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What Should Fill the Former Merra-Lee Stores?

New series asks Geneva residents what businesses they would like to see move into town.

The No. 1 story in our 2011 year-end countdown was the vacancies in . Among the most prominent of those is the at Third and State street.

There already has been some talk of future tenants and .

The city of Geneva's Economic Development Commission has proposed several ways to draw new business to downtown, including the use of a city sales tax to generate revenue for a revised and revitalized .

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We all know that the Merra-Lee storefronts are beautiful locations with a lot of options—for one big store or many.

So Patch asks you, what would you like to see in the old Merra-Lee storefronts? Share your ideas in the comments section below.

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