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Controversy in Ellinwood
Main Street demolition botch isnt going away soon
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The partially demolished 102 N. Main property in Ellinwood hasnt been touched since October 2014 when the contractor halted work in order to protect the south wall of The Cutting Edge Salon, owned by Mark and Cassie Batchman, from collapsing. - photo by VERONICA COONS, Great Bend Tribune
ELLINWOOD -- Downtown blight is a tricky problem to deal with, as many rural cities have found. Ellinwood is finding that out too, and the learning process is causing acute hardship for one couple whose business and livelihood are now at risk because of what started out as the city’s good intentions. Early in 2014, the city acquired two dilapidated buildings at 100 and 102 N. Main Stret at a county tax sale.