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OFF PAGE ONE HOTEL: Will increase property values in district Page 8A East Oregonian Continued from 1A taphouse, but Myers said he LVFRQ¿GHQWWKDWRWKHUGRZQ- WRZQ EXVLQHVVHV ZLOO EHQH¿W DVZHOO ³+HUPLVWRQIRU\HDUVZDV WZRFLWLHV´KHVDLG³<RXKDG WKH ZHVW HQG RQ RQH VLGH RI the railroad tracks and the east end on the other and WKHUH KDV DOZD\V EHHQ D ELJ JDS D ELJ YRLG EHWZHHQ WKH WZR VLGHV 1RZ ZH¶UH ¿QDOO\EULQJLQJWKHWZRVLGHV WRJHWKHU ,¶P H[FLWHG DERXW WKHSRWHQWLDO´ As for the money the GHYHORSPHQW ZLOO JHQHUDWH IRU +HUPLVWRQ¶V 8UEDQ 5HQHZDO 'LVWULFW 0\HUV VDLG KH ZRXOG OLNH WR VHH LW JR WRZDUG GHYHORSLQJ PRUH SDUNLQJGRZQWRZQ 0DU\ &RUS RZQHU RI .D\ &¶V $UW &ROOHFWLEOHV on Main Street, said a hotel LQ WKH FHQWHU RI WRZQ ZLOO almost certainly increase IRRWWUDI¿F For a retail store like KHUV VKH VDLG RXW RI WRZQ travelers tend to stop and EURZVHIRUXQLTXHLWHPVWKH\ FDQ¶W¿QGLQWKHLUKRPHWRZQ So getting more of that kind RIWUDI¿FFRXOGEHDELJSOXV ³,W¶V D QLFH LQYHVWPHQW LQ WKH GRZQWRZQ FRUH´ VKH VDLG As 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