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While shops, restaurants and galleries are empty all across downtown Athens, a small art shop hidden upstairs on Jackson Street has never been more busy.  Kristen Ashley, owner and founder of K. A. Artist Shop, is just one of many Athens business owners developing new ways to stay connected, and…

When people are quarantined at home, Joey Stewart, the owner of Fit Body Bootcamp in Athens, Ga., says, it is easy for them to lose the motivation to exercise.  The challenges that fitness instructors and studio owners in Athens are facing from taking their businesses online due to the COVID-19…

    Last February, the partners of the North Downtown Athens Planning Study scheduled two workshops to get to know the community of Bethel Midtown Village, and to hear how they would like to better their home. Brian Keith, principal architect of JHP Architecture/Urban Design, works with his firm in…

    Periods play a role in the lives of the majority of women who, in 2019, made up 44% of all NCAA athletes and 43% of all high school athletes, according to the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations, respectively.  However, due to the taboos…

Ashley Travieso was about to travel to Birmingham, Alabama, after teaching a trapeze class on March 12 when she heard the news. Due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, the city pulled the permits and canceled Birmingham Hammerfest, a bike race which was supposed to take place on March…

The Athens Farmers Market was scheduled to open in March this year, drumming up excitement on their Facebook page with shots of patrons perusing fresh produce and updates about the presence of crowd-favorite vendors. Yet almost as soon as it started, the open-air market was forced to close due to…

Editor’s Note: One source was anonymized after publication due to privacy concerns.  You can’t go outside, loved ones in major cities are getting sick, you just got laid off and you have no idea what the job market will look like for the rest of the year — or ever…

Grady College alum Makayla Richards captured images of a protest held in Athens on May 31, 2020.   The video below was taken by Grady College alumna Brie Wolfe at the intersection of East Broad and College streets in Athens, Georgia, at 12:05 a.m. on June 1, 2020. Makayla Richards…

An alarm sounds. It’s an iPhone ringing out its hourly tune. An employee puts on their favorite song and everyone starts to clean; wiping down cash registers, credit card machines, pens, phones and anything else in sight. This is a frequent occurrence for Johnathan Marquess, a pharmacist who owns Horton’s…

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the elderly population continues to suffer disproportionately from the virus strain. Out of the 416 deaths in Georgia as of April 10, individuals 60 years or older account for 35% or about 146 of those deaths, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Clarke County…