Helene also caused extensive damage to Asheville’s water treatment infrastructure, according to the National Hurricane Center. Clean water was not restored to the city until Nov. 18, 53 days after Helene hit.

Other businesses like Highland Brewing are working to bring visitors back. This week, Erika Jackson visited Resurrection Studios Collective in downtown Asheville. Co-owner Heidi Adams turned her family’s former music studio into an artist workspace and gallery, so displaced artists have a place to work.

Merchants in Biltmore Village expect by the first anniversary of Helene in September, many shops and restaurants will be back open.