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A personal tale about how the idea for a museum as a fiscal sponsor for American designer-maker studios, came about.

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I opened up NewsBreak today in the Maine State stream and saw was this headline:

Former Maine residents say Ocala has more gas stations, car washes, fast food restaurants than they’ve ever seen.

The story goes on to call for even more of the same. This is actually a letter to the editor in Oscala-News (Florida) streaming in the Maine State category on NewsBreak, by ”Reader Submission”, - I wondered if it is a clever pen name.

I am inclined to think the letter is a joke, were it not for the fact that I have encountered people in local economic development resources who would take it perfectly seriously that local communities need more franchises and big box stores brought to us by Global Inc, as only Global Inc can do.

I once had a pseudo-meeting with a representative of an economic development organization. The meeting took place the day after I had been to a nearby area crowded with franchises of every sort with no architectural continuity, very large fast-t…