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Community-Owned Stores

Author: 
Stacy Mitchell
Publication Date: 
1 May 2008
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The success of the Powell Mercantile has inspired at least half a dozen other towns in Wyoming, Montana, and Nevada—all too small and remote to interest national or regional chains—to open their own department stores. The concept is now spreading to the much more populous Northeast, where local residents are seeking communityfocused alternatives to big-box retailers.
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