Article: Brewer's Wilson Street business corridor growing

BREWER - Lowe's Home Centers Inc., which announced its interest in moving to Brewer last week, is just one of many new businesses interested in the city's Wilson Street corridor, city officials are saying.

The day after the Lowe's announcement, for example, news was released that the Wendy's restaurant located at 394 Wilson St. would be converted into a Tim Hortons - a Canadian-based coffeehouse that also offers soups and sandwiches.

"I think it's a compilation of many years of momentum," D'arcy Main-Boyington, Brewer's economic development director, said Thursday, explaining the recent surge in Wilson Street businesses.

"Super Wal-Mart was a big deal to increase the momentum a lot, [along ...

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