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development momentum, or are we growing fast enough?  Asked at
Massachusetts Street on July 14, 2013  Browse the archives
Photo of Kari Telander  “Over the years, a lot of smaller things
have changed, but we did get that Wal-Mart on Sixth Street. The
economy isn’t growing fast enough, but we’re still well off.”
Photo of Anna Bennett  “It’s not dying out.”  Photo of Kaitlyn
Hilgers  “I don’t think we’ve lost momentum completely, but
there is room for improvement.”  Photo of Danielle Self  “It
seems to me that stuff is happening here, and I don’t think
momentum is declining.”  Related story   LogicMan 5 months ago
Retail's fine, but manufacturing and white collar businesses are
needed. Making that old Co-op site ready for development must be
a priority.  Who owns that farm field on the southeast corner of
15th and Kasold? KU? It would be a prime spot for more high-tech
type businesses, as well as retail on the corner. Is a long term
lease preventing it