Small businesses encourage tourism after Helene [Video]

QUALITY TESTS AS RESTORATION AND CLEANUP EFFORTS ARE STILL ONGOING ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. AFTER HELENE, SOME LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS SAY THEY’RE READY FOR TOURISM TO MAKE A COMEBACK. METEOROLOGIST GRIFFIN HARDY REPORTS FROM HENDERSON COUNTY. MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES ACROSS WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA WERE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY HURRICANE HELENE JUST BEFORE WHAT NORMALLY IS THE PEAK OF TOURISM SEASON, BUT ONE LOCAL VINEYARD OWNER HERE IN HENDERSON COUNTY IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO STILL COME. I WAS TELLING OUR TEAM, IT’S KIND OF LIKE I WAS IN A DREAM SEQUENCE FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND NOW I’M WAKING UP. TIMOTHY PARKS OF MARKED TREE VINEYARDS SAYS OCTOBER IS NORMALLY THEIR BUSIEST MONTH OF THE YEAR FOR TOURISTS, AND THAT IT’S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THAT CAN TO GET BACK TO A SMALL SENSE OF NORMALCY. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES SO THAT WAY WE CAN START TO …