Community Meetings

About Community Meetings – May 2025

The Independent Monitor Team (the IM) returned to Western North Carolina for another series of meetings to share information and build community. From May 5 – 9, the Team met with citizens and groups, both in person and remotely, and toured HCA/Mission Hospital System facilities in collaboration with Dogwood Health Trust.

On May 12 and 13, the IM held two public meetings, one in Marion and one in Asheville. The meetings were presented in a revised format, which included two parts:

  • • IM Team Presentation – reviewed the IM tasks, provided an overview of the APA obligations (completed versus outstanding) being monitored by the IM, reviewed the public-facing IM report and areas of potential non-compliance identified by the Team, and reviewed the state and federal resources available to the public for reporting concerns.
  • • Resource Tables for Citizens – invited by the IM, representatives of critical state agencies and HCA/Mission Health System staffed resource tables, which were available to attendees following the IM’s presentation. The IM also hosted a table.

    NOTE: The public meeting in Asheville was live-streamed and recorded. See below for access.

    Thank you to the attendees who pre-registered for the Community Meetings and submitted questions, either during pre-registration or upon arrival at the meetings. The IM was able to answer some of those questions and provided all questions to the organizations attending.

    We hope that the Resource Tables allowed you to meet and visit with representatives of the organizations who have authority to take action on behalf of the citizens of Western North Carolina.

    About Continued Community Engagements

    In addition, the Independent Monitor Team continues to offer to meet with small groups, civic organizations, and individuals, either in person or virtually. Please let us know if you would like to meet with the Independent Monitor, or if you know of a small group or civic organization that would like to meet with us by notifying the Team at:  Mission@affliatedmonitors.com. 

    A Message of Appreciation

    We continue to extend our thanks to individuals and groups which welcomed our Team members during our site visits in January and May 2025, providing space for our meetings and participating in meaningful discussions.

    Reflections of Community Meetings – May 2025

    The Independent Monitor hosted two community meetings (Marion – May 12 and Asheville – May 13). Both Community Meetings followed the same agenda and format. For access to the video recording, please use the link below to view the meeting:

    IM Public Meeting (Asheville – A-B Tech/Ferguson Auditorium – May 13, 2025)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Reflections of Community Meetings – June 2024

    The following provides a list of Community Meetings (with video recordings) hosted by the Independent Monitor in June 2024. For access to the video recordings, please use the link(s) below corresponding to the Meeting you would like to view:

    McDowell County Meeting (Marion Community Building – June 10, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Mitchell/Yancey Counties Meeting (Cross Street Commerce Center – June 11, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Buncombe County Meeting (Ferguson Auditorium at A-B Tech – June 12, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Transylvania County Meeting (Transylvania County Library – June 17, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Highlands/Cashiers Meeting (Hudson Library | Highlands – June 18, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.

    Macon County Meeting (Macon County Community Facilities Bldg. – June 20, 2024)
    To view the video recording of this meeting, click HERE.