City of Hendersonville

Mark your calendars! The City of Hendersonville invites you to participate in an upcoming listening session focused on Affordable Housing. This is your chance to share your thoughts, concerns, and ideas to help shape the future of housing in our community. Your input is vital as we work together to address housing challenges and develop the City's Strategic Housing Plan. Why Attend? 📣 Voice Your Concerns: This is an opportunity for you to directly share your experiences and needs related to housing in Hendersonville. 📜 Inform Future Policies: Your feedback will contribute to the development of policies aimed at increasing housing options, improving stability for renters and homeowners, and preventing homelessness. 🤝 Engage with Local Leaders: Connect with members of the Hendersonville City Council and participate in meaningful conversations that will guide our community’s future. Visit https://lnkd.in/ejDq_8Fj to learn more! #AffordableHousing #StrategicHousingPlan

The City of Hendersonville’s Strategic Housing Plan Steering Committee, City Council, staff members, and representatives from local non-profits and government organizations took a whirlwind, 1-day, research trip to Durham and Chapel Hill to explore strategies to combat the affordable housing crisis facing our region. 🏠 🏘️ 🏡 🏘️ 🏘️ 🏠 Watch a quick overview and learn more about the plan's development at www.hvlnc.gov/housingplan. We have a series of Affordable Housing Listening Sessions hosted by City Council members in September and October where community members can provide input! 🏠 🏘️ 🏡 🏘️ 🏘️ 🏠 Thank you UNC School of Government Development Finance Initiative, Laurel Street Residential, Community Home Trust and Durham County Government for sharing methods to address affordability issues facing our state!

Our own Assistant City Manager Brian Pahle was a guest on DebtBook's Where Public Finance Works podcast. Brian delves into the process it takes to provide fantastic public safety services including the Hendersonville Fire Department being named as one of the top 1% of Fire Departments in the nation to receive an ISO Class 1 rating. 🚒 If you want to be a part of an innovative and service-minded team making a tangible difference in the community, give this a listen and be sure to check out how you can be a part team producing services 'good enough to be government.' 👏 https://www.hvlnc.gov/jobs #hvlncjobs #hiring #GovernmentJobs #GoodEnoughToBeGovernment

City of Hendersonville staff, elected officials, and members of our Strategic Housing Plan Steering Committee participated in the Land of Sky Regional Council’s WNC Housing Forum at Blue Ridge Community College earlier today. 🏡 We heard from a diverse group panelists speaking on topics including public-private partnerships, combatting displacement, supporting vulnerable populations, affordable housing success stories, and much more. 🎤 This thought provoking forum reinforced the direction of our Strategic Housing Plan development process currently underway! 💡 📊 📕 🏗️ 🏘️ In the next few weeks you’ll be hearing about upcoming community listening sessions on affordable housing in Hendersonville to ensure the plan aligns with the needs of our community. 👂 Visit www.hvlnc.gov/housingplan to sign up for updates! #StrategicHousingPlan #AffordableHousing

Save the Date - Fire Station 1 Grand Opening and Open House 🚒 The Hendersonville City Council and Hendersonville Fire Department invite the community to join them at the grand opening of Fire Station 1 on Friday, September 20, 2024! 🎉 The opening ceremony will take place at the newly constructed fire station at 851 North Main Street at 1:00 PM. A celebration and opportunity to tour the fire station will continue until 3:00 PM. 📷 Mark your calendars and visit https://lnkd.in/efP2JNgg for more information. 📅 EDIFICE Construction ADW Architects

Congratulations to our Hendersonville Police Department personnel who were recognized at last week's awards ceremony. Chief Blair Myhand and his command staff highlighted recent promotions, certifications, life-saving awards, and more. 🚓 We have a fantastic team of Officers, Telecommunicators an Support Staff serving our community. 🚓 Read about our team's accomplishments at https://lnkd.in/eNwd4EWP and be sure to thank these individuals when you see them around town.

Congratulations to Tyler Morrow and Matthew Manley from our Community Development Department! 👏 In an ongoing effort to enhance the efficiency of service delivery and recognize the diligent efforts of planning staff, Tyler Morrow has been promoted to Current Planning Manager and Matthew Manley has been promoted to Long Range Planning Manager. 🎓 The work of the Community Development Department involves a regular push and pull between the needs of developers and community members working on current projects and the desire of the community to envision and plan for the future. 🌎 Learn more about Tyler and Matt's responsibilities at https://lnkd.in/eed6d5K6

Earlier this week our Water Sewer Advisory Council (WSAC) got out of the board room and toured some of the facilities they often hear about in meetings. 🔎 The WSAC is an advisory board made up elected officials from Hendersonville, Henderson County, Fletcher, Mills River, Laurel Park, Flat Rock and Saluda as well as industry, business, and city and county water customer representatives. 🏛️ Council members toured the Water Treatment Plant with our WTP Facilities Manager Ricky Levi and also got a preview of the French Broad River intake and pump station. 👀 If you are wondering why there are two empty cells in one of the photos showing the treatment basins...those will be the location of the new filters to expand the plant's daily treatment capacity! 🏢 🚜 We appreciate the interest our WSAC members have in continuing to develop and expand a top-notch water and sewer utility system that has been serving the community for more than 100 years. 💧

Celebrating National Intern Day with our stars at the City of Hendersonville! 🌟 Meet Lydia Maye, Keegan Huynh, and Jakob Olsen - our dedicated interns who bring energy and fresh perspectives to our team daily. It has been amazing watching them grow, excel, and contribute their unique talents in various departments around the city. 🚀 Here's to all the future changemakers out there! You're shaping tomorrow with your innovation and passion today. Keep reaching for your dreams and make an impact. #NationalInternDay #FutureLeaders #Administration #Downtown #InformationTechnology #HendersonvilleNC

Jay Heatherly, Information Technology Manager for the City of Hendersonville, has successfully graduated from the 2023-2024 Certified Government Chief Information Officers Program at the UNC School of Government. 🎓 This rigorous 240-hour course covers strategic technology planning, effective communication, emerging technology trends, risk management, legal issues, and cybersecurity, among other vital topics. Jay was recognized by the Hendersonville City Council on July 24, 2024. 💻 Jay Heatherly is one of the forty local government, state agency, community college, and K-12 education IT leaders in the state of North Carolina who successfully completed the course this year. Over the course of its existence, the Certified Government Chief Information Officer program has graduated over 2000 public sector technology leaders across the nation. 🎉 Congratulations Jay on this achievement! #CGCIO #HendersonvilleNC #PublicService #TechnologyLeadership