Chris Joyell of Mountain True on efforts to better prepare for the next time disaster strikes

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As with virtually all natural disasters, public funds and programs are at the heart of the ongoing recovery effort from Hurricane Helene. That said, federal relief from the Trump administration has been maddeningly minimal and slow, and that hard reality has helped force local private actors to display unusual resiliency and creativity in helping to keep the recovery up and running.

One group that’s been making a real impact is a nonprofit known as Mountain True. Not only have Mountain True staff and volunteers played an important role in the massive debris clean-up that continues to this day, but its experts are also developing strategies and plans to better prepare western North Carolina for future natural disasters, and last week NC Newsline I spoke with the Healthy Communities Director of Mountain True’s Appalachian Design Center, Chris Joyell.

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