Don't know if folks will be able to access this or
whether it's behind Wall St Journal's paywall (I
subscribe to it) but there's a big article in
today's edition about how our beloved Elmira NY is
hurting from decline in brick and mortar sales.
see link below. The huge area shopping mall is
just one large anchor-store closing away from
going out of business. Sales tax revenue is way
down, depriving the city of revenues and forcing
cutbacks in municipal services. And so on .....
As the article describes, with Elmira having lost
its manufacturing base, the large shopping mall is
one of its major employer, and now those
brick-and-mortar retail jobs are disappearing as
well. T
There is no mention in the article of the College
or the Twain connection ....
Btw, during this summer's conference in Elmira, I
went to that mall and it was depressing as hell!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retail-stores-made-elmira-n-y-an-unlikely-successnow-theyre-gone-1506525802
Steve Hoffman
Takoma Park MD
