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Article: Main Street meets the Internet
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- May 30, 1996
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DUNCAN -- Drive up and down Main Street in Duncan, and you see the
results of one of the oldest and most successful Main Street Programs
in Oklahoma. The stores are 97 percent occupied, and it's hard to
find a parking spot in front of them.
That's not unusual in Oklahoma or most states where communities
have pushed the Main Street Program vigorously. Old buildings regain
their original integrity, and a new generation of shop keepers and
manufacturers find innovative ways to utilize them profitably despite
shopping malls and discount stores.
Now comes the Internet with its World Wide Web and a whole new
cyberspace way of shopping via computer. That might sound like
another potential ...