2024-10-14T13:54:26-04:00 2024-06-30 621170651 BROWN JAKE & MCDANIEL PC 2607 KINGSTON PIKE SUITE 110 KNOXVILLE TN 379193336 990EZ 2023-07-01 821016756 MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM C/O SEVIER CO ECON DEV COUNCIL MOUN 8654282212 321 COURT AVE SEVIERVILLE TN 37862 DAVID VERBLE TREASURER 8654282212 2024-10-14 true JAMES E BOOHER CPA P00286127 8656378600 2024-10-14 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z X X MOUNTAINTOUGH.ORG X X X 5909 194 690 6793 -6793 15597 8804 15597 8804 15597 8804 15597 8804 X TO PROVIDE HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL AND REBUILDING ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY DISASTERS IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN AREAS OF EAST TENNESSEE. 2022 HATCHER MOUNTAIN-INDIGO LANE AND COLD SPRINGS HOLLOW WILDFIRES: A WILDLAND FIRE BEGAN BURNING ON HATCHER MOUNTAIN ROAD AT INDIGO LANE IN SEVIER COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 2022. THE FIRE WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED THE HATCHER MOUNTAIN-INDIGO LANE FIRE WHICH BEGAN AT 20 ACRES, IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS COMMUNITY, POPULAR WITH TOURISTS. WITHIN A WEEK, THE WILDFIRES WERE OUT, BUT THEY HAD AFFECTED 220 STRUCTURES OF WHICH 130 WERE DESTROYED. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE TOTAL STRUCTURES WERE RENTAL PROPERTIES. THE COLD SPRINGS HOLLOW FIRE BURNED ABOUT 800 ACRES IN A REMOTE AREA, WHILE THE HATCHER MOUNTAIN WILDFIRE COVERED ABOUT 4,000 ACRES IN SIZE. FOLLOWING THE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES IN 2016, SEVIER COUNTY LEADERS ESTABLISHED THE MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM, DIRECTED BY A BOARD FOR FUNDING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY ASSISTANCE TO OVER 650 FAMILIES. DURING THIS TIME A MOUNTAINTOUGH.ORG WEBSITE WAS CREATED AND UTILIZED AS A PRIMARY RESOURCE UNTIL THE CLOSURE OF OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER, 2018. THIS WEBSITE (MANAGED BY THE SEVIER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL) WAS ACTIVATED IN MARCH, 2022 TO ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION AND UPDATES. FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR WERE DISPLACED WERE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. THE 2018 MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM'S BOARD CONDUCTED A MEETING IN JUNE, 2022. CRITERIA WAS PROPOSED AND AUTHORIZED FOR RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS WHO LOST THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK AND ITS BRANCH BANKS SERVED AS THE PRIMARY LOCATIONS FOR MONETARY DONATIONS. A RELIEF ASSISTANCE LOCATION WAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED AT SEVIER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS, AS DONATIONS FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFIED ITEMS WERE IMMEDIATELY BEING RECEIVED. THE RELIEF CENTER ASSISTED 28 FAMILIES. FACILITY OPERATIONS WERE CLOSED ON 4/10/22 AND REMAINING INVENTORY WAS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER RESOURCE AGENCIES. CASE CLOSURE WAS FINAL AS AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO IDENTIFIED VENDORS FOR FIVE (5) FAMILIES WHICH INCLUDED; RENT/DEPOSIT, FOUNDATION/FOOTERS, CONCRETE, FURNITURE, AND APPLIANCES. 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FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 2022 HATCHER MOUNTAIN-INDIGO LANE AND COLD SPRINGS HOLLOW WILDFIRES: A WILDLAND FIRE BEGAN BURNING ON HATCHER MOUNTAIN ROAD AT INDIGO LANE IN SEVIER COUNTY ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 2022. THE FIRE WAS OFFICIALLY NAMED THE HATCHER MOUNTAIN-INDIGO LANE FIRE WHICH BEGAN AT 20 ACRES, IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS COMMUNITY, POPULAR WITH TOURISTS. WITHIN A WEEK, THE WILDFIRES WERE OUT, BUT THEY HAD AFFECTED 220 STRUCTURES OF WHICH 130 WERE DESTROYED. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE TOTAL STRUCTURES WERE RENTAL PROPERTIES. THE COLD SPRINGS HOLLOW FIRE BURNED ABOUT 800 ACRES IN A REMOTE AREA, WHILE THE HATCHER MOUNTAIN WILDFIRE COVERED ABOUT 4,000 ACRES IN SIZE. FOLLOWING THE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES IN 2016, SEVIER COUNTY LEADERS ESTABLISHED THE MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM, DIRECTED BY A BOARD FOR FUNDING, CASE MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY ASSISTANCE TO OVER 650 FAMILIES. DURING THIS TIME A MOUNTAINTOUGH.ORG WEBSITE WAS CREATED AND UTILIZED AS A PRIMARY RESOURCE UNTIL THE CLOSURE OF OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER, 2018. THIS WEBSITE (MANAGED BY THE SEVIER COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL) WAS ACTIVATED IN MARCH, 2022 TO ONCE AGAIN PROVIDE CRITICAL COMMUNICATION AND UPDATES. FAMILIES OR INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE OR WERE DISPLACED WERE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE. THE 2018 MOUNTAIN TOUGH RECOVERY TEAM'S BOARD CONDUCTED A MEETING IN JUNE, 2022. CRITERIA WAS PROPOSED AND AUTHORIZED FOR RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS WHO LOST THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK AND ITS BRANCH BANKS SERVED AS THE PRIMARY LOCATIONS FOR MONETARY DONATIONS. A RELIEF ASSISTANCE LOCATION WAS QUICKLY ESTABLISHED AT SEVIER COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS, AS DONATIONS FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFIED ITEMS WERE IMMEDIATELY BEING RECEIVED. THE RELIEF CENTER ASSISTED 28 FAMILIES. FACILITY OPERATIONS WERE CLOSED ON 4/10/22 AND REMAINING INVENTORY WAS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER RESOURCE AGENCIES. CASE CLOSURE WAS FINAL AS AUTHORIZED PAYMENTS WERE MADE TO IDENTIFIED VENDORS FOR FIVE (5) FAMILIES WHICH INCLUDED; RENT/DEPOSIT, FOUNDATION/FOOTERS, CONCRETE, FURNITURE, AND APPLIANCES.