The Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition (SPCC) is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization that seeks to bring the community together to become actively involved in shaping Swannanoa's future, while honoring its unique history, heritage, and character.

SPCC kicked off with an October 2006 community meeting attended by over 400 people. During and after the October meeting, residents and business owners filled out surveys to give their input on issues affecting the Swannanoa community.   Based on the survey results, SPCC formed four task forces to begin working on the areas that the community identified as being of particular interest or concern.  Please click on the appropriate links below to learn more about the work of each Task Force and to find out how you can get involved.

Cleanup Task Force Revitalization and Commercial Development Task Force Land Use and Residential Development Task Force Greenways, Parks and River Task Force

The organization welcomes and encourages participation from Swannanoa residents and businesss.

  Here are just a few of the projects that SPCC has been involved in:

• Sponsored a Swannanoa Community Picnic in May 2007

• Organized three major Swannanoa cleanups - scores of volunteers collected thousands of pounds of trash

• Represented Swannanoa on various regional committees, task forces, and boards, including the US 70 Corridor Study Steering Committee, the Flood Damage Reduction Task Force, the Certified Entrepreneurial Community Committee, and the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce

• Opened the new Swannanoa Visitors Center at 101 Whitson Avenue (which operated from May 2007 thru May 2008), in cooperation with the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber of Commerce and the Swannanoa Valley Museum

• Sponsored the Mill Around the Village Festival, Swannanoa's first ever street festival (attended by 1500 people), in September 2007

• Held numerous community meetings on a variety of topics, including commercial revitalization, soil erosion and landslide issues, affordable housing, conservation easements, flood issues, and community planning

• Established ongoing relationships with local developers and with Buncombe County planners and Commissioners to advocate for responsible development

• Launched an SPCC website with news and information for Swannanoa residents, businesses and visitors

• Worked with Buncombe County to arrange for removal of abandoned mobile homes in Swannanoa

• Partnered with other groups in sponsoring the Beacon Oral History Project, which will culminate in production of a documentary about life in Swannanoa during Beacon's heyday

• Worked in cooperation with representatives from Buncombe County and other local governments and nonprofits to develop a proposal for a greenway and park system in Swannanoa

For more information, please contact Carol Groben at 686-4417 or Linda Kinney at 337-7545

This website is under construction...please check back frequently for more information. We welcome your input.

If you'd like to make a donation to support the ongoing work of the Swannanoa Pride Community Coalition, please make your check payable to SPCC and mail it to SPCC, P.O. Box 697, Swannanoa, NC 28778-0697. Donations are non-deductible. Thanks!