For more than two decades, the Mitchell County Development Foundation (MCDF) has supported the people, businesses, and community organizations of Mitchell County, North Carolina. We improve the quality of life by reducing poverty and improving the physical, environmental and business conditions of Mitchell County.
Supporting Mitchell County, NC
MCDF SPOTLIGHT: REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE HELENE
Hurricane Helene devastated Mitchell County in September 2024. Since that time, the Mitchell County Development Foundation's Small Business Resiliency Fund has awarded $1,451,700 in grants to 60 Mitchell County Businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene.
The Foundation wishes to thank the Duke Energy Foundation, the State Employees Combined Campaign, Hilloween, the Samuel L. Phillips Foundation, HCA Healthcare/Blue Ridge Regional Hospital and generous individual donors for their recent support.
With this fourth and final round of grant awards, the Mitchell County Development Foundation closes out its Small Business Resiliency Grant Program.
The Small Business Resiliency Grant Program awarded a total of $1,451,700 in grants to sixty businesses in Mitchell County affected by the storm. Grants were used to repair buildings, equipment and fixtures providing much needed financial assistance to Mitchell County. Despite concluding its Small Business Resiliency Grant program, the larger work of the MCDF will continue—as it has for more than 20 years.
OUR STORY: TOLD BY THOSE WHO LIVED THROUGH THE STORM
While it is hard to describe the devastation Helene left, the irrepressible spirt of mountain people is also impossible to ignore. This video shares what we’ve made it through and—even more importantly—our call to action regarding what lies ahead.
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The Mitchell County Development Foundation is a community-based organization that raises tax deductible funds to support businesses in Mitchell County. The MCDF improves the well-being of Mitchell County as a whole by helping to implement the long-range planning of the county and municipal governments by working to bring together the various public and private groups necessary to promote job creation, business promotion and economic development.
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