After being among the many businesses to sustain flood damage at Eastgate Crossing in July, the Chapel Hill Trader Joe’s store is officially reopen as of Monday afternoon. A Kite Realty spokesperson, who manages the shopping center, confirmed the opening to Chapelboro on Monday, with the doors re-opened to a handful of excited customers at 4 p.m. The popular grocery store chain had been closed since July 7 — the day after historic flooding from Tropical Depression Chantal’s rains filled the parking lot and businesses at Eastgate Crossing. Right on the dot at 4 p.m., both shoppers and workers began to congregate at the store’s sliding doors. Customers cheered as they grabbed their shopping carts. Employees who may not have seen one another for over a month hugged and high-fived one another as they prepared for their first shift since Chantal. The energy at the impromptu reopening was one of jubilation, excitement, and even relief. Trader Joe’s becomes the latest business in the flood...