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Article: 'Culture' Could Be Balm for Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Downtown.

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June 29, 2003
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By Pamela C. Turfa, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 29--WILKES-BARRE, Pa.--A few years ago, community leaders suggested promoting Wilkes-Barre as a "college town" -- playing off the visible presence of Wilkes University and King's College.

Consultants studying downtown for the Diamond City Partnership suggest a slightly different promotion: "cultural district."

A cultural district, which could include living and working spaces for artists, could involve the colleges.

But, it also could involve many of the other 70-plus private institutions and public facilities -- from county government ...

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