Some businesses in Valley Center are on hold after flood
The flood on Saturday, March 28 damaged a lot of businesses throughout Wilson County, but one area hit really hard was the Valley Center.
Most of the businesses in the plaza are still closed, and it has been another headache for businesses who have fought through a tornado, a pandemic and now a destructive flood.
“It’s really devastating for all involved,” said Jimmy Chandler of RockStar Academy of Dance.
Memo’s Mexican Kitchen only had an inch or two of water come into their restaurant, but they have to stay closed because the water that came in could have been contaminated. Crews came in and removed up to four feet of drywall and other materials to replace it. That leaves the restaurant closed until somtime in June, which has been tough for the owners Memo and Katie Murillo. They closed for two weeks last year during the pandemic, and now this will be even longer. They will miss Cinco De Mayo for the second y
Mt. Juliet businesses left starting over after recent flooding
In a year for full challenges, several Mt. Juliet businesses were dealt another blow after recent flooding.
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âThis time the magnitude of damage itâs not like visible like as much as the tornado but we shut down much longer,â said nail technician Tyler Nguyen.
The nail salon is preparing to shut down again after recent flooding destroyed its sub-flooring.
âBy Sunday, we have to close it down completely, remove every shelf, mirror, everything on the wall and turn the space over,â said Nguyen.