Starbucks - Community Building in Small Communities
December 31st, 2006 by 
Garrick Van Buren
I’ve talked about the value of places like Starbucks in places like…Wausau…before.
That was from a city-mouse in the smaller city perspective. Now that I’ve been in Wausau for a few days - popping to Starbucks for internet access - not coffee. I’m aghast.
The place is packed. Filled with an amazing cross-section of the community. Reading the paper, catching up, working. So packed, that friendly people are sitting on each other’s laps.
Here, I’m pleased to say, the Starbucks - just of the highway - is a functioning 3rd place.
On a related note - the locally-owned coffee/wine/martini bar in downtown Wausau is no longer.
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