Old Mr. Spencer adjusted the tool belt around his waist. He pounded the final nail into the plywood that covered the last store-front window. He gazed across the courthouse plaza. The stores on all four blocks wore wooden patches.
Main street was gone. The big-box stores owned the town now.
© Copyright 2019—Present, Jenise Cook, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
First Published: 29 November 2010, The Friday Fix (Medium.com)
Image Credit: Titus Staunton on Pixabay.com
The Story Behind this Story
For this story, the prompt came from a song titled “Mainstreet” by Bob Seger. [ YouTube video ] We live in a rural, large town in north-central Arizona that has a wonderful downtown area. But, we see things changing, and not always for the better.
So far, as of this post, our downtown still has many family-owned businesses, or the lack of franchises surrounding the county courthouse plaza. We hope it stays this way.
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