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Downtown Opelika adapting, improving to survive COVID-19

Apr 12th, 2020

So, what’s it like trying to keep a shop going in downtown Opelika during the COVID-19 outbreak? “Oh, well, we’re not making what we made before,” said Southern Crossing owner Valerie Smith, “but we have actually been slammed this week with Easter. We implemented free delivery — we’ve never delivered before. And we’re doing curbside from 1-4 p.m. every day.” There has been a big run on Easter baskets for the shop, which is on South Railroad Avenue next to Ma Fia’s Ristorante.

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