What happens now, when the very elements of that copy-cat scheme just don't work out —crowds in the taproom, live events, drop-in traffic from tourists or ballgame crowds or shoppers strolling the downtown—are gone or diminished?
Reporter's Notebook
Deborah and James Fallows tell their stories in The Atlantic
__________________________________________________________________________ Are these the biggest business and civic stories of America’s current disastrous dislocations?
Of course they are not. But the rise of small, locally minded restaurants, coffee shops, bars, breweries, and other gathering places has been an important element in many cities’ growth in the past decade . . .
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Right!
Here in Mesa behind City Hall it's a gamble to make this place on a parking lot the Mesa City Center ... Drink Up!
