Article: Entrepreneur plans to open 3 stores in Emporium spaces.(Business)(New retail outlets in Eastern Oregon towns will be called Jones Emporium)

Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

Troutman's Emporium is history, but an entrepreneur with Pendleton roots plans to reopen three of the department stores in Eastern Oregon in late summer.

Neal Jones, an Arizona resident whose family owns the Melanie Square shopping center in Pendleton, said he will open the shuttered Emporium in the center this September. He also plans to open the closed Emporiums in LaGrande and John Day about the same time.

The stores, to be called Jones Emporium, will have no connection other than the name to the bankrupt Eugene-based Troutman's Emporium chain, which closed the last of its 34 stores last month.

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