There was a great article in the New York Times on Sunday, "A Town Fights to Save an Osais of Baguettes" by Dan Barry.
It's a charming story about a French couple who moved to a small town in New Hampshire and opened "Le Rendez-Vous" a French bakery. It opened in 2001 and was embraced by the community. Recently the State Dept. denied the renewal of the E-2 investor visa of one of the owners because the business was determined to be "marginal" and not meet the need of having a significant economic impact in the U.S. And the bakery would have to close. Of course, town residents were up in arms at the thought of losing their baguettes (and friends) and petitioned, wrote letters, etc. etc. And it worked! The decision was reversed.
Nice to see that sometimes things do work out for the best. As a fellow baguette fanatic, I would definitely have done the same.
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