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  • A Local Bookstore Profile

    A Local Bookstore Profile

    In August 2022, my wife and I relocated to Oregon to purchase a local bookstore. What better way to understand local economic development than directly struggling with it? The store had been in the community for 40 years as Laurie’s Paperback Exchange. Its business model was essentially exchanging inexpensive paperbacks. As you can imagine, there…