Support local merchants and keep your money in Lodi

Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:00 am | Updated: 2:29 pm, Fri Jul 9, 2010.

I was one of scores of Lodians who attended the Downtown Summit at Hutchins Street Square hosted by the city of Lodi.

While you have already read much about it, I wanted to take this opportunity to weigh in from a tourism perspective.

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Posted in Nancy beckman on Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:00 am. Updated: 2:29 pm.

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