MORGANTON, N.C. — The city of Morganton is set to receive $4,063,203.21 from FEMA to build a new recreation maintenance building, replacing two maintenance buildings at Catawba Meadows Park that were destroyed during Hurricane Helene in 2024.
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According to the Morganton News Herald, the project includes demolition, excavation, and installation of a new structure built to current codes and standards. The oldest of the two buildings destroyed was located closest to the Catawba River Greenway and was in a conservation easement.
It is being removed and there will no longer be an obstruction in the conservation easement.
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