The roads to recovery …….

It’s happening, maybe a little slowly but without a doubt surely as our beloved North Carolina mountains dig out and rebuild in Helene’s wake.

And it’s because of a bunch of genuinely good people that glimpses of what will be an even better place are starting to pop up here and there.

This weekend, of course, is the Concert for the Carolinas, that started as an idea from country stars Luke Combs and Eric Church and blossomed into one of the most significant musical events in the world as the likes of James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, the Avett Brothers and Keith Urban, to name a few, jumped on board.

The Saturday night show at Bank of America Stadium will raise millions for the displaced and distraught in the high country, and will also be live-streamed for those who couldn’t get a ticket – plus the live televised show will be free to the good people up there who obviously can’t make it.

There are other things, too, that’ll be going on to help our brothers and sisters in the high hills.

The Charlotte Regional Farmers Market, for example, will have a “mountain magic” day, if you will, where farmers and vendors from the storm-struck areas will be able to sell their wares.

It’s basically an extension of their annual Harvest Festival and is officially called the Western North Carolina Agritourism Farm Showcase and will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the 1801 Yorkmont Road marketplace, featuring produce and various vendors who now have a place they can sell their goods, from apples to honey to baked goods and more.

Changes are evolving as well in the once-stricken areas we all have loved so much for so long.

Hendersonville is letting people know they are back in business, at least partially, as the fall foliage season emerges and shopkeepers have cleaned up the floors and opened their doors.

Likewise, Blowing Rock is letting visitors know they can get there and that their popular shops are back up to speed.

Another of the mountains’ well-known legacies is likewise moving toward being able to sell their incomparable Christmas trees, for example.

Farms in Ashe and Avery counties are hopeful that people will opt for a live Yuletide evergreen this year and they will find ways to get it to you (a bunch of Charlotte-area tree lots are already letting customers know they’ll have them in stock).

And one Ashe County tree in particular has been picked to adorn the White House this? year.

The rebuild doesn’t stop there, by the way.

The fabled Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway has now opened, so you can still catch the glory of nature at one of the most-photographed stretches of highway in the world.

Grandfather Mountain, too, is getting back in business with its legendary attractions and the Biltmore House in Asheville plans to be decked out for Christmas as the once-flooded entry gates open wide.

On top of all that, there are still people who jump in and do what they can.

Actor Channing Tatum, who’s making a movie in the area, showed up unannounced at the MANNA Food Bank station in Asheville with loads of supplies for the local folks, and he stuck around long enough to help unload the goods and work behind the handout line side-by-side with the volunteers.

The thing is, the best of humanity is on full display in the high country, and they’re nowhere near done.

God bless them, everyone.