Parkway closure impacts businesses, county’s tourism efforts
Meadows of Dan was not a direct causality of Hurricane Helene, but the merchants there stand to lose much of their tourism business during what many consider their peak season after the Blue Ridge Parkway was recently closed due to storm damage. The empty parking lot at Jane’s Country Café was empty on Sunday afternoon. “On an ordinary Sunday in October, our parking lots would be overflowing with cars, but this is the situation today (Oct. 6) at 2:45 p.m.,”...
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