HARD TIMES IN DAPHNE - al.com

HARD TIMES IN DAPHNE - al.com: "DAPHNE — As workers recently closed up the Krystal restaurant at exit 35 off Interstate 10 in Daphne, for good measure they spray-painted the word 'closed' in huge, black letters on the particleboard nailed over the building's front window.

'It's unsightly,' said Daphne Councilman Greg Burnam. 'But that big 'closed' sign made people realize how many other places at the exit were already boarded up.'

City officials and business leaders say things aren't as bad as they may appear on the city's commercial strip near I-10. All the same, they say they are working together to improve the area through better signage, improved landscaping and other measures."