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Originally posted by NATIVEHEAT65:
There is another blow coming to, as a staple of Glen Ellyn is leaving in August after 8 years. So sad. Thank You Janie "Lacks-a-Lot" Patch!

Glen Ellyn soon will be recruited by Paramount for all of its Western Movies...The dust balls, empty storefronts, and local vagrants roam free!

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Originally posted by Clamato:
The Starbucks has been there since 1995. My guess is that they are absolutely not hurting for business. Just ask the competing coffee house down the block.

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Originally posted by bitterboy:
Let's see, what does our downtown have to offer families? Let me think.......think...think...think... Oh yes, now I know 1) schizos 2) a hooker 3) public urination 4) public defecation 5) public intoxication 6) panhandling and 7) public indecency.

Yes! I want to bring my small children to our CBD.

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Originally posted by glellyn:

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Originally posted by Clamato:
The Starbucks has been there since 1995. My guess is that they are absolutely not hurting for business. Just ask the competing coffee house down the block.

I think there are "Glen Ellyn Standards" and "Starbucks Standards" for what hurting for business constitutes. In Glen Ellyn, seeing a warm body in a Starbucks (besides the homeless) is deemed a success. Not so much for Regional Management.

Kidding aside, I was told that there was a meeting about the loss of customers and how they are not making the business they were two years ago.

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BTW - I also couldn't help but notice, as I was walking with my visiting friend through our quaint downtown, all the overflowing trash cans.

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Originally posted by scribbler:


BTW - I also couldn't help but notice, as I was walking with my visiting friend through our quaint downtown, all the overflowing trash cans. At least we weren't panhandled, though. I am grateful for that.

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We have a hooker?