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Coalition thinks Burlington store could be the catalyst.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-SEP-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Many times, area-revitalization efforts begin with small victories that lead to larger successes. But proponents of reinvigorating the U.S. 80 retail corridor in Jackson believe they have a walk-before-you-crawl story.

They feel they scored a coup with the August opening of the Burlington Coat Factory in the Metrocenter Mall., and are now looking for more, lesser-scale successes to follow.

"Landing Burlington was really, really big. Now, we are looking for some smaller victories," says Nina Holbrook, executive director of the Metrocenter Area Coalition. "Areas change, evolve. We can't be what we used to be. We had to find a new niche. And we believe we have found it with the coming of Burlington."

Anchor store

In August, Burlington Coat Factory opened in an 88,000-square-foot space in Metrocenter. For New Jersey-based Burlington,...

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