https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2009/08/11/recession-brings-new-life-to-downtown-menlo-park


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Recession brings new life to downtown Menlo Park

Original post made on Aug 11, 2009

With rents falling and vacancies abounding, business owners have jumped at the opportunity to open new shops, or expand old ones.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 11:01 AM

Comments

Posted by James Madison
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Aug 11, 2009 at 12:24 pm

Just who is the Almanac's Sean Howell and the City's Alex Andrade attempting to kid with their feel good story about "new life" in downtown Menlo Park? Compare the vacancies along Santa Cruz Avenue today with those of a year ago, and "new death" seems more like the reality.