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A few weeks ago, Governor Brian Kemp eased COVID restrictions and declared that the state is now open for business. But many small business owners still have a lot of questions. Karen Bremer, the president and CEO of the Georgia Restaurant Association, discusses what restaurant owners are now doing to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Plus, Jenny Levison, the founder of the Atlanta-based café and food truck Souper Jenny, is back traveling across the country for “The Kindness Tour.” She reflects on last year’s tour and shares details about what she hopes to accomplish this year.
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This destination Alabama cafe is worth the trip, by car or boat
Updated Mar 17, 2021;
Posted Mar 17, 2021
Jessica Hanners came back to her hometown of Langston, Ala., to open her Homecoming Cafe in 2018.(Bob Carlton/bcarlton@al.com)
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Jessica Hanners’ culinary journey has taken her from Tuscaloosa to Portland, Charleston to Atlanta.
Now, she’s back home in a little fishing hamlet on Guntersville Lake in the northeast corner of Alabama, where she’s the chef and owner of an off-the-beaten path dining gem that she has affectionately named Homecoming Café & Country Store.
“South Sauty Creek is where we are,” Jessica explains to an out-of-towner. “That’s what our little community is called. It doesn’t even show up on a map. The closest dot is Langston.”
Pop-up clothing drives helps those in need throughout Atlanta
Pop up clothing drive continues to grow
Atlanta based organization, The Givers Closet, recently created pop up events that feature new or gently used clothes.
ATLANTA - 2020 has been anything but easy for many people, and one Atlanta native is helping make it easier. She s helping people in need by giving them gently used clothes. I can t believe it, but I started it two weeks ago, said Meg Gillentine Morris, the founder of the Giver s Closer, This is my third pop-up and the donations have been overwhelming.
Gillentine Morris started what she calls her passion project just a few weeks ago after coming back from a kindness tour around the country.