In our culminating episode of Asheville, Stories of Resilience, we dive more deeply into the aftermath of Helene and how the community has been working to restore, renew and rebuild. With stories of neighbors helping neighbors, how the arts and minor league baseball restore a sense of normalcy and how one neighborhood literally blossomed, we bring you many of the voices we heard from throughout our series, all speaking of moving forward.

Episode 3 highlights how the innate need for human connection paves the way for building community. We talk to people who returned to town because of family, built businesses with family and how the ballpark becomes extension of family. We also hear from a variety of artists and entrepreneurs about how Asheville provides the perfect climate to promote community building through the arts.

• (00:00:00) - Asheville: Stories of Resilience
• (00:01:34) - Community: The Need for Connectivity
• (00:06:51) - The Asheville Beer Choir's support during the storm
• (00:14:29) - How the Arts Connect Us to Asheville
• (00:21:05) - Asheville native and former MLB player Cameron Jones on his roots
• (00:27:46) - A Taste of Highland Brewing Company
• (00:33:28) - Asheville's Community Theater
• (00:40:31) - One Down Syndrome Employee's Journey to Minor League Baseball
• (00:44:39) - Asheville baseball fan speaks out about community
• (00:51:50) - Story of Resilience: Food and Community
• (00:55:00) - Story of Resilience

In Episode 2 of Something Worth Saving: Asheville Stories of Resilience, Sara Stock Mayo and Jonathan Mayo explore the meaning of place and how it is defined by different members of the community. They dive into Asheville’s past and present sharing stories from a myriad of perspectives and lived experiences.

• (00:00:00) - Asheville: Stories of Resilience
• (00:01:48) - Asheville's story of place
• (00:06:00) - Asheville's history of integration
• (00:13:09) - The Flood of 1916 in Asheville
• (00:19:20) - Mountain Folk Festival in Swannanoa
• (00:25:15) - David Leif's story
• (00:26:45) - Leaf Festival: A North Carolina Cultural Desert
• (00:28:58) - A Culture Keeper at Asheville's McCormick Field
• (00:35:24) - Asheville baseball fan on community
• (00:40:05) - Asheville's Contemporary Dance Theater
• (00:41:21) - The Asheville 100: An Artist
• (00:44:17) - As Asheville's Cultural Foundation Turns 90
• (00:47:01) - Asheville's arts and community
• (00:50:14) - Asheville's reliance on tourists
• (00:52:25) - Asheville's growing pains
• (00:54:22) - Asheville's legacy of segregation
• (00:59:45) - Something Worth Saving Asheville Stories of Resilience