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To the editor: Downtown was going strong for a long time. The big
malls in other towns did not kill downtown either.
It was you and I and everyone else, not to forget the city
leaders. We, the people of Lincoln, did not invest into the future
of Lincoln. The prison was brought in, around late '70s. The old
factories lost their spots in this world of work around the same
time. Woolworth was a place us old farts should remember as well.
Then we had a place called Avery and Comstock, a store designed for
you.
When these stores shut down, why didn't the city step up to the
plate? Most cities go looking for business to fill open spots to get
more or better jobs in the city, but someone fell down on the job.
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If you don't like me downing Wal-Mart, then don't blame the big
malls either.
We had a lifestyle all our own in the city of Lincoln. Now… time
and things do change if we do nothing. Once a very proud city… now,
I just don't know.
Jann Allen Nash
(Posted Dec. 2, 2005)
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