award
was
156
thousand
dollars
and
exhausted
in
just
over
six
months.
There
are
many
households
here
that
are
simply
falling
through
the
cracks
with
regards
to
receiving
assistance
and
maintaining
an
existing
home
as
local
wages.
Don't
keep
up
with
the
area
cost
of
living.
Pre-Pandemic
figures
show
that
30
percent
of
buncombe
county's
households
are
cost
burdened
and
the
majority
of
those
are
renters.
AQ
AQ
We
all
know
and
are
seeing
the
economic
impacts
of
the
pandemic
through
rising
prices
and
inflation.
Since
july
1,
we
administered
almost
142
thousand
dollars
for
housing
assistance
for
families
with
children.
There
is
no
such
program
for
households
without
children.
The
approval
of
our
request
would
support
equitable
outcomes
throughout
the
community.
Allow
us
to
leverage
energy
programs
and
efficiently
resolve
crisis
with
one
interview,
rather
than
sending
people
running,
all
over
town
requests
will
be
screened
to
determine
if
clients
would
be
eligible
to
receive
era
assistance
and
referred
appropriately
to
avoid
duplication
of
services.
AR
Good
afternoon
I
am
amy
hobson,
the
director
of
caring
for
children,
and
I
used
she
her
and
hers.
Pronouns
first
want
to
thank
the
chair
and
the
commissioners
for
this
opportunity
to
request
funding
for
our
angels
watch
program
administered
through
caring
for
children.
Also
really
a
big
heartfelt
shout
out
to
the
incredible
programs
in
our
county.
You
all
are
amazing
and
inspiring,
and
just
want
to
thank
you
for
continuing
to
do
the
work,
especially
now
so
with
covet.
AR
Our
angels
watch
program
is
specifically
designed
to
prevent
youth
from
entering
into
the
custody
of
child
protective
services.
Angel's
watch
fills
gaps
in
care.
This
breaks
down
to
mean
we
provide
a
safe
place
for
when
children
have
nowhere
to
go
during
a
time
their
parents
are
temporarily
unable
to
care
for
them
because
of
a
mental
health
crisis
incarceration
or
they
are
entering
the
hospital
or
entering
rehab.
For
substance.
Use
disorder,
recovery,
children,
zero
to
six
years
of
age,
they're
placed
into
angel's
watch
temporarily
licensed
home
for
up
to
90
days.
AS
AR
Css
law
enforcement,
the
court
systems,
mental
health
providers
and
substance
abuse
recovery
providers.
They
can
refer
families
to
this
program
when
they
don't
currently
meet
the
criteria
for
removal,
but
without
these
additional
support
they
would
most
likely
enter
into
the
child
welfare
system.
At
some
point,
with
your
support,
this
program
will
focus
on
disrupting
the
pipeline
of
foster
care
to
incarceration
for
homelessness.
AK
AK
We
work
with
youth
who
have
been
put
at
risk
through
their
involvement
in
multiple
systems
of
care,
whether
that
is
the
foster
care
system,
the
juvenile
justice
system
or
the
adolescent
mental
health
system.
These
youth
are
likely
to
become
chronically
homeless
or
involved
in
the
adult
justice
system.
AK
AK
This
funding
is
going
to
be
used
in
a
way
to
help
us
to
make
some
capital
investment
and
have
some
flexible
spending
dollars
for
salary,
where
we
will
be
able
to
increase
our
capacity
and
have
more
flexibility
so
that
we
can
address
each
student's
self-determined
goals
without
having
to
turn
anyone
away
for
not
fitting
into
our
pre-existing
mold.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
thank
you
for
consideration
of
our
proposal.
K
A
AT
Yes,
thank
you
good
afternoon
welcome
county
commissioners.
My
name
is
terry
bellamy
and
I
am
a
board
member
of
the
wres
empowerment
resource
center.
The
wres
empowerment
resource
center
is
requesting
funds
to
purchase
equipment
needed
to
upgrade
our
ability
to
reach
and
expand
our
listing
base,
including
mobile
mobile
broadcast
equipment
and
studio
updates,
necessary
for
enhanced
internet
broadcast
support
and
supporting
the
hiring
of
an
executive
director
in
their
salary.
For
three
years.
The
wres
lp
radio
studio
refurbishment
refurbishment
project
is
an
initiative
that
our
organization
is
pursuing.
AT
Wres
serves
as
a
catalyst
for
creative
innovation
by
offering
programming
that
reflects
the
needs
of
the
community,
while
also
promoting
empowerment,
communities
of
color
and
wealth.
