Keep downtown Wheaton viable

I have always felt that Wheaton was like Grover's Corners in "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder. People grow up here, work here, raise their children and grow old here. It is a very special place to me.

I am a walker, so I get around and look at houses and stores and get to know the shop keepers, the city workers and my neighbors. We have a very friendly and nice downtown with some lovely shops run by some very special people who are there to offer you their wares and their friendship and their comfortable surroundings to make you happy and feel good.

They also are trying to make a living at the same time. They need us to shop in their stores, to support their events, and to look to them first when needing a purchase. These are hard times; we all know that. But our neighborhood shops won't make it without our help. We want a viable downtown, and we will have that if we support our local business people. Shop Wheaton.

Mary W. Landreth

Wheaton