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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - It's been astir 5 years since the Creek Fire, and galore parts of the Shaver Lake country are inactive successful the process of rebuilding.
Cressman's General Store is simply a Sierra landmark that’s been astir agelong capable to spot everything from horse-drawn buggies to modern-day cars.
It opened successful 1904, wherever it stood for implicit a period until the Creek Fire destroyed it successful 2020. But now, operation connected a caller gathering is officially underway.
For much than 4 years, the store operated retired of a cargo instrumentality aft the archetypal operation burned down.
"This was our section wide store. Everybody ran present connected Thanksgiving to get cranberry sauce, pumpkin spice… we were ever present for them,” said Melissa McLaren.
McLaren has worked astatine Cressman’s for 16 years. She says arsenic soon arsenic operation started, the excitement was instant.
“We’ve got generations coming up present for years and years. They’d ever halt for sandwiches and cookies. They’re conscionable truly excited.” McLaren continued.
The caller store volition diagnostic a afloat room and BBQ, bringing backmost lawsuit favorites similar sandwiches and freshly baked goods.
But portion the rebuilding is simply a invited sight, Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig says galore successful the assemblage are inactive struggling.
“People person not been capable to rebuild. Even those with insurance, the payouts often haven’t been enough. Another large situation is security itself. Because we’ve had truthful galore catastrophic wildfires, it’s astir intolerable to get sum if you’re rebuilding successful upland areas,” said Magsig.
Construction connected Cressman’s caller gathering is expected to beryllium implicit earlier adjacent summer.
