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Prepared remarks for new Menards store
1media/EXH_RMD16_03_0046_0010_009_thumb.jpg2020-03-06T21:16:50-06:00Anonymous56Mayor Richard M. Daley's prepared remarks for the opening ceremony of the Menards Home Center in the 31st ward, November 3, 1994. EXHRMD_RMD16_03_0046_0010_009plain2020-07-01T16:22:50-05:00RMD16_03_0046_0010_0091994-11-03Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452
Mayor Daley promoted neighborhood "anchors." Anchors could be major retailers, library branches, or government offices. They attracted customers and visitors, encouraged smaller businesses to set up shop nearby, and generally created spaces favorable for community growth.
Jackie Heard, Daley’s press secretary (1997-2011), discusses the importance of “anchors” strategy:
Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments in Chicago, explains how library branches served as anchors:
1media/EXH_RMD16_03_0046_0010_009.jpgmedia/EXH_RMD16_03_0046_0010_009.jpg2020-07-06T10:54:34-05:00DOCUMENT: Mayor Daley says new Menards store is a neighborhood anchor6Read the prepared remarks for Mayor Richard M. Daley's remarks for the opening of a Menards store in Chicago's 31st ward.plain2020-07-07T09:44:05-05:00