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Tarpon To Promote Local Businesses

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By Mark  Schantz | The Suncoast News

Published: November 5, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS - Interim City Manager Mark LeCouris says a grassroots marketing plan he brought before the City Commission Tuesday night can give businesses downtown, at Sponge Docks and in other parts of the city a badly needed boost.

"Someday cities like Safety Harbor and Dunedin will look at us and say why can't we do that," LeCouris said of the plan, which he dubbed "Promote Tarpon Springs First."

Commissioners unanimously voted to approve LeCouris' business promotion plan after hearing the interim city manager state his case for it.

During the commission's discussion of the business-boosting plan, Mayor Beverley Billiris said she does not want to see more vacant storefronts in the city. That could happen if something is not done quickly to help the struggling business community survive these tough economic times, she said.

There is a desperate need to attract visitors to the Sponge Docks, the downtown district along Tarpon and Pinellas avenues and other commercial areas, she said.

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