During
the
past
20
years,
wres
has
actively
worked
to
bridge
the
information
gap
that
exists
between
programs,
organizations,
governmental
agencies
and
the
community.
In
the
past
few
months,
wres
has
hosted
live.
Radio
shows
where
important
governmental
officials
were
offering
vital
information
about
cobit
19
to
our
community
produce
and
aired
shows
about
resources
that
are
available
to
small
business
owners
and
broadcast
information
about
educational
changes
and
resources
available
to
families.
AT
This
vital
information
was
offered
and
accessible
to
residents
who
do
not
have
cable
or
limited
access
to
the
internet
internet.
However,
they
have
a
radio
and
can
listen
to
wres
at
home
in
their
cars
or
at
work.
Wres
efforts
played
an
important
role
in
helping
to
inform
and
empower
the
community
with
information,
while
removing
access
barriers
for
families.
Please
consider
our
request
for
funding.
Thank
you
so
very
much
for
your
leadership
and
your
support.
AU
Okay,
I'm
janet
price
beryl
executive
director
of
first
we've
been
working
and
supporting
with
families,
persons
with
disabilities
and
their
families.
Since
2003.,
our
proposal
is
multifaceted,
planned
to
support
a
variety
of
needs
of
the
families
with
children
with
disabilities,
and
special
healthcare
needs
that
they
have
faced
during
covet,
and
they
continue
to
face
our
plan
over
the
next
two
years
is
to
provide
support,
training
and
education
to
build
capacity
for
families
that
will
last
well
past
the
two
years.
AU
The
first
staff
is
especially
qualified
utilizing
research
based
programming
and
assessment
to
support
each
child
and
parent,
where
they
are
to
support
families
with
the
multiple
systems
that
they
have
to
engage
to
receive
services
for
their
child.
First,
we'll
hire
a
parent
as
a
full-time
community
navigator
to
provide
parenting
skill
groups
first,
we'll
continue
to
offer
incredible
years
a
research-based
program
to
parents
of
children
with
challenging
behaviors.
AU
We
will
also
continue
our
circle
of
parent
groups,
which
is
an
ongoing
parent
leadership
program
and
circle
of
security
of
trauma-informed
practice
to
support
child
care
centers
and
the
staff
with
social
emotional
systems.
First,
we'll
expand
support
by
adding
one
and
a
half
staff
to
build
capacity
partnering
with
the
child
care
centers
around
the
increased
social
emotional
needs
of
all
children
to
improve
access
to
mental
health
services
for
young
children
and
families.
AU
We
will
expand
our
internship
program
for
mental
health
counseling
graduates
so
that
over
the
two
years,
four
additional
interns
will
increase
their
experience,
working
with
families
and
young
children
and
persons
with
disabilities.
So
they
can
continue
that
in
their
work
going
forward.
This
is
not
a
time
to
limit
access
to
support
services,
including
parenting
programs,
community
navigators
and
mental
health
services.
AU
G
AV
AV
Minutes
good
afternoon,
commissioners,
my
name
is
ronald
gates,
I'm
the
director
and
ceo
of
gateway
group
of
asheville
fatherhood
and
motherhood
program.
There
may
be
the
question
that
may
ask
what
is
the
tangible
benefits
of
having
a
father
in
a
motherhood
program?
Well,
it
begins
to
bring
forth
emotional,
financial
and
mental
stability
and
strength
into
the
family,
home
and
its
structure
from
emotional,
social,
physical,
creative,
intellectual
and
spiritual
needs,
a
holistic
approach
of
touching
the
whole
family.
AV
The
benefit
speaks
of
being
involved
and
being
presence
in
the
lives
of
their
children,
no
understanding
the
significance
of
it.
You
may
ask
the
question:
what
is
the
significant
difference?
Well
with
a
man
gateway
group
of
asheville
and
buncombe
county,
the
bronco
county
program?
It
is
evidence
based
program.
It
is
evidence-based
national
health
debates,
which
has
a
87
percent
success
rate,
a
successful
rate
of
fathers
and
mothers
being
reestablished
back
into
the
homes
of
their
family.
AV
With
67
percent
of
the
fathers
they
men
have
in
sole
custody,
it
enhances
the
reality
and
the
importance
of
being
a
father
and
a
mother
with
responsibility
and
accountability,
and
then
the
last
question
you
may
ask:
what
is
the
proof
of
your
claim?
Well,
we
understand
that
63
percent
of
the
youth,
whether
the
missing
parents
or
definitely
missing
father,
is
likely
to
commit
suicide.
