The town of Lake Lure is slowly progressing toward normalcy, and businesses say they’re finally opening.It’s been a long two months for the folks at Lake Lure after Hurricane Helene dealt historic damage. “The boat dock was underwater, the canoes were disappeared. my brother’s boat house, the Mastercraft, crashed into the roof of the boat house,” Councilman Jim Proctor said.That damage extends to Tom Halladay and the team at Fae Nectar. He said the building was fine, but their property along the river was completely washed out.”Our building itself didn’t get to that much. We’re incredibly fortunate in that respect, but our property, a lot of our embankment got washed away. A lot of our, they call it the ‘sea wall,’ along the lake got washed away,” Halladay said. Still, through all the damage he’s telling customers, his doors are open. Now, mainly on Fridays and Saturdays.”Come visit in person as places open back up. I think it’d be great if they came and visited and saw the progress and kind of, like, help join us in that journey,” he said. “We’ve been having to physically move all that dirt with machines and put it back where it belongs. So we’re about three weeks into that process. We have about another week or two before we can do a final grade.” According to town officials, they’re working on long-term solutions for both the sewer system and dam.”Our boil water advisory has been lifted, and that has been for for weeks now. And our no-flush order was also lifted. I think there’s about 20 customers that are still without sewer, but we are working diligently to get them back online as well,” said Town Manager Olivia Stewman.Proctor said most of the work now is focused on debris removal. “It’s just remarkable how people get together and friends helping friends. People from all over the nation have come to help. It’s just remarkable,” Proctor said. Unfortunately, the storm may have ended the popular Flowering Bridge. “Unfortunately, it’s not stable and not usable, so we are ultimately looking at probably demolishing that,” Stewman said. You can follow the town’s progress on the town’s website.