Changes

====1979====

====1979====

*  A financing package, through the Wayne County Community Improvement Corporation, was completed to help Stitz, Inc., acquire the property of [[Astro Metallurgical Inc]], guaranteeing that this company would remain in Wooster, preserving over 250 jobs.

*  A financing package, through the Wayne County Community Improvement Corporation, was completed to help [[Stitz, Inc.]], acquire the property of [[Astro Metallurgical Inc]], guaranteeing that this company would remain in Wooster, preserving over 250 jobs.

*  Chairman Wepler informed the board that a new group had been formed to improve downtown both physically and operationally. The threat of a mall was being used as the motivational force to energize and impel those with investments downtown to review the situation and to improve the downtown to the extent that a mall would not seriously impinge upon or injure the economics of the downtown.

*  Chairman {{Surname|Wepler}} informed the board that a new group had been formed to improve downtown both physically and operationally. The threat of a mall was being used as the motivational force to energize and impel those with investments downtown to review the situation and to improve the downtown to the extent that a mall would not seriously impinge upon or injure the economics of the downtown.

*  Four new downtown businesses opened: Gringos, Francavilla's Restaurant, Newberrys, and the Twin Cinema.

*  Four new downtown businesses opened: [[Gringos]], [[Francavilla's Restaurant]], [[Newberrys]], and the [[Twin Cinema]].

*  The Chamber offered a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for downtown vandalism.

*  The Chamber offered a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for downtown vandalism.

*  The Downtown Merchants Association discussed opening on Sundays during the Christmas season.

*  The Downtown Merchants Association discussed opening on Sundays during the Christmas season.

*  Following a slide presentation "A Look at Wooster" by the Wooster Community Design Commission, Chairman Wepler summed up stating we had an obligation to accentuate the positive by preserving those things which were good. Little agreement was reached on "what is beautiful."

*  Following a slide presentation "A Look at Wooster" by the Wooster Community Design Commission, Chairman {{Surname|Wepler}} summed up stating we had an obligation to accentuate the positive by preserving those things which were good. Little agreement was reached on "what is beautiful."

 

====1980====

====1980====

*  Concerns surrounding a proposed mall to be built on the outskirts of the city led to an extensive evaluation of four major areas of impact the Mohican Mall might have: environmental, legal, economic, and population growth. Because the Chamber's purpose clearly states it is to support economic growth in the entire city, the Chamber took no position on this issue.

*  Concerns surrounding a proposed mall to be built on the outskirts of the city led to an extensive evaluation of four major areas of impact the Mohican Mall might have: environmental, legal, economic, and population growth. Because the Chamber's purpose clearly states it is to support economic growth in the entire city, the Chamber took no position on this issue.