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WENATCHEE, Wash. —<\/strong> The building pictured with this blog post used to be a warehouse. It contained items to be shipped somewhere else.<\/p>\n

Then it was emptied out. It sat vacant for about a year, maybe two \u2026 according to what I understand.<\/p>\n

Then a wealthy resident of this central Washington community ponied up a couple of million bucks to get started on a repurposing of the former warehouse.<\/p>\n

This is what they produced. A sign out front hails it as a “Public Market”; the sign mimics the one along Pike Street in downtown Seattle, the district that features the salmon flung around the “flying fish” market.<\/p>\n

They don’t toss salmon at the Wenatchee market, but they do sell a mean cup of mocha, along with sandwiches; they have a deli in there; there’s a brew pub, a Mexican food joint, crafts and assorted other attractions.<\/p>\n

They even use the rail line that runs through the building when they want to play host to musical entertainment acts; they wheel the bandstands in on the tracks, clear out the kiosks to create a dance floor and then put it all back together when the evening is over.<\/p>\n

The indoor mall that once was a warehouse sits on the Columbia River that winds through this part of the state.<\/p>\n

I fell in love with the place.<\/p>\n

Communities all over the country are converting warehouses in warehouse districts into places just like this. They also include loft apartments and assorted other uses.<\/p>\n

When I see examples of this kind of urban planning, I am filled with hope that our mid-sized and larger cities are not necessarily doomed to rot their way into oblivion.<\/p>\n

Sure, it’s nice to have wealthy residents willing to invest in their cities’ future. All cities should be home to someone like that \u2026 shouldn’t they?<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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