I also read an article about them doing something with the mall, to get more thriving businesses in the area.

And, I’m angry with the politicians that seem to thrive on dissension and don’t seem to have the ability or will to deal with the problems our economy is facing.

In your opinion who is thriving with commercial RE as a business?

Thriving artist community.

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We did, actually.Founded here almost 70 years ago, and 10 years ago moving our HQ from the sleepy suburbs back downtown, we became a major part of the renaissance of this thriving hub of Fortune 500s, global companies and local artisans.

Not much good if it becomes the Baby Puke Green House.

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Fast forward to today (and even when I left in 1999) and the resulting economic shift has created an environment where violent crime and drug trafficking/use thrive.