OUR WORK · helene recovery
With Muni through its hardest chapter.
How the course was hit, who is rebuilding it, and where the Friends fit.
On September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene sent the Swannanoa River across Muni.
The front nine was destroyed, with downed trees and heavy flood damage, just as a $3 million renovation, the largest capital project in the course's history, was reaching completion.
While the back nine reopened within a month, the front nine was completely destroyed, leaving layers of mud and debris across our beautiful golf course.
STRUCK
September 27, 2024
BACK NINE
Reopened within a month
FRONT NINE
Awaiting federal and state rebuild funding
FOAM’S ROLE
Community, story, and our own course projects
Where we are today
The renovation is being funded by the City of Asheville and its partners, including Explore Asheville, and managed by Commonwealth Golf. The front-nine rebuild now awaits federal and state funding, and it will be everyone’s responsibility to complete the project.
What the Friends do is everything around it:
keeping the community rallied
telling the story
funding FOAM's own projects, youth golf, habitat, and course improvements in this time
Why it matters to Asheville: before the flood, the Muni drew more than 40,000 rounds a year, about 22,500 of them by local residents, and generated over $300,000 a year for nearby hotels, restaurants, and shops.
This helps Muni keeps moving forward as the public course it has always been. That is the work your membership supports.
BECOME ONE OF THE FRIENDS
Join the Friends for as little as $50 a year.
It is the most direct way to stand behind Muni. Your membership funds real projects on the course, and you become one of the neighbors keeping public golf open to everyone.
WHAT COMES WITH IT
A Friends of Asheville Muni bag tag
10 percent off Pro Shop merchandise
Twelve months, renewed each January
Pride in supporting a historic part of Asheville
Membership in a caring community