West of Independence-MO's famed Square are a number of neighborhoods that resemble the Main Streets of small-town America gone by.
Fairmount- Maywood and my favorite- Englewood. The Englewood neighborhood is situated west of Sterling along Winner Road.
According to The (Independence-MO) EXAMINER- the Englewood district at one time had "a bakery, movie theater, post office and several grocery stores."Though few of any of those businesses survive today in big-box strip mall land- the Englewood Theater is slated to re-open as a first-run movie house.
Also planned are several improvements to the theater: the addition of 1 or 2 more screens and a retro-age coffee house.
The City of Independence for too long has spent it's tax dollars and energies on the area around Independence Center mall- it's about damn time the city leaders there gave some attention to western Independence- where the real history and charm lies.
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