05/28/2026
After Helene, neighbors on Garren Creek Road in Fairview were cut off from the outside, reeling from landslides that moved houses and took lives. The storm brought them together, doing everything they could to support each other. For many of them, they were meeting for the first time.
Natalie Lamb says there was no place in this rural community for neighbors to connect. After Helene, they knew that they needed that.
Since then, they have gained two new places to gather. One is the red barn that is home to a new nonprofit, the Garren Creek Foundation. Then, just down the road are the new trails that you helped us open in Fairview Community Forest!
“There are no other public trails in Fairview,” Natalie says. “We love it here. It’s so beautiful and pleasant, but it is also really lacking in shared spaces.”
Her fourteen-year-old daughter Nev says, “The trails add another way to not only get exercise but also see more nature... And it just adds a fun place to go instead of driving thirty minutes to experience nature.”
See their whole story here: https://conservingcarolina.org/garren-creek-foundation-and-fairview-community-forest/
