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[email protected]. dailygamecock.com UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2011 VOL. 106, NO. 01 ● SINCE 1908 New business ventures aim to revive Main Street City celebrates Mast Store opening, expects renewal of downtown area Mikelle Street
[email protected] Mast Store — a key tenant in Columbia’s ongoing Main Street renovation — opened its doors in an elaborate ribbon-cutting ceremony last week. Columbia leaders cheered the effort as a keynote sign of progress for the downtown district. “Columbia is ready for its Main Street to get in to full swing,” said John Cooper, president of the Mast Store. He addressed a crowd that stretched from the Main Street corner, across the road and to the opposite sidewalk. According to John Cooper, the crowd was two to three times larger than any previous opening. Once inside, many of the attendees made their way to the back corner of the store, which held more than 500 varieties of novelty candies to be purchased by the pound.