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Missoula Merc – Engen faces critics during City Club Missoula Forum

At the packed City Club Missoula forum on May 9, Mayor John Engen stood and listened while a commenter in the back of the room declared that he’d taken it upon himself to make a difference in the Missoula Mercantile’s fate: he washed its windows.

"There’s some painting of the current building as blighted," said the man, who gave his first name as Dan. "And so rather than be reactive, I was responsive this morning, and I went down and, though it was still cold this morning, I washed all the windows."

He asked the mayor if more could be done by the community and the building’s owners to "prevent blighting" of the 140-year-old Merc. The audience in the DoubleTree conference room applauded.

Engen calmly responded that the Missoula Downtown Association and the building owner, Octagon, were responsible for keeping up the facade. He also praised the MDA’s ongoing project to fill the Merc windows with art displays and posters.

"And thank you for washing the windows," Engen added. "You might want to ask the building owners if they had wanted that done."

By Kate Whittle

Full Story: http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/missoula/missoula-merc/Content?oid=2891556

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If you were unable to attend, the forum will be re-broadcast on MCAT:

Upcoming air times

5/16 at 8:00 AM

5/22 at 5:00 PM

5/23 at 8:00 AM

5/29 at 5:00 PM

5/30 at 8:00 AM

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City Club Missoula forum explores historic preservation and economic growth http://www.matr.net/article-71559.html

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