Jules, really appreciate your added remarks and glimpses into
Elmira reality.
Arianne Laidlaw

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:06 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Ps I will be going to Elmira on wed oct 4th for the lecture.
>
> I'll take a look around and let you know if it is worse than went I was
> the=
> re for the conference.
>
> Jules
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Laura
> Tromble=
> y
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 2:38 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: depressing article about current economic downturn in Elmira
>
> Totally agree Matt!
> It has been very sad to see Elmira struggling over the decades.
> Laura
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 28, 2017, at 11:29 AM, Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote=
> :
> >=20
> > I have problems with many of the economic presumption underlying this=20
> > =3D account, but that aside, the most depressing line is definitely
> =3D=20
> > =3DE2=3D80=3D9Cperhaps best known as the hometown of American fashion
> ico=
> n =3D=20
> > Tommy Hilfiger.=3DE2=3D80=3D9D Poor reporting.
> >=20
> >> On Sep 28, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Steve Hoffman =3D
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> =3D20
> >> Don't know if folks will be able to access this or=3D20 whether it's=20
> >> behind Wall St Journal's paywall (I=3D20 subscribe to it) but there's a=
> =20
> >> big article in=3D20 today's edition about how our beloved Elmira NY=20
> >> is=3D20 hurting from decline in brick and mortar sales.=3D20 see link=20
> >> below. The huge area shopping mall is=3D20 just one large
> anchor-store=20
> >> closing away from=3D20 going out of business.  Sales tax revenue is=20
> >> way=3D20 down, depriving the city of revenues and forcing=3D20 cutbacks=
> =20
> >> in municipal services.  And so on .....=3D20 As the article
> describes,=20
> >> with Elmira having lost=3D20 its manufacturing base, the large shopping=
> =20
> >> mall is=3D20 one of its major employer, and now those=3D20=20
> >> brick-and-mortar retail jobs are disappearing as=3D20 well. T
> >> =3D20
> >> There is no mention in the article of the College=3D20 or the Twain=20
> >> connection ....
> >> =3D20
> >> Btw, during this summer's conference in Elmira, I=3D20 went to that=20
> >> mall and it was depressing as hell!
> >> =3D20
> >> =3D
> > https://www.wsj.com/articles/retail-stores-made-elmira-n-y-an-unlikely
> > -suc=3D
> > cessnow-theyre-gone-1506525802
> >> =3D20
> >> Steve Hoffman
> >> =3D20
> >> Takoma Park MD
>



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Arianne Laidlaw A '58