Rebuilding Today. Preparing for Tomorrow.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit stewarding recovery resources while supporting sustainable rebuilding, future preparedness, and new opportunities for the community of Hot Springs, North Carolina.
With your support, we can continue making a difference together.
Our organization relies on the generosity of private donations to carry out our mission. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution so that we can work to restore the heart of our beautiful town.
What’s been happening
Featured News
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Read more: Two years on: what took rootWhen we think of Helene, we don’t think first of the destruction. We think of 11:00 a.m., when neighbors gathered at Sara Jo’s Station and left with a job to do. Two years later, here is what grew from that day.
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What Could Our Community Center Become? Four Designs, One Big Conversation
Read more: What Could Our Community Center Become? Four Designs, One Big ConversationFour volunteer designers. Four futures for the Andrews Ave Community Center and Old Jail. On May 21, neighbors saw them all: an open-air pavilion built from the old stone, a working hub with a greenhouse, a full historic restoration, and a raised civic campus with housing upstairs. Here’s what you told us.
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[FILLED]: General Contractors Needed — Hot Springs, NC
Read more: [FILLED]: General Contractors Needed — Hot Springs, NCRebuild Hot Springs Area (RHSA) is seeking one or more licensed, insured General Contractors to complete up to six residential repair and reconstruction projects in Hot Springs and Spring Creek. These homes sustained damage during Hurricane Helene, and we are ready to move forward.
Who are we?
Rebuild Hot Springs Area (RHSA) is a grassroots nonprofit fueled entirely by the people who call this town home. Born in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation, we are a volunteer-led movement of neighbors helping neighbors. Our mission is to not just restore what was lost, but to work side-by-side to build a stronger, more resilient, and more vibrant Hot Springs for everyone to enjoy.
A book built by Hot Springs, for Hot Springs
Through Our Eyes was born from an open call to our community: share your photos, your stories, and your truths. The response was overwhelming. From the first responders who braved the rising waters to the neighbors who pulled one another to safety, hundreds of submissions poured in. Together, these accounts provide a raw, ground-level perspective on how an isolated mountain town, cut off from the world, leaned on one another to survive and begin the long journey of rebuilding.
Proceeds from this book support Rebuild Hot Springs Area’s ongoing recovery efforts.
- Weatherford Award Nominated
- Features over 200 curated images
- Includes contributions from 48 individuals who witnessed Helene firsthand