09/12/2026
Why Not Here?
You see it on social media all the time.
The perfect little Airbnb tucked into the mountains. A beautiful patio under string lights. A cozy fall evening around a fire. A weekend getaway that looks like it belongs in a magazine.
You save it. You send it to someone.
And then you realize…
It’s six hours away.
That thought has been a big part of why we created Happy Hollow.
Why not here?
Why shouldn’t we have beautiful places to escape to right here in our own Appalachian hills?
Why shouldn’t you be able to spend an evening on a private patio, have something good to eat, watch the horses in the pasture, sit around a fire and forget about everything else for a few hours — without turning it into a road trip?
So we started building it.
Today, that means private patio experiences, dining options and evenings at the farm.
That part isn’t a dream anymore.
It’s here.
But Happy Hollow was never meant to stop with a few patios.
Next, we want weekend getaways.
We want special events.
We want experiences that make people from outside our area look at a picture from Southern Ohio and think:
“Where is THAT?”
Because we believe our area deserves nice things, too.
Not imitations of somewhere else.
Not something pretending to be Nashville, Asheville or some mountain town hundreds of miles away.
Something that feels unmistakably like here.
I’m incredibly proud of where I live.
I’m proud of these Appalachian hills and valleys. I’m proud of the winding roads, the woods, the farms, the small towns and the people who call this place home.
And I’m proud to be from here.
Happy Hollow is our little attempt to build something worthy of this place.
Something you’re excited to bring your friends to.
Something you tell people about.
Something that makes those of us who live here a little more proud of what we have in our own backyard.
And someday, maybe Happy Hollow will be one of those places somebody hundreds of miles away sees while scrolling through social media.
They’ll save the picture.
They’ll send it to someone.
And they’ll say:
“We need to go there.”
That’s the goal.
And we have big plans.
Really big ones.
— Happy Hollow