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Alliance economic update: new restaurants, industrial expansions and housing demand highlighted to Marlington board
Summary
Rick Baxter, president of the Alliance Area Development Foundation and Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce, told the Marlington board about new retail and restaurant openings, an industrial expansion creating jobs, downtown programming and a housing study that found demand for rental housing.
Rick Baxter, president of the Alliance Area Development Foundation and Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce, gave the board an economic-development update on March 13 with detail on recent business openings, planned projects and a local housing study.
Baxter said recent and near-term commercial additions include Meijer (opened May last year), Raising Cane’s, a Take 5 oil-change, and a planned Chick‑fil‑A franchise. He also listed new or expanding downtown businesses including Stark Fresh grocery in the…
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