Rebuild The Pineola: Hurricane Helene Relief

 

Over the years, The Pineola (in Newland, North Carolina) has offered a place of community, safety, and joy for the locals and travelers alike to experience the High Country of Western North Carolina. From live music, drinks with friends, pickleball on summer nights, Avery County locals and travelers from across the world have flocked to be a part of the small town, mountain-time, local experience.

 

On September 27th, Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeastern United States, and heavily impacted Avery County & our beloved High Country community. Our hope is that we can continue to offer a place of community, safety, and joy for all people following the effects of this unprecedented flash flooding.

 

Although Hurricane Helene has caused severe damage to our property, we will rebuild. We are blessed in that the damages are mostly repairable, and we know many others locally who are not in that situation. In the past 48 hours, we started working on getting all wet things out of all the first floor flooded rooms and Taproom. In the rooms that were left undamaged by flooding, we are housing linemen from Mountain Electric, and some neighbors who have lost their homes completely.

 

We will continue in the coming weeks & months to provide a refuge for our community to begin to rebuild after the devastation of Hurricane Helene, as we continue to rebuild The Pineola itself.

 

We have had many people across the country reach out asking how they can help from afar. If you would like to contribute to our restoration & repair costs, you can do so here through GoFundMe. At this point, it is very unlikely that insurance will cover anything. All contributions will go towards The Pineola and help us continue to be a beacon of joy and a place of hope for our community and future travelers to the High Country.

 

The Pineola