CLAYTOR LAKE, Va. – Tourism during fall foliage season is big business in Virginia. While cleanup is still underway for areas hit hard by Helene, local businesses are hoping to attract visitors.
It’s been over a month since the wreckage of Helene, and crews have been working non-stop to get it clean.
The lake is back open, but one local business owner off the lake is worried people will not be coming out.
“My concern as a business is people think the lake’s closed and that they think the whole lake looks like the area near the state park when it actually is not that way,” said Michael Valach, owner of Mountain 2 Island off the lake.
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