ASHEVILLE - Buncombe County Parks and Recreation has received official notice of a $4.5 million National Park Service grant which will be used to buy 343 mountaintop acres.

In combination with the Land and Water Fund award recently secured by the Southern Appalachians Highlands Conservancy, this grant provides the necessary resources to move forward with the purchase of Deaverview Mountain for preservation and development as a Buncombe County public park, according to a Sept. 8 news release.

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