The Lucey Agency recently worked with the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development to produce a video entitled “Resilient,” which outlined Henderson County and Hendersonville leadership’s response to the Hurricane Helene disaster, and its impacts on the local industry in this part of western North Carolina.

For the video, the Lucey Agency interviewed John Mitchell, Henderson County Manager; John Connet, Hendersonville City Manager; Tyler Brown, BIG Adventures Kayaks; Janel Rowbotham, Linamar Light Metals – Mills River; and Cory Vanness, Kimberly-Clark Berkeley Mills.

The Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development (HCPED) is a public/private partnership that serves as the professional economic development organization for Henderson County, North Carolina. Founded in 1993, it has helped create and retain over 3,500 jobs and bring almost $1 billion of taxable investment to Henderson County.

Hurricane Helene was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States, and North Carolina in particular, in September of 2024.

Contact the Lucey Agency today about how we can help you tell your story through video.

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Hurricane Helene was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since 2017, and the deadliest to strike the mainland United States since Katrina in 2005. The 8th named storm, 5th hurricane, and 2nd major hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, Helene began forming on Sept. 22, 2024 as a broad low-pressure system in the western Caribbean. By Sept. 24, the disturbance had consolidated enough to become a tropical storm as it approached the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, receiving the name Helene from the National Hurricane Center. Weather conditions led to the cyclone’s intensification, and it became a hurricane early on Sept. 25. Late on Sept. 26, Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida, near the city of Perry, with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. Helene weakened as it moved quickly inland before degenerating to a post-tropical cyclone over Tennessee. However, the storm caused catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding, particularly in western North Carolina. As of late November, at least 234 deaths and $120 billion in damage have been attributed to Hurricane Helene.