90
of
them
are
homeless
or
runaway
children.
85
percent
of
the
children
are
in
institutions
or
in
prisons,
or
85
percent
are
involved
in
gangs.
AV
AW
Hi
there
I'm
george
black
and
the
chair
of
the
board
of
the
hatch
avl
foundation
for
a
501
c,
3
non-profit,
that
supports
entrepreneurs
seeking
to
build
high
growth
businesses
in
the
region.
So,
as
the
county
seeks
to
recover
from
the
pandemic,
we
feel
we
need
to
double
down
on
creating
and
scaling
high
growth
businesses.
AW
We
feel
that's
because
high
growth
businesses
are
a
proven
source
of
new
job
creation
and
building
generational
wealth,
both
especially
relevant
to
business
owners
of
color.
Many
entrepreneurs
have
the
potential
to
build
a
high
growth
business,
but
lack
access
to
capital,
mentorship,
networking
and
affordable
space.
AW
Worse
still,
entrepreneurs
tell
us
that
the
region's
support
ecosystem
is
too
siloed
and
hard
to
navigate.
So
over
the
past
four
years,
existing
hatch
partners
have
already
supported
companies
in
building
combined
revenue
of
over
105
million
dollars
a
year
and
creating
406
jobs
with
an
average
salary
at
one
and
a
half
times
the
county
average.
AW
AW
By
tripling
the
footprint
of
the
hub's
headquarters
in
downtown
asheville,
we
plan
to
share
and
coordinate
programming
education,
mentors
between
support
organizations
and
finally,
we
plan
to
create
a
capital
marketplace
to
provide
coordinated
access
to
funds.
We've
already
struck
partnership,
deals
with
ventura
and
mountain
biz
works
and
are
seeking
further
partnerships
with
groups
such
as
eagle
market
streets,
unca
and
others
we're
seeking
funding
from
a
broad
coalition,
avarpa,
dogwood,
private
donors
and
sponsors.
AX
AX
AX
The
years
program
goal
is
to
equip,
engage
and
empower
our
youth
to
learn
and
apply
financial
concepts
and
be
able
to
make
wise
financial
decisions
now
and
in
the
future.
The
program
will
be
implemented
using
curriculum
and
specialty
tracks
developed
by
recognized
leaders
in
youth,
entrepreneurship,
education
and
financial
literacy.
AX
Unfortunately,
today's
youth
and
future
generations
may
have
to
shoulder
some
of
the
long-term
economic
impacts
of
the
pandemic
and
the
recovery
efforts.
This
may
increase
and
worsen
the
financial
inequities,
disparities
and
inequalities
of
families
and
youth
who
are
already
at
risk
or
living
below
the
poverty
level,
working
together
with
trainers,
facilitators,
coaches
mentors
parents
and
local
business
owners
owners
and
industry
leaders.
AX
The
funds
used
provided
will
be
used
to
provide
financial
education
that
would
give
our
youth
a
head
start
on
developing
healthy
financial
habits
and
to
build
financial
stability
now
and
in
the
future,
for
their
family
and
community
and
thereby
minimize
financial
vulnerabilities
and
that
can
lead
to
financial
disaster.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
present
the
yes
program.
AS
All
right:
well,
you
can
hear
my
voice
there
right,
correct.
Okay,
great
hello,
welcome
county
commissioners,
I'm
grateful
to
be
virtually
with
you
today.
My
name
is
sam
ryork
and
I'm
the
executive
director
of
greenbelt
alliance
you're
a
local
non-profit,
leading
the
way
towards
the
clean
energy
future.
AS
AS
Our
funding
request
to
use
to
support
low-income
families
by
providing
free
heating
system
repair
and
replacements
and
solar
electric
system
installations.
While
performing
energy
efficiency
upgrades,
we
often
encounter
households
whose
heating
systems
are
broken
and
need
to
be
repaired
or
replaced.
AS
We
will
use
these
funds
to
improve
the
durability
and
life
of
homes,
while
lowering
energy
bills,
improving
indoor
air
quality
and
making
homes
more
energy
efficient
funding
for
the
soil
electric
systems
will
enable
us
to
continue
the
very
successful
neighbor
to
neighbor
program
that
has
already
installed
solar
systems
on
13
buncombe
county
homes.
Allowing
us
to
spread
solar
panels
to
the
communities
that
typically
can't
afford
it.
AS
AS
AY
AY
AY
Instead
we're
proposing
a
multi-family
development
we're
under
contract
at
339,
west
haywood
street.
