

Who We Are
Mission: To promote a healthy, safe, well-educated, and thriving community with a sustainable quality of life; provide effective and efficient government our citizens can trust; and deliver needed service through a responsive work force committed to excellence, integrity, and teamwork.
Buncombe County, North Carolina is a caring community in harmony with its environment where residents succeed, thrive, and realize their potential.
What We Do
Buncombe County Government provides a variety of services to residents around the areas of general government, human services, culture and recreation, environment, education, economic and physical development.
To achieve our mission, Buncombe County Government realizes the importance of a diverse professional workforce and the need to foster a responsive and innovative organizational culture, one that fully engages all of our employees, honoring and building on each employee’s unique experiences, opinions, and perspective.
