A Big Step--backwards--for The Montgomery Mall

     The North Carolina company that was supposed to turn the middle of the empty Montgomery Mall into a kind of medical mall has dropped out. The North Carolina based Keith Company was announced with great fanfare last year.

     That leaves only a church's plan* to turn the old Parisian anchor store into a sanctuary, day care center, and church TV studio. The city is already turning the old Steve and Barry's at the other end of the mall into a Police and Fire station.  
     Mayor Todd Strange says another developer is already looking at the center portion between the two former anchor stores.

*I spoke with the pastor this week, and he says the plan is taking longer than he expected, but it is moving forward.