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>> HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS
AROUND INDIANA.
THE DECLINE OF MAIN STREET
AMERICA IS AFFECTING SMALLER

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TOWNS AND CITIES EVERYWHERE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, INDIANA IS NO
DIFFERENT.
AROUND INDIANA REPORTER

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MARY-RACHEL REDMAN IS HERE TO
EXPLAIN.
>> THANKS, GERRY.
IN AN EFFORT TO TURN THAT TREND

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AROUND, THE INDIANA OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY AND RURAL AFFAIRS HAS
LAUNCHED A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
WILL AWARD THREE HOOSIER

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COMMUNITIES A $2-MILLION-DOLLAR
GRANT.
25 INDIANA TOWNS APPLIED AND NOW
THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN

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NARROWED DOWN TO FIVE FINALISTS,
THAT INCLUDE THE TOWNS OF
ATTICA, BROOKVILLE, AND
CAMBRIDGE CITY. AND THE CITIES

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OF KENDALLVILLE AND JASPER.
IN CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY
OFFICIALS IN FOUNTAIN COUNTY
THIS WEEK, THEY TELL ME THIS MAY

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BE THEIR FINAL SHOT TO SAVE
THEIR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.
LAST FALL, I VISITED THE
PRE-CIVIL WAR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT

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OF ATTICA, THAT HAS BEEN LISTED
ON INDIANA LANDMARK'S ‘10 MOST
ENDANGERED LIST' TWO YEARS IN A
ROW. HERE'S A LOOK BACK AT THAT

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STORY FROM NOVEMBER OF 2020.
>> IN THE 1800s SOMEONE HAD THE
FORESIGHT TO BUILD OUR DOWNTOWN
ALONG THE WABASH RIVER. WE HAVE

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THIS UNIQUE FIBER, CHARACTER,
SMALL TOWN LOOK THAT PEOPLE LOVE
SO MUCH.
>> RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS

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WANT TO TRY AND SAVE THAT.
>> ATTICA AS A COMMUNITY IS
FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MUCH, A
UNIQUE HEART TO THE COMMUNITY.

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WE HOPED IT WOULD START TO DRAW
ATTENTION AND MAKE PEOPLE AWARE
OF IT.
>> BUT IT WON'T BE EASY.

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POPULATION SHIFTS TO BIGGER
CITIES, AND THE ADVENT OF THE
AUTOMOBILE SLOWLY CHIPPED AWAY
A HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PERRY

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STREET. THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO
SAVE THE 175-YEAR-OLD INDIANA
TOWN.
>> IT HAS A TREMENDOUS HISTORY

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FOR INDIANA. TREMENDOUS HISTORY
ON THE WABASH, AND IT IS PART OF
OUR HERITAGE, WHAT MAKES US
SPECIAL, PART OF WHAT MAKES IT

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POWERFUL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SO IF WE LOSE THAT, WE JUST
BECOME ANOTHER CITY.
>> I HAVEN'T SEEN THE ATTENTION

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WE NEED, FINANCIALLY WE NEED SO
MUCH TO GET DONE ON THE FACADES.
WE HAVE BUILDINGS COMING DOWN,
ESPECIALLY THE OLD HOTEL. THERE

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IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DO WANT
TO GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, BUT
THERE ARE NEIGHBORS UPSET
BECAUSE OF THE BRICKS FALLING.

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>> IF THE BRICKS COULD TALK, THE
HISTORIC HOTEL, BUILT IN 1853.
IT IS CLEARLY IN NEED OF MAJOR
REPAIRS. WILL THEY GET DONE

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BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
>> THE HOTEL GOES BACK TO BETTY
DAVIS AND AL CAPONE. ALL KINDS
OF HISTORY, BING CROSBY ATE

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THERE. HISTORY THROUGH THE
YEARS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SAVE.
>> MY FEAR IS IF WE DON'T INVEST
IN THE LANDMARKS, THEY'LL BE

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GONE SOON.
>> DURING THESE UNCERTAIN TIMES,
HE BELIEVES RESTORING THE HEART
OF DOWNTOWN ATTICA WILL HELP

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SAVE A COMMUNITY LOOKING TO
EVOKE ITS ONE VIBRANT SELVES.
>> THEY SURVIVED CRISIS IN THE
PAST, THE DOWNTOWN EVOKES THAT

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SENSE OF CONTINUITY.
>> THE CITY IS NOT DOWN AND OUT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL
FACTORIES, TREMENDOUS TOURISM

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INDUSTRY. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO
BUILD ON.
>> THE THREE WINNERS WILL BE