[Vision2020] Macy's closing

[Tom Hansen]

What Moscow needs are NOT big chain retail outlets . . . whose employment potential is limited to stocking shelves.

Moscow needs to develop a reason for students to stick around after graduation . . . jobs that develop into careers . . . jobs requiring expertise beyond "Do you want fries with that?"

Students . . . become couples . . . become families . . . become a community.

Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still.
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon

> On Jan 6, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Kenneth Marcy <kmmos1 at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/6/2016 6:36 PM, Shawn Clabough wrote:
>> Saw on the Spokane news that the downtown Spokane Macy’s was closing, then found this
>>  
>> http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/01/06/macys-announces-layoffs-restructuring-after-disappointing-2015/78373358/
> 
> That's not particularly good news for rural Northwesterners.  Whether this turns out to be a major transition, or just a change of anchor tenants, remains to be seen, but it's not something to ignore.
> 
> When did David's department store close in downtown Moscow?  When did the Palouse Mall open?  When did Macy's move into that location?
> 
> This is not the village of Moscow, population 2,500, losing its only family clothing clothing store, and generating permanent economic ripples throughout the community, but it's not insignificant either.  There is no need to press a panic button.  Nonetheless, caveat.
> 
> Car dealerships disappearing a few years ago, now larger box stores (Office Depot, Macy's); University enrollment slipping;  Moscow needs to consider some new non-retail economic development to bring sales revenues into the area in exchange for products shipped out to customers.
> 
> Thales, the first philosopher, figured out how to make some money within his locality.  So can his successor contemporaries here.
> 
> 
> Ken
> 
> =======================================================
> List services made available by First Step Internet,
> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>               http://www.fsr.net
>          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20160106/84ecb304/attachment.html>