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Downtown Rebound

As economy quakes, towns hold firm.

by Shelley Daily

posted 8/15/2010

Saline Mayor Gretchen Driskell jokes that she has a new slogan for her downtown: "We welcome loitering." With the economy showing some signs of improvement, Saline, Chelsea, and Dexter's struggling downtowns are positioning themselves to lure visitors. Using new marketing tactics, the arts, and old-fashioned small-town charm, they want to be destinations for

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