11.03.08
Word of the Day: “Progress”
“Progress” improvement, advance toward perfection or to a higher state
Sometimes progress hurts. Wooster, in Wayne County Ohio, is one of those old towns in which the buildings were built right next to one another, sharing walls in common. Walmart moved in and built at the north end of Wooster and then many new businesses followed. This resulted in the decline of downtown Wooster in spite of many efforts to keep it going. There are some buildings for sale and some that have had their fronts changed over the years. Recently the new wonderful library was built in the downtown area and there are hopes that will help to anchor some businesses to that area. So far I don’t see that happening. On our recent visit we noticed that the only department store in the downtown was closing. This is very sad to me because I see a lovely little downtown area disappearing.
