Entries for July 2013

Rickey Hayes, who has a contract with the Paris Economic Development Corporation to market Paris to major retailers, told the Paris City Council on Monday about some of his successes and said more new stores and restaurants are on the way. “If I told you that IHOP wants to be in Paris, I&rsqu...

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A larger than normal audience stayed throughout a two-hour meeting Monday and listened to a presentation by Paris native Rickey Hayes of Retail Attractions, the Oklahoma firm contracted by Paris Economic Development Corp. to promote Paris as a favorable retail market. The presentation came at the e...

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Paris City Councilman Matt Frierson said nothing has generated as many calls in his time on the council as the recent decision to take the R3bi incubator and Rickey Hayes’ Retail Attractions out of the PEDC budget. On June 24, the council voted 4-2 to reject the PEDC’s proposed $600,000...

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The consultant hired by Paris Economic Development Corp. to attract retail businesses to Paris says what he terms large deals he is working on could fall through because of the action Paris City Council took earlier this week. With a 4-2 vote Monday, the council sent the PEDC’s budget back to...

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Ellicott Looking Into Retail Possibilities Along Exits ELLICOTT - More retail development one day may be coming to three Interstate 86 exits in the area. Town of Ellicott officials have hired Retail Attractions LLC to look to the possibility of adding more retail businesses in the town. At a recen...

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