Saturday, October 22, 2011

Mary Shrine: How to Boost Small Town Economy

Is your small town economy in trouble? What your town needs is Mary to officially visit your small town:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/22/wisconsin-mary-shrine_n_1025986.html

"Now there's a steady flow of traffic into the recently enlarged gravel parking lot. Cars, vans and buses bring 500 people -- and often many more -- here daily. License plates from Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana were spotted one recent weekday."

"If the rumors are right, it's going to look like downtown Chicago pretty soon," says Louie Gomand, who owns a farm adjacent to the shrine."

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