More than five years since the Holiday Farm Fire swept through the McKenzie River Corridor, affected businesses are still struggling to pay rebuilding expenses.

Now, one Blue River proprietor is trying a brick-by-brick approach.

Meyer’s General Store & Liquor Shop was not only a store to acquire groceries and beer; it was also a gathering place for locals, earning it the title of “unofficial city hall” in the unincorporated community that lies along Highway 126 about 40 miles east of Eugene.

The Holiday Farm Fire burned it to the foundations on Labor Day 2020. Since then, owner Melanie Stanley has tried to get it rebuilt and open again, but financing is tough to come by.

“We can't get traditional financing because the business doesn't have income,” Stanley told KLCC. “We can't get some

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