Downtown Blue Ridge is a happening place. Nearly all the downtown storefronts are busy and many are being or have been refurbished. There’s obviously a good community spirit here. I hope locals will work toward getting their business district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It definitely deserves such a designation.
Vanishing Georgia: Photographs by Brian Brown 
Sadly, downtown Blue Ridge seems to be growing without a plan to save its history. East Main now has changed dramatically. Becoming just another tourist town. So different than when I moved here in 1996. Fortunately I live in an area of the county that is safe from this type of growth.