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2020 has quickly become the year where all bets are off. The sense of unknown, caused by COVID-19, that lingers in the air has driven us here at Southland Supply to take the plunge and dive into opportunities that may have seemed out of the question before March. What opportunities you ask? A road trip across the mighty Mississippi, obviously. 

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Our foot into the Athens small business door all started with Community Athens, founded by Sanni Baumgärtner in 2010. Community is a local boutique that centers its business around sustainable and locally made products. Community’s mission is to create and sell sustainable clothing and goods by utilizing vintage and eco-friendly materials for minimum impact on the environment, and strives to foster and develop a local fashion and makers community with a sustainable regional supply chain for maximum impact on the local economy. Pretty amazing, right? 

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If you’ve been around the Athens area long enough, you’ll know that until fairly recently, the stretch of the North Oconee River that flows southwest behind downtown was unkempt and disregarded. Shoved to the back of the closet like a worn-out, forgotten sweater. Kind of a bummer, right? Well, as we’ve come to find out, this wasn’t always the case.

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Well, here we are, folks. COVID-19 has hit every community near and far, and Athens is no exception. We’re seeing so many local businesses being negatively affected by this pandemic, and we know the patrons of these businesses are also struggling in a myriad of ways. The Southland team has been practicing social distancing, taking care of kids around the clock, making t-shirts in quarantine, and trying to stay atop the everchanging news and health landscape. We’re also making it a point to support the Athens community in any way that we can during all of this. Eating local is...

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