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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    The JCPenney List and Some Thoughts...

    Published: Mar 20, 2017 · Updated: Mar 20, 2017 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

    JCPenney on Fields-Ertel Road in northern Cincinnati.

    By Kevin Williams

    JCPenney released its list of stores to be shuttered over the weekend.   The list is below.  Man, looking through the list there are some small towns that will be clobbered by it in the sense that I don't think some of these places have a lot of department store type options.    For instance, Connersville, Indiana, the closest store to me to close, is a town that doesn't have a lot of shopping options.  People will be forced to drive to Cincinnati or Richmond, Indiana more diverse shopping experiences.   The reason I'm such a Kmart fan and, by extension, JCPenney, is that they  provide competition in the marketplace. Without these retailers, the retail world gets smaller and smaller, I worry one day it'll be just Amazon and Walmart duking it out and that is bad for consumers.  I've been to many of these small towns (about 30 of the towns on the list are ones I've been to) and in the case of, say, a Great Bend, Kansas where the JCPenney is located downtown, the vacancy will leave a real hole.    This is how the Connersville, Indiana newspaper reported their local closing, and I'm sure similar stores ran in small-town papers across the USA this weekend.  The JCPenney stores closest to me are not on the list, but I don't really shop there much anyway.  So, is your hometown JCPenney on the list?

    Alabama

    Auburn Mall: Auburn
    Tannehill Promenade: Bessemer
    Gadsden Mall: Gadsden
    Jasper Mall: Jasper

    Arkansas

    Military Plaza: Benton
    Chickasaw Plaza: Blytheville

    Arizona

    Riverview Mall: Bullhead City

    California

    Downtown Bishop: Bishop
    Sunwest Plaza: Lodi
    The Village at Orange: Orange
    Hilltop Mall: Richmond

    Colorado

    Fort Morgan Main St.: Fort Morgan
    Glenwood Springs Mall: Glenwood Springs
    St. Vrain Centre: Longmont
    Broadway Plaza: Sterling

    Connecticut

    Connecticut Post Mall: Milford

    Florida

    Jacksonville Regional Shopping Center: Jacksonville
    Palatka Mall: Palatka

    Georgia

    Dublin Mall: Dublin
    Macon Mall: Macon
    Milledgeville Mall: Milledgeville
    Gateway Plaza: Thomasville
    Tifton Mall: Tifton

    Iowa

    Downtown Decorah: Decorah
    Crossroads Mall: Fort Dodge
    Penn Central Mall: Oskaloosa
    Quincy Place: Ottumwa

    Idaho

    Snake River Plaza: Burley

    Illinois

    Eastland Mall: Bloomington
    Fulton Square: Canton
    Village Square Mall: Effingham
    Freestanding: Macomb
    Peru Mall: Peru
    Northland Mall: Sterling
    Centerpointe of Woodridge: Woodridge

    Indiana

    FairOaks Mall: Columbus
    Connersville Plaza: Connersville
    Huntington Plaza: Huntington
    Jasper Manor Center: Jasper
    Logansport Mall: Logansport

    Kansas

    Chanute Square: Chanute
    Downtown Great Bend: Great Bend
    Hutchinson Mall: Hutchinson
    Freestanding: Lawrence
    Winfield Plaza: Winfield

    Louisiana

    Cortana Mall: Baton Rouge
    Park Terrace: DeRidder
    North Shore Square: Slidell

    Massachusetts

    Berkshire Mall: Lanesborough

    Maryland

    Easton Marketplace: Easton

    Maine

    Rockland Plaza Rockland

    Michigan

    Lakeview Square Mall: Battle Creek
    Delta Plaza: Escanaba
    Westshore Mall: Holland
    Copper Country Mall: Houghton
    Birchwood Mall: Kingsford
    Midland Mall: Midland
    Cascade Crossings: Sault Ste. Marie

    Minnesota

    Central Lakes Crossing: Baxter
    Five Lakes Centre: Fairmont
    Faribo West Mall: Faribault
    Irongate Plaza: Hibbing
    Hutchinson Mall: Hutchinson
    Red Wing Mall: Red Wing
    Downtown Thief River Falls: Thief River Falls
    Freestanding: Winona

    Missouri

    Maryville Center: Maryville

    Mississippi

    Leigh Mall: Columbus
    Southgate Plaza: Corinth
    Greenville Mall: Greenville
    Bonita Lakes Mall: Meridian
    Oxford Mall: Oxford

    Montana

    Capital Hill Mall: Helena
    Sidney Main Street: Sidney

    North Carolina

    Albemarle Crossing: Albemarle
    Boone Mall: Boone
    Eastridge Mall: Gastonia
    Blue Ridge Mall: Hendersonville
    Monroe Crossing: Monroe
    Becker Village Mall: Roanoke Rapids

    North Dakota

    Prairie Hills Mall: Dickinson
    Buffalo Mall: Jamestown
    Downtown Wahpeton: Wahpeton

    Nebraska

    Fremont Mall: Fremont
    Downtown McCook: McCook
    Platte River Mall: North Platte

    New Jersey

    Rio Grande Plaza: Rio Grande

    Nevada

    The Boulevard: Las Vegas

    New York

    Dunkirk-Fredonia Plaza: Dunkirk
    Westfield Sunrise: Massapequa
    Palisades Center: West Nyack

    Ohio

    Findlay Village Mall: Findlay
    New Towne Mall: New Philadelphia
    Richmond Town Square: Richmond Heights
    St. Mary's Square: St. Marys

    Oklahoma

    Altus Plaza: Altus
    Ne-Mar Shopping Center: Claremore
    Ponca Plaza: Ponca City
    Pioneer Square Shopping Center: Stillwater

    Oregon

    Astoria Downtown: Astoria
    Grants Pass Shopping Center: Grants Pass
    La Grande Downtown: La Grande
    Downtown Pendleton: Pendleton
    The Dalles Main Street: The Dalles

    Pennsylvania

    Columbia Mall: Bloomsburg
    Clearfield Mall: Clearfield
    King of Prussia Mall: King of Prussia
    Philadelphia Mills: Philadelphia
    Bradford Towne Centre: Towanda
    Lycoming Mall: Pennsdale
    Willow Grove Park: Willow Grove

    South Carolina

    Citadel Mall: Charleston
    Town 'N Country: Easley

    South Dakota

    Palace Mall: Mitchell
    Northridge Plaza: Pierre
    Watertown Mall: Watertown
    Yankton Mall: Yankton

    Tennessee

    Greeneville Commons: Greeneville
    Knoxville Center: Knoxville
    County Market Place: Union City

    Texas

    Athens Village Shopping Center: Athens
    Borger Shopping Plaza: Borger
    Heartland Mall: Early
    El Paso Downtown: El Paso
    Marshall Mall: Marshall
    McAllen Downtown: McAllen
    University Mall: Nacogdoches
    King Plaza Shopping Center: Seguin
    Bosque River Center: Stephenville

    Virginia

    New River Valley Mall: Christiansburg
    Tanglewood Mall: Roanoke VA

    Washington

    Pilchuck Landing: Snohomish

    Wisconsin

    Pine Tree Mall: Marinette
    Marshfield Mall: Marshfield
    Richland Square Shopping Center: Richland Center
    Rapids Mall: Wisconsin Rapids

    West Virginia

    Foxcroft Towne Center: Martinsburg

    Wyoming

    Downtown Sheridan: Sheridan

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