Chimney Rock Village

Chimney Rock Village, a U.S. local government entity in Rutherford County, North Carolina, acts as a federal grant recipient, receiving emergency disaster recovery funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the North Carolina Department of Public Safety as the pass-through entity, and as a direct cooperative-agreement recipient from the Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Chimney Rock Village is a town government with no private-sector structure, SBA designation, or contracting vehicle participation. The village operates exclusively as a grant recipient, not as a prime contractor or subcontractor for federal service or product procurement. Federal funding flows to the village in two channels: direct cooperative agreements from NRCS for watershed stabilization work, and sub-grant awards passed through North Carolina's state emergency-management apparatus for disaster recovery.

The village's federal footprint is heavily concentrated in post-hurricane disaster recovery. FEMA accounts for 19 of 20 recent awards (95% of activity) through sub-grant channels, all flowing via the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Sub-grant awards span January 2025 through April 2026 and cover infrastructure repair and recovery operations including parking-lot restoration, stormwater system rehabilitation, wastewater treatment, contracted security, sewer and water line repairs, pavilion and overlook damage correction, and riverwalk restoration. These reflect direct damage to village recreational and utility assets from what the source identifies as Hurricane Helen. The NRCS cooperative agreement, awarded May 11, 2026, represents the village's only prime federal award in the source window and carries a $10.64 million potential value under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program (CFDA 10.923). The agreement runs through September 27, 2027, and commits the village to implement streambank and shoreline stabilization, manage local cost-sharing and land-rights acquisition, obtain permits, and assume long-term operations and maintenance of completed stabilization work in Rutherford County.

Activity accelerated from nine awards in 2025 to eleven through mid-2026, driven by disaster-response volume. Only one award—the NRCS cooperative agreement—carries an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months (September 27, 2027). The village's combined federal obligation across all awards totals $14.7 million, concentrated in two federal agencies: FEMA via state pass-through (19 awards) and NRCS (1 award). No federal agencies serve as customer beyond FEMA and USDA; no contractor teaming relationships or IDV participation appear in the source.