For years, industrial sites that once fueled the city’s economy have sat idle and deteriorating in and around residential areas. Now, the brownfields are presenting an opportunity for residents to re-invent their neighborhoods.
Dianne DeMidio, director of Beginnings Preschool at the Stillwater Area Community Center, reads a story to children at the center on Tuesday. DeMidio fears the Stillwater school district's planned pre-K program will hurt her business.
