business briefs
• U-Haul, which has a location at 10833 Kingston Pike in Farragut, recently added 196 more company-owned facilities across eight states to its 30 days’ free self-storage disaster relief offer for people impacted by Hurricane Helene, now a tropical depression.
All U-Haul regional offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia have joined locations in Florida, Georgia and Alabama by extending one month of free self-storage or U-Box portable container usage to persons needing a dry and secure space to keep their belongings during the clean-up, according to a press release.
“There are now 437 U-Haul stores providing disaster relief: 136 in Florida; 79 in Georgia; 50 in North Carolina; 48 in Tennessee; 35 in Alabama; 34 in Virginia; 32 in South Carolina; 19 in Kentucky; two in Indiana; and two in Mississippi.”
• Dixie Lee Farmers Market had an enclosed trailer at the market in Renaissance | Farragut Saturday, Oct. 5, to collect donations to send to its neighbors in Northeast Tennessee and Western North Carolina that have been impacted by Hurricane Helene floods and wind damage.
