Support ABCCM - Rebuilding the Veterans Restoration Quarters

The Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry (ABCCM) provides much needed housing and support for Homeless Veterans living in the Asheville-Buncombe County region. Legerton Architecture is a local Architecture firm located in Asheville, NC, and we have been working with ABCCM to help them increase their Veterans Housing units when Hurricane Helene destroyed their existing primary housing complex, the Veterans Restoration Quarters (VRQ). Money raised by this campaign will help ABCCM rebuild this building to house our veterans.

Since the storm, the veterans living in this building have been displaced and it will require extensive flood remediation and renovations in order to once again serve our community. Restoring this building will cost millions of dollars.

Built in the mid-1970s, the VRQ is nearly 55,000 sf. When Hurricane Helene dropped over 24 inches of rain on the WNC region, the entire building was flooded with five to six feet of water from the Swannoah River. This flooding has rendered the building and site unusable and deposited mud and debris throughout the building and across their parking lot, courtyards and open space. The entire building will require extensive mold mitigation, new interior finishes furniture, electrical, mechanical and plumbing fixtures. All housing units, offices, common spaces, dining hall and kitchen were severely damaged. Fortunately, the structure appears to be stable.

Western North Carolina critically needs housing. This building alone provided 160 beds of transitional housing and 40 beds for emergency shelter and 50 units of permanent supportive housing for a total of 250 beds. It also had a kitchen and dining hall used for feeding these veterans.

Legerton Architecture believes in the mission of ABCCM and we hope we can help raise awareness of the storm damage and help them recover from this terrible disaster. Thank you for your support!

You can also donate directly to ABCCM at www.abccm.org/donate/helene