IN THE NEWS: Myrtle Beach Non-Profit (Fyrebird Recovery) in Search of New Home After Cease-and-Desist Letter Cites 'Zoning Violation'
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - The team behind Fyrebird Recovery, a harm reduction nonprofit that has existed in Myrtle Beach since May of 2022, is working hard to find a new location.
The nonprofit signed a lease and moved into 606 Broadway Street on June 1. Azhane Powell, the facility’s director, said she never finished unpacking all of the boxes and is now repacking them.
“It was kind of baffling when I heard it,” said Powell, talking about the day she found out she would not be able to operate due to a “zoning violation.”
Powell has a background in social work. She opened Fyrebird Recovery as a linkage service to other established nonprofits in the area such as Shoreline Behavioral Health and New Directions.
Fyrebird Recovery gives out free supplies to those in need such as Narcan and clean syringes. Powell said she sees a variety of health needs including those who need syringes for insulin injections, and otherwise cannot afford them.