On a beautiful October morning, city of Marion officials, the McDowell Trail Association, N.C. Rep. Dudley Greene and other local leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new trailhead entrance
Marion City Council voted unanimously to officially name the First National building as “City Hall” and rename the city’s current City Hall as the “City Annex” once administration, finance and
By MIKE CONLEY
Marionâs homeless community now has a special hotline where they can find help with food, shelter or clothing.
On Wednesday morning, a group of committed advocates âbroke groundâ at East Marion Pentecostal Holiness Church for the new Code Purple Hotline 828-764-1295. This hotline has been created to aid the local community with finding basic needs. This is a joint effort by the church, the Marion East Community Forum, the Letâs Act Army - McDowell, McDowell Mission Ministries and other local organizations.
The Rev. Jeff Palmer and his wife Niki from East Marion PHC and Debora Workman of the Marion East forum will answer the 24-hour hotline number and refer the caller to local services for food, shelter and clothing. They are teaming up with Centro Unido Latino-Americano and St. Johnâs Episcopal Church food pantry for food support. McDowell Mission Ministries will be the place to go for shelter, although there are some overflow si