Pho Pot works to reopen months after Forest Grove shopping center flooding

While two Forest Grove businesses have bounced back from a sewer line backup that flooded several storefronts at Ballad Towne Square in August, a neighboring Vietnamese restaurant is still trying to regain its footing. Pho Pot owner Michelle Tran hopes to reopen on Black Friday, Nov. 27, at 2834 Pacific Ave., more than three months after contaminated water swept through the restaurant — leaving much of its interior gutted and its finances strained. With months of lost revenue and bills continuing to pile up, the restaurant has turned to community fundraising to help ease the financial burden. A GoFundMe campaign launched Oct. 14 seeks $45,000 to help cover rebuilding costs and ongoing expenses. As of Monday, Nov. 9, it had raised just $445 from 12 donations, about 1% of its goal. “We kept hoping we could find a way through this ourselves,” the owners wrote in the fundraiser.

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