Editing Swannanoa, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Swannanoa is located several miles west of Black Mountain just prior to Oteen and eastern Asheville.  With plenty of trails and forest land it is a beautiful mountain area enriched with manufacturing history of the once Beacon Blanket Mill.
[[Alexander Inn (Swannanoa, North Carolina)|Alexander Inn]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1984.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

In 2024, the town was severely damaged by [[Hurricane Helene]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How Helene swallowed one N.C. mountain town |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/09/29/helene-wnc-storm-north-carolina/ |access-date=1 October 2024}}</ref> Presidential hopeful [[Donald Trump]] twice visited the town to survey the damage and meet survivors. He announced during his second visit that he might eliminate [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] following false reports from residents that FEMA workers participated in political discrimination, refusing to provide assistance to anyone with conservative political material displayed on their property.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Biba |first=Jacob |last2=Ober |first2=Ryley |date=2025-01-24 |title='Days of betrayal and neglect are over,' Trump says during visit of Helene-ravaged WNC |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2025/01/24/trump-days-of-betrayal-and-neglect-are-over-for-helene-ravaged-wnc/77873817007/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |publisher=[[Gannett]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=In North Carolina, Trump attacks FEMA and repeats false claims about its response to Helene |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-north-carolina-trump-attacks-fema-and-repeats-false-claims-about-its-response-to-helene |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=PBS News |language=en-us}}</ref> Two months after he took his second oath of office, President Donald Trump denied federal disaster relief to Swannanoa, along with all other North Carolina areas devastated by Helene.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seth |first=Sonam |date=2025-04-14 |title=Trump administration denies state emergency relief after deadly storm |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-denies-washington-fema-funds-2059732 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>