These hardest of times for many local businesses are also proving an opening to genuine innovation and old-fashioned grit.

And no where does there seem to be more at stake than when ^{the whole family is invested in a business.}

Campana's is just one of many retailers finding new ways of doing things. Many readers will not only wish the well-loved corner store well but be actively involved in showing their support.

That is to be congratulated because this and so many other local businesses, need us more than ever.

Their story is worth telling not only because it highlights business agility but because it shows again how adversity can inspire tenacity and, in the ways it is mirrored across Ballarat, the real spirit of which a community is made.