Hurricane Helene devastated our town with historic flooding.  We had 87” of water inside our building!  With some warning about the potential flooding, we worked to protect our artist’s work: the jewelry and fiber was pulled out of the shop and most of the work that was roughly 4’ or lower, was set up above the bathroom.  Additionally, we removed all of the electronics and most of our records.  While we thought we were being overly aggressive, this was how we saved approximately 70% of our artist’s work.

Over the 6 months following Helene, we mucked and gutted the shop along with the help of many fabulous volunteers.  Much of our display furniture and back-room stuff (ie fridge, microwave, storage cabinets, and display items), were destroyed.  We cleaned, inventoried, and returned artist’s work to them.  And we applied for grants, did a small GoFundMe, and produced an Amazon Wish List to replace the items we lost.

The community of Marshall is amazing.  Flow, along with other business owners in town, worked together to help rebuild our town – not just to reopen, but to be better and stronger than we were before the storm.  While we were friends before Helene, we became family as we navigated the unfamiliar territory together.

Flow reopened on Thursday, March 27, 2025…..on the 6 month anniversary of the flood.  We were the 6th business in Downtown Marshall to reopen.

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