This snapshot was taken soon after the completion of the "Main Street USA" face lift of 1999. Big Bear (on the right) anchored the northwest end of TOWN & COUNTRY CENTER for over 16 years,

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The TOWN & COUNTRY Staples opened in the fall of 2004. It was a new store built on an old Drug Emporium spot.

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The Bob Evans chain of restaurants, exemplified by the TOWN & COUNTRY store seen here, had humble beginnings in 1962. The first location, known as the Sausage Shop, opened in Rio Grande, Ohio. Today, there are over 600 stores in twenty-four states.

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