There's lots of coverage about the upcoming Dalidio Marketplace vote in the local press lately. The Tribune had a front page story recently and today's New Times has Mr. Dalidio on the cover. With all the talk about the stores that could be part of the Marketplace, Santa Maria is busy bringing stores (and tax revenue) to their city. The most viewed news article on the Santa Maria Times website is the announcement of Steve & Barry's clothing store coming to the Town Center Mall. Macy's also just went in and a 14-screen theatre is projected to be finished in 2007. See the Times article here.

I must admit, everytime I drive in Grover Beach and experience the state of their roads, I wonder how other cities in SLO County can stop this from happening as we keep losing retail tax revenue to Santa Maria.