Court Street of Athens — normally a bustle of boisterous college students bar-hopping, guitar players busking on the sidewalks and townies getting their caffeine fix — is eerily empty.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses are grappling with the difficulties of remaining open, paying rent, laying off businesses or closing indefinitely.
Here are the stories of the straggling businesses that are currently open on an empty Court Street. Click through the scenes below to hear from local business owners: