Last week, the Town of Black Mountain’s Board of Aldermen unanimously decided to vie for porkulus to change the shape of Lake Tomahawk to reduce silting. The project would cost $412,840, and the aldermen would like to pay half with a grant and half with an interest-free loan repayable over twenty years. Then, they adopted their Stormwater Master Plan, which included provisions for FEMA to buy properties along the Swannanoa River for a fraction of fair market value. Then, they proceeded with the purchase of environmentally-degraded property valued at $2.1 million. The town thinks they might turn it into a park. Then, they agreed to cooperate with the US Department of Energy’s program for regional collaboration for fuel planning. Then, they were told the town received porkulus for a sidewalk along US70 and questioned why no porkulus was forthcoming for a sidewalk on Montreat Road.