Downtown DeLand business owners are pushing back against a television news story aired June 16 by WKMG/ClickOrlando.com — a story several of the merchants said was unfair and overly negative. Headlined “Downtown DeLand businesses struggle as closures, slow summer take toll,” the story mentioned recent business closures, and quoted some who characterized Downtown DeLand as hanging by a thread that could be easily snipped by a summer slowdown. “I …
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