Helen Reborn

Helen's rebirth is actually pretty amazing. Most of the remnants of the destruction caused by hydraulic mining and the lumber companies are covered with second-growth forest, thanks to the federal government's creation of the Chattahoochee National Forest.

That is what prompts a meeting of four of Helen's businessmen. So many cars pass by Helen without stopping that they simply ask, "How can we change that?" One of the men knows of the success another small Georgia town had by repainting the buildings with a theme, and Helen itself had once tried a western theme approach.

Pete Hodkinson calls John Kollack, now a Clarkesville artist, and asks him for ideas. Stationed in the Bavarian Alps after World War II, Kollack proposes creating an alpine village and prepares plans for the redesign.

A Dream takes off

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