MILL SPRING, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It's supposed to be the busiest time of year for mountain shops, but many of them are unable to operate more than a month after Helene. Luckily for some, they've set up temporary spaces under one roof. Owners are bringing Chimney Rock Village to Mill Spring. They've created pop-up shops and are inviting people to come see what they have to offer since many of them have no idea when they'll be able to get back in their stores. "It was a landing pad for us, so at least we had somewhere to land," said Mandy Frazier, owner of An English Flower Cottage. That landing spot is here at the Tryon Equestrian Center where crews have set up the original Chimney Rock Village sign. It's a temporary home for several small shops devastated by Helene. ‘They need love’: Beyond Halloween, North Carolina rescue helps black cats haunted by unlucky reputation "The water lines were at least six feet up inside the shop," said Amanda Price, who works for Gale's Chimney Rock Shop. "Counters had been moved. Mud was up like two to three feet deep." Price is running the pop-up location for Gale's Chimney Rock Shop. What's left of the store's inventory is out and ready for purchase. "We had to get rid of a lot of stuff," said Price. "What you see here is only a small fraction of the amount of things we had and some of this we actually had to scoop up out of the mud and see if we could clean it." Across from Gale's, the owners of An English Flower Cottage in Hendersonville are hoping they can turn profits around before the end of the year. "Five dollars turns into $100 turns into $200," said Frazier. "For all of us here, just small increments of making any form of money by the time we're done, hopefully in December, it will turn into something to help us recoup. Take a small breath and say, you know what we can do this. We can move forward. We can rebuild." Owners are taking donations but also have a variety of merchandise to buy. From clothes to toys to Christmas decorations, it's a good place to kick off your holiday shopping for a good cause. "We didn't have any sort of income for weeks and we were unsure if we'd be able to get anything out of our shops," said Price. "For the people come out and support us, it would mean the world to us." The shops will be at the Tryon Equestrian Center through the end of December. They're open Thursday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with some extended hours as we get closer to the holidays.