Shimmering fields of cotton and pecan orchards punctuate the predominantly pine and oak forests around Cairo, Georgia. The region’s lifeblood is the Flint River, which borders the fictional slave labor plantation in
Gone With the Wind. In reality, the river flows from west central Georgia into the Gulf of Mexico, and its waters are clean enough to harbor bass, bluegill and bullheads.
Located amid rolling hills not far from the border with Florida, Cairo is a town with fewer than 10,000 residents that’s known locally for its vintage car show, but it has a claim to fame when it comes to the long fight for racial equality: It was the birthplace of Jackie Robinson, who went on to break baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
ALBANY â A new grocery store in south Albany will offer convenience and new food choices for residents in an underserved area of the city.
The Food For Less Inc. store, an affiliate of Piggly Wiggly, also will bring some 75 new jobs to the area.
The grocer, which will move into the former Harveyâs location at South Slappey Boulevard and West Gordon Avenue, was assisted by a $150,000 grant from the city of Albany, which also has arranged other financing. The Harveyâs store closed in early 2019.
âWeâve been looking for the right grocery store to come inâ for more than a year, said Albany City Commissioner B.J. Fletcher, whose Ward III is where the store is located. âIt looks like itâs going to be a public-private partnership. It was a win-win for the residents of Albany.â
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Thank you, Miller-Coors: All of the contributions the company and your employees make to this community are greatly appreciated.
Good luck, Mr. Stephen Collier. I appreciate your work ethic and all you have done for the city of Albany. Hereâs hoping Mr. Carter will be the same kind of public servant.
What you need, Fletcher, is a really good neurologist. Obviously, something shorted out during your last colonoscopy, and youâre processing all information bass ackward.
I, for one, was so proud to see Dr. Black and others at Phoebe lining up Thursday to get their COVID vaccines. Perhaps â we should all pray â this is step one in our long nightmare being over. Thanks, again, to Scott Steiner for your excellent leadership during this pandemic.