About 40 downtown Asheville businesses have closed since Helene; business leaders say they aren’t panicking

While downtown Asheville emerged largely unscathed from Tropical Storm Helene, its lack of potable water for nearly two months and a dramatic dropoff in foot traffic have led more than three dozen businesses, some that had been there for decades, to close. The normally crowded leaf season and Christmas holidays were painfully slow. Visitation to […]Read More