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Hurricane Helene Relief and Restoration in Swannanoa, NC
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About Save Beacon Village
Our Story
The goal of Save Beacon Village is to rebuild homes flooded in Hurricane Helene, beginning with the street you see in these photos on which houses were submerged - water over the gutters and neighbors rescued from roofs. This community is not is a flood plain and is a four hour drive from the closest ocean. Residents did not have flood insurance and never expected their homes to be destroyed by a hurricane.
Please check back with us regularly. We will post updates as we get the houses dried out and restored and as we work to establish a 501(c)3 organization to distribute funds from our GOFUNDME page and other resources directly to the residents.
What is Beacon Village?
Beacon Village is a quiet, quaint neighborhood of mill houses in Swannanoa, NC that was devastated by Hurricane Helene on Friday, September 27, 2024. The village was originally built by Beacon Blanket Manufacturing in the 1920's. Beacon built the homes in the land surrounding the mill and sold them to the factory workers. Several homes are still owned by those original families and new families have moved in over the years. Recent years have had much renovation in these houses, all of which is now under demolition. Beacon supplied blankets to the US military in World War II and were in many households in the US until the 1990's when the mill closed and then burned down a few years later.
Before and After
