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Surprise! Another Silver Spring Merchant Closes

By Kevin Buckley
Friday, Aug 8 2008, 04:55 PM

Ok, who had "Balia Wellness" in the Silver Spring Dead Pool? 

Pick up your winnings. 

Word of their demise is on their website, they closed up shop last week, but are refunding gift certificates.

Note to CNI Newspaper staff:   Let me save you some time.  I can write your official five paragraphs on Balia's closing.

It's kind of like a Mad-Lib:

___________ is the latest East Silver Spring Drive business to close. It began a liquidation sale early last week.

In addition to the larger economic pressures, ______ said he believes the opening of Bayshore Town Center in Glendale has hurt businesses on Silver Spring in Whitefish Bay.

"Foot traffic on our street is close to half of what it was," ______ said.

_______ questions if the village could have done more in getting businesses onto the street that would have increased foot traffic, like approving the Silver Spring streetscaping plan to improve aesthetics and other development projects, or allowing attention grabbing temporary outdoor signage.

A Village Official responded, “Businesses don’t go out of business because of trees on the street.”

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About Kevin Buckley

Kevin Buckley of Whitefish Bay is a native Minnesotan who moved to Wisconsin 20 years ago to attend Marquette University. He is a recovering accountant, now working in the technology field as a webmaster for a company in New Berlin.

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