Cliff Dwellers Gallery

December 7, 2016 As many of you know, parts of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevier County experienced extensive fires the night of November 28th and into the day on the 29th. Over 1500 buildings both business and residential were lost to the flames. A perfect storm of drought conditions, high winds, downed power lines and an ongoing fire at the Chimeny Tops in the Park led to the heartbreaking outcome of these fires. The Great Smokys Arts and Crafts Community (GSACC) and our own Cliff Dwellers Gallery escaped the devistation of these fires, even though several of our GSACC members lost their homes that were located in the fire area.

Cliff Dwellers opened for business as usual Saturday, December 3rd and have weclomed many visitors, shoppers and friends in the last few days. Gatlinburg proper (the downtown business district) will be open for your vacation and shopping pleasure starting at 7:00 AM Friday, December 9th. Dollywood, Cades Cove, The Greenbriar and Cosby sections of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GSMNP) are all open along with many of your favorite shops, lodgings and resturants.

We are "Mountain Tough", but need jobs to sustain ourselves and our families. Gatlinburg and Sevier County economy depends of our Visitors for our livelihood. Please know that Gatlinburg, Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County and GSMNP are not destroyed, as the national media implied, but just need to make ourselves presentable to our guests before we once again welcome you. Please let your friends, relatives, neighbors and anyone wandering down your street know that we would love for you to stay in our lodgings, eat in our resturants, shop in our stores and enjoy the entertaining things we have here for you, our visitors.

Thank you so very much for your thoughts and prayers and expressions of concern for Cliff Dwellers and the Mountains we all love!