October 4, 2024 2:54 PM

Will Asheville’s once-booming riverfront art district ever recover from Helene?

The river that runs through Asheville, North Carolina, is littered with artwork drifting downstream after deadly floods from Hurricane Helene decimated the mountain city's arts district, a linchpin of tourism in the area that some residents fear will never recover. Some of the 300 artists and designers who work out of 26 buildings along the banks of the French Broad River have spent the past few days shoveling out mud and trying to salvage paintings, pottery and jewelry. Some fear the district ...