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Investor and former business owner Dick Duncan agrees. “They (city officials) need to do away with fees and encourage new owner-occupied housing for people who are invested in the community. The economic revitalization has been stalled for some time and the economy is not fully recovered.”. Councilman and Realtor Mark Ross said, “It is an emerging period.”. He does admit that rents have been down and there are plenty of vacancies, but noted that there has been increased interest in commercial space in the past few months.