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Mayberry atmosphere may be draw for families
Athens doesn’t want to lose square amid growth
Holly Hollman
Staff Writer
“There aren’t many Mayberry choices near the arsenal except Athens.” Commission Chairman David Seibert says that is one reason families will move to Limestone County during their relocation … More »
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On 11/10/09 at 09:49 AM, reader from wrote:

I love Athens, it is a wonderful place

to life and visit.

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On 11/10/09 at 12:01 PM, GH from wrote:

Living in Decatur and working in Athens let's me see both sides. I will say this: Athens has a FAR more community feel in the downtown than Decatur. A disjointed Bank Street to 2nd Ave hurt Decatur's ability to compete with this. While Decatur's city leadership screams, yells and pouts, Athens is doing a great job in attracting businesses to stay downtown and serve as the economic driver for the area. While Decatur is great a "envisioning" ideas and coming up with studies and plans (all of which I support and hope one day to see), Athens is making it happen.

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On 11/10/09 at 08:04 PM, JAMES W from DANVILLE wrote:

Athens has a great Mayor and Council.What does Decatur have?

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