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Great story on NPR. Heard it on my way home from work.
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1391180.html
"Imagine a 35-mile drive for a gallon of milk, or 90 miles to buy a dress shirt or a blouse. That's what some people face when their small towns lose their only grocery or department stores. To counter the trend, at least a dozen towns in the Midwest and West have opened stores the community owns and operates."
How many small communities do you know that face this reality and actually do something about it?
"...the result is 'The Merc,' short for mercantile. It's a small-scale department store with a variety of clothes for children, women and men. Eight hundred shares in the store were offered at $500 each, raising $400,000..."
http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_1391180.html
"Imagine a 35-mile drive for a gallon of milk, or 90 miles to buy a dress shirt or a blouse. That's what some people face when their small towns lose their only grocery or department stores. To counter the trend, at least a dozen towns in the Midwest and West have opened stores the community owns and operates."
How many small communities do you know that face this reality and actually do something about it?
"...the result is 'The Merc,' short for mercantile. It's a small-scale department store with a variety of clothes for children, women and men. Eight hundred shares in the store were offered at $500 each, raising $400,000..."