ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Almost a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina, businesses, homes, schools and infrastructure are still on the long road to recovery.

One of the hardest hit areas in Asheville was the Biltmore Village area where many of the shops and restaurants are still closed all these months later.

The stores had to be gutted and stripped down to the studs after Helene.

These famous rows of stores were built 8-feet above ground as a protection from floods, but the beefed-up infrastructure was no match for the floodwaters.

ABC11 stopped by the Corner Kitchen, a 20-year-old Asheville dining mainstay popular for its everyday brunch.

Corner Kitchen was able to re-open last month.

Helene's flooding rose to nearly the second floor of the restaurant

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