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Babb: Downtown Greenville is coming back

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey

Published December 11, 2013 at 6:00 AM CST

Milton Babb

Milton Babb, the tourism and marketing director of the Greenville Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the success of Landon's Winery and the major renovation of the Texan Theatre are just two signs that downtown Greenville is making a comeback.

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John Mark Dempsey

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.

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