“Are you ready for Christmas?”

This week’s latest accolade from Business Insider rating Owensboro as one of the top communities for millennials was a welcomed honor. We are usually too busy to pause and celebrate those accolades, but a Courier-Journal online article expressed surprise that Owensboro made the list. So, we figured we have some explaining to do.

If you are like us and have family history in Owensboro, we are sure you have heard parents or grandparents reminisce about the days of Anderson’s, McAtee’s, J.J. Newberry’s and many other community business institutions that provided a local, personalized approach for shopping.