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MIDDLETOWN — This town is upside down.

As I write this Wednesday, July 1, there’s a traffic jam downtown, and the parking lot at the Towne Mall is nothing but empty, potholed pavement.

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The Towne Mall used to be a good place to go before Middletown got hold of it. Middletown is more interested in red light cameras and how many people they can cite for having to much in their yards or how high the grass is. Hopefully one day Middletown can think about getting life back into the city. Middletown used to be a good place a few years back, but keeps going down hill. Maybe it's time to get new people on council and a new planning commission?

Disgusted citizen
9:56 AM, 7/17/2009

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yeah the mall is facing hard times, but this reporter always writes negative articles and its probably because once he was allegedly thrown out of the mall for harassing people!

scott
5:50 AM, 7/3/2009

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Well Well Well Middletown, it looks like you did it again, the downtown mall is now a road again, and now the Towne Mall is going to be in the Middletown Journal Obituaries soon. Guess Middletown should have stopped its City Limits at Cincy Dayton Rd,instead of being so **** greedy and wanting to take property and taxes from Franklin Twp/Warren County. See you can't even keep the Fire Station Staffed like Franklin Twp did and they were a Vol dept. Thats why everybody heads towards dayton now.

Lmao
2:01 AM, 7/3/2009

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lol, this CBL associates have said numerous times they were working on the mall and there would be some decision made, but the months keep passing and the years keep coming and going. They aren't going to do anything because they are waiting for money from the city and we all know that isn't coming any time soon!

Sammy
7:10 PM, 7/2/2009

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Thousands at Broadstreet Bash is stretching the truth, but the efforts to bring people to the downtown area are paying off. The problem is that people don't identify themselves with "their" town, being all of Middletown and they should.

Resident's are the best real estate agents, marketing managers, and salesmen ever known. With all this complaining they are doing a poor job selling their product.

Compare Middletown to the heart of Dayton or Cincinnati and you'll find sunshine!

jiveman
12:52 PM, 7/2/2009

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When the new outlet mall opens in Monroe, the Towne Mall will be as good as dead, done, buried.
Personally, Ms. Reinsmidt, I don't see a "bright future" for it.

SF
9:09 AM, 7/2/2009

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I have to agree Mike the comparison of the Bash and Towne Mall is ridicules. If you moved the Bash to the Mall I would venture a guess that you would probably double the attendance that you get downtown. This is an apples and oranges comparison.

Ike
6:58 AM, 7/2/2009

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Jeff what does that say about City Leaders whose Mantra is "Middletown has a Bright Future".

Ike
6:55 AM, 7/2/2009

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Too bad that Mr. Armbruster cannot face reality about other areas.
Here's a thought, Mr. McNabb: Go to our former downtown tomorrow (or any other normal, mid-week day) at one o'clock and count the number of "empty" stores compared to "businesses". Then go back on any evening when there is NOT a "Bash" in progress, and compare apples-to-apples against an evening at Towne Mall.

You, Mr. Armbruster, and others may find that the former downtown is not really "booming".

Mike Presta
5:54 AM, 7/2/2009

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Katie from CBL is blowing smoke up Middletown's ***. CBL would have to be as dumb as the city of Middletown to sink a dime in this corpse. How come the city didn't suggest tearing the roof off or maybe take the east parking lot and making it a lake.
Unlike the city, CBL receives no campaign contributions from landowners and they must show a profit.

Jeff
5:42 AM, 7/2/2009

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Armbruster can keep laughing, he can also laugh when his business keeps getting less customers.
"Flowers By Roger" anyone?

Dave
2:50 AM, 7/2/2009

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This is good, I liked it. Probably the first article I have read in awhile and actually enjoyed.

Brittany
1:27 AM, 7/2/2009

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