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 > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58