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Originally posted by Supermike:
Holy cow... the CJ article hammers Jeffersonville! I love it!

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI...07180490/1025/NEWS02

The most disappointing comments are these:

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Galligan said he doesn't want Jeffersonville's stretch of the parkway to overshadow Clarksville's, if that indeed is still possible. The strategy -- if not the last resort -- is toward better, not necessarily bigger.

"We don't want all that glitz and glitter," Galligan said.

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Thanking Jeffersonville for its partnership, Koetter said a Beef O'Brady's restaurant probably will open in the fall and that more announcements of tenants may be but days away. Koetter expects medical-related firms to be in the mix, a spinoff from the construction of the nearby Kentuckiana Medical Center.

Medical-related firms?! So this is a business park now? I thought that's what his land across the street was to be for? Now they're going to put office buildings up?

But the best excerpts are these:

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Clarksville even might move its town hall to accommodate still more commerce. Jeffersonville yesterday celebrated a plan to install a stop light and turning lanes.

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"We're going to get activity and it's going to be good," Koetter said, a statement he well might have made several years ago.

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Originally posted by RosyMay:
How about a Macy's as an anchor plus Gap and Limited? I think Southern Indiana could definitely support each of them. I spent approximately $8 in gas (16 mile one-way trip) just to get to these stores this weekend. On my last trip over, I got rear ended on the bridge, so that cost a lot more! Why do we need more banks? Most definitely we don't need any more tanning and nail salons or cell phone stores.

Also, I like the look of the uniform buildings and low signs with brick bases. Have you driven down the more recently developed portion of Hurstbourne? It looks nice and welcoming. Is the city planning to regulate the signage so Veteran's doesn't end up looking like 10th street with a bunch of signs on poles? Ed Z - do you have any information about this?

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Originally posted by RosyMay:
Yes, but it is ok to dream, isn't it? We did have a Gap here in the 80s, somehow, I think we can overcome this! Old Navy seems to be doing well, and Greentree Mall has been able to attract some nice retailers. Tell me you don't know a teen without a $40 Hollister on their chest or rear!

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Tell me you don't know a teen without a $40 Hollister on their chest or rear!

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Originally posted by RosyMay:
Also, I like the look of the uniform buildings and low signs with brick bases. Have you driven down the more recently developed portion of Hurstbourne? It looks nice and welcoming. Is the city planning to regulate the signage so Veteran's doesn't end up looking like 10th street with a bunch of signs on poles? Ed Z - do you have any information about this?

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Originally posted by Supermike:
ROFL! Funny stuff!

You know, what DID happen around here? We had bowling alley's, movie theaters, department stores (Bacon's, AyrWay, etc.)... how did everything end up in Clarksville?!

Galigan became Mayor...

I'm old enough to know what WAS here and that it's not here anymore, and that many of the old shopping centers like Gateway Plaza, Jeff Plaza, and for a while Youngstown were allowed to go downhill, but geez...