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City looks at incentives to help fill empty buildings

WAITSBURG – City officials across the country are faced with the problem of what to do about empty storefronts in their business districts and Waitsburg is no different. A Main Street filled with vacant storefronts is a visual blight and leaves tourists and residents looking elsewhere for something to do or buy. The topic of how to fix the problem was on last week’s city council agenda.

The council had previously requested that City Manager Randy Hinchliffe look into what could be done about the empty buildings lining Waitsburg’s...