The sky ain't falling

Every once in a while, you start to see the wheels turning, and the folks at the Athens Banner-Herald are steadily chipping away at a one of the biggest misconceptions in our community - that we're 'anti-business.'

First, Don Nelson penned a column where he traced where this falsehood came from. And now Blake covers a meeting and reports on the findings of a survey that take a look at entrepreneurship in our community. Turns out the overwhelming majority of those local business owners who were surveyed seem to think business in Athens-Clarke County is good.

Those who had critical words said things had dramatically improved in the past six years ... which would be the opposite of what this guy would have told you.