Civil and Municipal - Mar 2023

47 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 With a robust portfolio of capital projects underway, City Manager Wilson Hooper says, “We’ve done a good job of leveraging state and federal resources to supplement our local resources. As a matter of fact, we discovered that for every $1 of local money we have in capital projects, we have $2 of state and federal money.” BREVARD, NORTH CAROL INA Projects include an investment in trails, specifically the Ecusta Trail, a 19.4-mile multi-use trail that will connect the cities of Hendersonville and Brevard, and the Estatoe Trail, a 4.5 mile pathway that winds through the city. The city also has its eye on less visible infrastructure improvements to water and sewer pipes,” Hooper adds, “The goal is to make our town an attractive