From Dogwood Health Trust Asheville, N.C. – Dogwood Health Trust announced today its investment in affordable housing in Haywood and Jackson Counties. A grant made to Mountain Projects will go to support their affordable housing division, Smoky Mountain Housing Partnership, in their efforts to increase affordable homeownership opportunities and increase access to affordable rental units over the […]
RFP 2021 – WEB HOSTING AND MAINTENANCE Scope of Work Mountain Projects, Inc., Mountain Projects, Inc. is seeking proposals for a contractor to provide two years of web hosting, troubleshooting/maintenance, training and web development services as it relates to agency websites: Mountainprojects.org, SmokyMountainHousing.org, GetCoveredWNC.com, Haywoodtransit.com and others. It is our agency’s intent to streamline technical […]
Request for Qualifications Architectural/Engineering Services Description of Project: Mountain Projects, Inc. located in Waynesville, NC, is soliciting proposals for Architectural/Engineering Services for a 40.5-acre purpose-built community. The building projects may include but are not limited to the following: Single-Family Housing Multi-Family Housing Mixed Use Community Facilities Green Space The scope of work includes but is […]
Karen Chambers, a folk artist (Thosekookychickens.com) lives in Highlands and thought it impossible to afford insurance as a self-employed person. She saw an Affordable Care Act flyer in the post office, though, and recognized the insurance counselor’s name, Cynthia Solsbee, as a friend of hers in the community. “My husband Tim and I are self-employed […]
Darlene McElrath has watched her mother cope with a common challenge: staying in her longtime home, but struggling to shop, clean and prepare meals. For 15 years McElrath has served as Mountain Projects’ Senior Services Coordinator, where she has the chance to help hundreds of other families navigate such difficulties. “We provide assistance to people […]
Few people have a longer relationship with Mountain Projects than Dayton Hensley. Hensley, 59, suffered physical abuse as a child and has a learning disability as a result. He got his first job through Mountain Projects at age 14, sweeping up at Camp Lab School in Cullowhee, and later at the Department of Social Services […]
When Vivian Bumgarner arrived at Mountain Projects 36 years ago, the first impression she made was of a willingness to roll up her sleeves and get right to work. The Executive Director at the time, George Carpenter, recruited her from a landscaping crew. “Can you read a tape measure?” he asked. She said she could, […]
Cayson Tiedge recently won high academic honors at Sylva’s Smoky Mountain High School, including National Honors Society, New Century Scholars and 4-H Youth Leadership Council. Now he attends the University of North Carolina on full scholarship and plans to pursue a degree in Psychology. His academic path, though, started many years ago in Angie Gass […]