It's
a
non-urban
renewal
site,
a
few
blocks
away
from
the
sanctuary
with
a
total
of
45
apartments.
One
two
and
three
bedroom
units
23
of
the
units
or
over
half,
are
reserved
for
individual
housing,
choice,
vouchers
or
30
ami
the
biggest
need.
According
to
the
boeing
report,
nine
units
are
at
sixty
percent
ami
thirteen
units
at
eighty
percent
ami,
a
hundred
percent
of
the
apartments
are
affordable
and
all
will
be
in
perpetuity.
AY
We
have
a
core
belief
that
interrupting
the
isolation
of
poverty
requires
more
than
simply
a
permanent
address,
but
also
intentional
relationship.
Therefore,
the
building
includes
three
thousand
square
feet
of
community
space.
We've
already
begun
our
neighborhood
engagement
process.
We
recently
presented
at
the
weekend
neighborhood
association
meeting,
we're
holding
our
first
public
meeting
on
sunday
at
3
and
we've
been
surprisingly
encouraged
by
the
enthusiastic
support
we've
received
by
so
many
we're
very
early
in
the
design
process.
AY
AZ
Good
day,
I'm
lorelai
toad,
the
director
of
development
for
hayward
street
congregation,
weekly
hayward
street
serves
nearly
600
meals
each
wednesday
and
sunday.
Yet
the
downtown
welcome
table
provides
so
much
more
than
that,
not
just
healthy
food,
but
also
a
connection
to
health
and
human
services
agencies
and
the
restaurant
style
service
affirms
each
person's
worth
and
dignity
required
us
moving
to
take
out
boxes
serve
tomorrow,
parking
lot,
which
we
are
still
doing
now.
Our
goal
for
this
project
is
to
build
an
outdoor
2020
deck,
offering
seating
for
table
service
with
outdoor
heaters.
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These
tangible
improvements
provide
work
and
sales
for
local
businesses,
as
well
as
long-term
benefits
for
the
unhoused
and
poor
individuals,
not
only
during
community
health
crises,
but
throughout
the
year,
including
flu
and
cold
season.
We
appreciate
your
time
and
your
consideration
of
this
important
improvements
to
hayward
street
congregations
building
and
the
community
in
which
we
serve.
Thank
you.
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Domestic
violence
can
be
deadly
and
91
of
the
people
served
in
our
shelter
are
at
high
risk
of
homicide.
A
lack
of
available
domestic
violence,
shelter
beds,
contributes
to
high
numbers
of
domestic
violence.
Homicides
in
north
carolina
over
a
10-year
span,
the
top
three
counties
for
domestic
violence.
Death
per
capita
were
buncombe,
durham
and
guilford.
The
top
three
counties
for
the
number
of
turnaways
from
a
domestic
violence,
shelter
due
to
lack
of
space
where
buncombe,
durham
and
guilford
domestic
violence
has
a
multi-generational
impact.
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Without
intervention,
children
who
grow
up
in
violent
homes
are
four
times
as
likely
to
experience
or
perpetrate
violence
as
adults.
Access
to
domestic
violence,
shelter
is
also
an
equity
issue.
Women
of
color
are
twice
as
likely
to
be
killed
by
their
abusive
partners,
and
people
of
color
comprise
39
percent
of
helpmates
shelter
population.
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Our
shelter
expansion
will
address.
Many
of
these
concerns
will
more
than
double
the
community's
capacity
to
shelter
victims
moving
from
our
current
20
beds
to
43,
which
will
meet
the
needs
of
our
county's
growing
population
for
at
least
the
next
20
years,
and
will
help
us
shelter,
10,
000
survivors.
During
that
time,
our
new
shelter
will
feature
a
pandemic,
responsive
design
with
pod
style
living
we've
already
purchased
the
land
and
done
the
initial
geotechnical
work
to
ensure
that
the
site
is
buildable.
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Okay,
if
not,
maybe
we
can
reach
out
to
them
and
try
to
we're
going
to
do
more
of
this,
and
maybe
we
can
circle
back
with
those
folks
all
right.
We
appreciate
everyone
who
took
time
to
speak
to
the
commission
today
we
realized
the
time
was
short,
but
it's
very
helpful
and
everyone
did
an
exceptional
job
summarizing
their
projects
in
a
really
brief
period
of
time.
So,
thank
you
so
much
and
we're
going
to
take
a
take
a
five
minute
break
before
we
begin
our
regular
meeting.