Steamboat Inn on verge of closing

A popular hotel along highway 1-38 east --- is*still feeling the effects of the archie creek fire&as they deal with damages that*may shut them down for*good.

Kezi 9 news reporter evita garza shows us why employees there --- are*determined to keep the hotel up and runnning.

Trt: 1:34 00:00 take lower since the 1950s, the steamboat inn along highway 138 has been a staple of douglas county.

Attracting guests from all around the world& lead server jesse goodin says there no other place like it.?there a lot of history here that makes this place special?

However, tragedy struck three months ago when the archie creek fire swept through douglas county& leaving goodin little piece of heaven at risk of going up in flames.

00:25 jesse goodin, employee, steamboat inn:?when i thought the steamboat had burned down, i cried.

I cried for hours because the fire map showed the fire was at steamboat?

But then a miracle happened.

The inn survived the fire.

Unfortunately... the infrastructure did not.

Their water and septic system were completely wiped out& meaning they have no clean water and goodin says it kept them closed for months.?if this place closed forever, i don know what i would do?

00:53 evita:?i told it will cost $200,000 to cover repairs from the damage done from the archie creek fire.

Although it a big number, goodin says he confident the community will come through to help?

If the hotel doesn make the repairs by the summer, owner melinda woodward says theyl have to shut down permanently.

She made a gofundme& but she says it wasn an easy decision.

1:14 melinda woodward, owner, steamboat inn:?i waited three months to put up a gofundme because i tried every option available to me.

Now, im out of options and i not very good at asking for help?

But, she says she not going down without a fight.?wee doing everything we can to protect this treasure, because we do feel like it is a treasure?

In douglas county evita garza