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For Lease

As I was coming home from grocery shopping today I saw a few new signs around town…
FOR LEASE signs.
Last month it was Basco’s Burgers in Cornelius.  Thirty years in the business and then gone, just like that.
Today I saw Triple Point Biologics was empty.  They were the protein lab located between Dr Tidwell’s Dental Office [...]

Goodbye Blockbuster

I remember when I first moved to Forest Grove in ‘97.  There were at least 3 video stores.  Video USA was in the Safeway Shopping Center, Movie Madness was in my old strip mall next to Da Boys.  And I think there was a smaller video store next to Scotty’s that rented harder to find [...]

Forest Grove Groceries

I love Forest Grove.  But there is one subject I complain about when it comes to my town – and that is the selection of Grocery Stores.  Namely the ONE and ONLY grocery store.   Safeway.
I guess I’m just one of those people who loves to hate Safeway.  Sure it’s local, and been in town a [...]

UPS Store is now closed.

I finally got out to visit some of my old neighbors in the shopping center yesterday.  For the restaurants like Quiznos and Cornerstone, who rely so much on Pacific University traffic, this time of year can be a bit slow.  I was happy to find they are both still there, along with La Sierra, and [...]






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