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Galena pays the price of progress
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GALENA, Ill. Here in "the town that time forgot," no one is
forgetting that prosperity has its price.
In 1989, about a million tourists pumped roughly $53 million
into Galena and surrounding Jo Daviess County. Unlike many small
towns, Galena's economy is growing. It maintains nearly 100 percent
occupancy of commercial buildings along the Main Street business
district, and the unemployment rate is low.
But success brings another set of problems. Debates rage over
tough zoning an...
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