The Laurel of Asheville‘s Community Events Calendar
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The Laurel of Asheville is a lifestyle magazine focused on the arts, culture, and communities of Western North Carolina, and submitted events should fall within this context. If your event occurs over several days, please submit multiple events. Events extending beyond a month will not be accepted. All submissions are subject to editorial approval and edits for clarity and style before being published online. If you are going to include a photograph, please be certain that you have the rights to utilize that image. If there is a question about image rights, we may remove the image. Also, images should be no larger than 2000 pixels wide. Large images will prevent the event from being submitted. Please allow up to 5 days for your even to be posted. If you encounter difficulties submitting an event, please email [email protected].
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Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding Post-Helene: Lessons from a Flood Disaster in West Virginia
January 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
Join us in this new monthly webinar series focused on recovery, re-thinking, and rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. On Wednesday, January 29th, we will hear from Dr. Jamie Shinn of SUNY ESF who has been exploring and supporting responses to a significant flood disaster that took place in West Virginia in 2016. This region shares features similar to our own, and Jamie will share important insights and lessons that can help us rethink recovery and rebuilding in Western North Carolina with an emphasis on community resilience. Chris Joyell, Director of the Healthy Communities program and the Appalachian Design Center with MountainTrue, will provide an overview of their wide-ranging efforts to engage local communities (including Swannanoa) in recovery, resilience, and rebuilding through a coordinated planning and engagement process. This promises to be an illuminating conversation, and we invite you to join us.

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