. It's a traditional "corner grocery store" (see photos below) located in an historic storefront along Wausau's "Main Street" called Third Street. Restoration began March 1, 2006 and the store opened for business on July 5, 2006. Architect Kevin and Farmer Blaine had a Big Idea in mind when the created Downtown Grocery and that is the following:
* An earth-friendly social place to share food ideas and grow a local food & farm economy!
From Start-up through Operations
Mr. Korpela has and does contribute from "start-up" through "operations" including these tasks:
* Develop initial idea
* Wrote business plan
* Secure financing
* Renovate an historic "Main Street" storefront
* Organize store design and operations
* Manage marketing, communications, advertising, and website
* Oversee daily operations and long-view management in partnership with Co-owner Blaine Tornow.
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